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U.S. Surgeon General: George Floyd "could have been me" Jun 11, 2020

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U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams joins host Dan Diamond to discuss America's dual pandemics: the coronavirus crisis and systemic racism in the health care system, and how the killing of George Floyd is affecting him personally.
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Some public health experts are encouraging Americans to join the mass protests over Floyd's death, despite social distancing risks.
Covid-19 cases are on the rise in many states.

Dan Diamond is host of POLITICO Pulse Check and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.
Jerome Adams is U.S. Surgeon General.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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Coronavirus is a magnifying glass on racial inequity Jun 04, 2020

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Host Dan Diamond talks with Samantha Artiga — who heads up the Kaiser Family Foundation’s work on health disparities — on the intersection of the coronavirus pandemic and protests on racial inequality spurned by the death of George Floyd.
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Health disparities are a symptom of broader social and economic inequities, Samantha writes.

Dan Diamond is host of POLITICO Pulse Check and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.
Samantha Artiga is Director of the Disparities Policy Project at the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.

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Coronavirus: A grim milestone May 28, 2020

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Host Dan Diamond talks with Nightly author Renuka Rayasam and Dispatch Host Jeremy Siegel on the contrasts between national and regional responses to Covid-19. More and more states are re-opening even as the national death toll mounts to more than 100,000.
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U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 100,000 as Trump pushes to reopen

Dan Diamond is host of POLITICO Pulse Check and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.
Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
Renuka Rayasam is an author of POLITICO Nightly.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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Coronavirus: Some members of the National Guard face a 'hard stop' May 21, 2020

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Health care reporter Alice Miranda Ollstein and guest host Jeremy Siegel dig into Alice's story on the 'hard stop' that 40,000 National Guard members currently face. The Trump administration’s order currently ends deployments on June 24, just one day before thousands would qualify for education and retirement benefits.

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'Hard stop': States could lose National Guard virus workers

Dan Diamond is host of POLITICO Pulse Check and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.
Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
Alice Miranda Ollstein is a health care reporter for POLITICO.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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Coronavirus: Rick Bright's explosive whistleblower claim May 14, 2020

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Host Dan Diamond, health reporter Sarah Owermohle and POLITICO Dispatch host Jeremy Siegel look at Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted vaccine expert turned whistleblower testifying Thursday in Congress.

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Colleagues painted a mixed picture of the ousted vaccine chief
A congressional ally is chairing Thursday's must-watch hearing
Bright said he was among the health officials alarmed by President Donald Trump's push of unproven drugs
The malaria drug touted by Trump has shown no benefit in fighting Covid-19

Dan Diamond is host of POLITICO Pulse Check and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.
Sarah Owermohle is a healthcare reporter for POLITICO.
Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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Coronavirus: Inside the White House's race for more tests May 07, 2020

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Host Dan Diamond and POLITICO Dispatch host Jeremy Siegel look at the Trump administration's efforts to ramp up testing to get the country to re-open...and grade how well Jared Kushner's team has done.
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Kushner assembled a crash team to address coronavirus problems, Dan first reported.·
By early April, it was clear that many major initiatives were being driven by Kushner's group.·
The team now says its work, including a 96-hour project, helped reverse the nation's testing problems.
Trump touted reopening. Privately, his team sounded alarms.

Dan Diamond is host of POLITICO Pulse Check and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.
Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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Coronavirus: The rocky road at HHS Apr 30, 2020

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Host Dan Diamond, health reporter Adam Cancryn and POLITICO Dispatch host Jeremy Siegel discuss how the dysfunction at the agency of Health and Human Services happened at the worst possible time... and how HHS is being sidelined in the current coronavirus response.

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White House weighed plan to replace Azar
Trump rejects reports, affirms support for Azar
White House installed a Trump loyalist as HHS spokesperson
Inside HHS after 100 days of Covid

Dan Diamond is host of POLITICO Pulse Check and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.
Adam Cancryn is a health care reporter and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.
Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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Coronavirus: Why Surgeon General Jerome Adams was sidelined Apr 23, 2020

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Host Dan Diamond, Maya King and Jeremy Siegel discuss new CDC data that shows that Covid-19 is affecting black Americans at at higher rates and how the Trump administration — and specifically, Surgeon General Jerome Adams — are responding to criticism.

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POLITICO detailed how Jerome Adams was sidelined earlier this week.
Black doctors blast 'woefully anemic' data on minority coronavirus cases.

Dan Diamond is host of POLITICO Pulse Check and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.
Maya King is the Campaign 2020 reporting fellow at POLITICO.
Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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Coronavirus: Inside America's two-decade failure to prepare Apr 16, 2020

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Host Dan Diamond and Dispatch host Jeremy Siegel examine how previous presidential administrations prepared — or didn’t — for the possibility of a pandemic… and how those actions led to the crisis today.
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Dan Diamond talked to top officials from three administrations for his deep investigation tracing the disease preparedness plans over the last 20 years.

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Coronavirus: Trump versus his health officials Apr 09, 2020

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Host Dan Diamond and White House reporter Nancy Cook talk about President Donald Trump versus ... everyone else in a conversation with Dispatch host Jeremy Siegel.

The White House's coronavirus strategy has stirred rebukes from career health officials. Meanwhile, Trump attacked the HHS inspector general after the watchdog's survey on coronavirus readiness.

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Dan Diamond and Nancy Cook broke down Trump's 'Hail Mary' drug push rattling his health team.
Brianna Ehley and Alice Miranda Ollstein detailed the HHS watchdog report about hospitals' lack of coronavirus readiness — a report that stirred Trump's anger.

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