Prognosis: Breakthrough

Prognosis: Breakthrough

On Breakthrough, a new series from the Prognosis podcast, we explore how the pandemic is changing our understanding of healthcare and medicine. We start with an examination of long Covid, a mysterious new illness that has stumped doctors attempting to treat symptoms that last for months and potentially years. It has changed the way hospitals work and forced healthcare officials to prepare for the next pandemic. Covid has also opened the door to revolutionary technology: messenger RNA vaccines. It’s a technology that never could have been proven so quickly outside the crucible of that first pandemic year, 2020, and it holds big implications for the future of medicine.

Episodes

Title Duration Published Consumed
Part Nine: The Next Pandemic 00:40:39 2021-12-14 10:00
Part Eight: The Future of mRNA 00:31:29 2021-12-07 10:00
Part Seven: The Vaccine Race 00:38:50 2021-11-30 17:54
Part Six: Unlikely Heroes 00:40:41 2021-11-23 10:00
Part Five: The Covid Fortress 00:32:51 2021-11-16 10:00
Part Four: Covid’s Long, Scary Tail 00:29:23 2021-11-09 10:00
Part Three: Rehab for Long Haulers 00:33:27 2021-11-02 09:00
Part Two: How the Dead Are Helping the Living 00:37:04 2021-10-26 10:00
Part One: Long Covid’s Early Origins 00:32:56 2021-10-19 10:00
Introducing: Breakthrough 00:04:27 2021-10-06 21:49
Doubt, Bonus: A Surprising Southern Success 00:40:00 2021-09-28 10:00
Doubt, Part Six: Hope 00:53:27 2021-04-20 10:00
Doubt, Part Five: Getting Out of the Boat 00:43:28 2021-04-13 10:00
Doubt, Part Four: 'Let's Go to War' 00:51:54 2021-04-06 10:00
Doubt, Part Three: The Happiest Place on Earth 00:44:36 2021-03-30 10:00
Doubt, Part Two: The Man Behind The Myth 01:01:03 2021-03-23 09:14
Doubt, Part One: Rumor Has It 00:43:58 2021-03-23 09:11
What Closing Schools Has Done to Kids 00:14:11 2021-03-15 22:17
The Science of Beating Variants 00:15:16 2021-03-12 23:23
Introducing: Doubt 00:04:11 2021-03-11 10:00
One Year 00:26:43 2021-03-10 23:11
What Israel Can Teach Us 00:16:05 2021-03-08 22:38
Coming Soon: The Pay Check Season 3 00:04:41 2021-03-08 12:00
Is Pfizer's Vaccine Plan Fair? 00:19:15 2021-03-05 22:52
Nursing Home Deaths Become a Political Football 00:18:34 2021-03-03 22:12
Johnson & Johnson's CEO on the Newest Vaccine 00:15:40 2021-03-01 23:03
Can the Arts Recover? 00:12:20 2021-02-26 22:44
The Second Shot Squeeze 00:19:25 2021-02-24 21:39
How the Vaccines Will Change Our Lives 00:11:12 2021-02-22 21:57
The Good Kind of Surge 00:18:22 2021-02-19 20:49
Fixing Vaccine Inequity 00:18:01 2021-02-17 22:53
Combating COVID in the ER 00:15:02 2021-02-15 17:16
The Pop-Up Vaccine Factories 00:15:09 2021-02-12 22:15
Racing to Update the Vaccines For Variants 00:14:50 2021-02-10 22:16
The Bitter Fight Over What's Safe For Schools 00:15:33 2021-02-08 23:02
The Covid Symptoms Hidden in Our Voices 00:16:38 2021-02-05 22:35
The Career Problem-Solver Taking on the Pandemic 00:14:14 2021-02-03 22:39
Some Health Workers Can't Get a Vaccine 00:13:15 2021-02-01 21:00
Can Biden's CDC Rehab Its Reputation? 00:14:10 2021-01-29 22:01
We're Not Hunting Hard Enough For Variants 00:14:39 2021-01-27 23:20
What to Do About Schools 00:16:21 2021-01-25 22:17
Can Drugstores Save Us? 00:15:34 2021-01-22 22:13
The Global Vaccine Gap 00:16:39 2021-01-20 22:35
Where to Be in a Pandemic (Rebroadcast) 00:17:36 2021-01-18 20:56
Can We Fix the Chaotic Vaccine Rollout? 00:17:35 2021-01-15 20:30
Why Healthcare Workers Refuse the Vaccine 00:16:24 2021-01-13 21:56
What Allergic Vaccine Reactions Mean For You 00:14:47 2021-01-11 22:24
The U.K. Health System Threatens to Buckle 00:17:52 2021-01-08 21:14
Vaccines via Eventbrite 00:16:52 2021-01-06 23:01
Vaccinating the Worst-Hit Southeast Asian Country 00:17:37 2021-01-04 21:34
How It All Started (Rebroadcast) 00:23:43 2021-01-01 17:45
What We Know About Covid's Origins 00:12:10 2020-12-30 20:32
A New Technology Hiding in Covid Vaccines 00:16:52 2020-12-23 21:34
Lessons From Past Vaccines 00:19:27 2020-12-21 22:17
How Companies Are Lining Up Shots for Workers 00:18:11 2020-12-18 20:57
Voices From the U.S. Vaccine Program 00:16:20 2020-12-16 22:20
Louisiana's Vaccine Test Run 00:17:09 2020-12-14 22:35
The Doctor Behind the Government's Vaccine Deals 00:17:44 2020-12-11 22:12
Who Should Get the First Doses? 00:14:53 2020-12-09 21:06
A Turning Point Week Ahead 00:14:40 2020-12-07 20:43
The Struggle to Distribute the Vaccine 00:17:08 2020-12-04 21:05
Biden’s Pandemic Response Overhaul 00:17:48 2020-12-02 22:31
A Bubble Made Up of Millions 00:16:54 2020-11-30 21:37
Business, Interrupted 00:43:56 2020-11-27 17:12
Where to Be in a Pandemic 00:19:00 2020-11-25 17:51
Governors Brace For Winter 00:16:03 2020-11-23 22:27
Can Enclosed Outdoor Dining Really Be Safe? 00:12:40 2020-11-20 21:57
Can We Make Enough Covid Drugs? 00:16:51 2020-11-18 23:12
Dr. Fauci on What the Vaccine News Means 00:14:00 2020-11-16 22:35
A Global Virus Report Card 00:17:34 2020-11-13 21:58
Special Edition: The Next Year of the Virus 00:32:19 2020-11-11 21:06
The Cost of Taking Cases to Zero 00:15:12 2020-11-09 21:50
One College Is Containing Covid 00:16:51 2020-11-06 22:03
Your Questions About the Coming Winter 00:16:57 2020-11-04 21:47
Inside the Push For a Vaccine in the U.S. 00:15:03 2020-11-02 22:22
Fighting the Misinformation Crisis 00:15:48 2020-10-30 20:04
The Obsession With a Vaccine Could Hurt Us 00:17:38 2020-10-28 22:27
An Addictive Trading App Gets a Quarantine Boost 00:17:37 2020-10-26 22:12
The Dangers of Pollution in a Pandemic 00:16:42 2020-10-23 20:58
What Herd Immunity Really Means 00:16:37 2020-10-21 22:47
Europe's Coronavirus Déjà Vu 00:17:28 2020-10-19 22:28
What the NBA Bubble Can Teach Us 00:16:20 2020-10-16 23:13
U.S. Vaccine Distribution Strategy is a Mess 00:16:52 2020-10-14 22:38
The Virus Dogs Trump's Campaign 00:17:31 2020-10-12 21:41
The Risk to Overweight People 00:16:35 2020-10-09 21:52
Trump's Dream of an Ultra-Fast Vaccine is Crushed 00:15:04 2020-10-07 21:48
The Fringe Scientists Making a Homemade Vaccine 00:16:00 2020-10-05 22:31
What Trump's Diagnosis Means 00:16:42 2020-10-02 21:52
The New York Case Spike 00:16:28 2020-09-30 21:15
What We Can't Know About a Vaccine 00:16:26 2020-09-28 22:31
The Test Market Is a Free-for-All 00:16:45 2020-09-25 21:50
The People Who Get Covid Twice 00:16:34 2020-09-23 21:48
The Pandemic Census 00:13:53 2020-09-21 22:40
Another Ugly Number 00:17:56 2020-09-18 22:56
A Loud Voice Can Be a Virus Ally 00:14:29 2020-09-16 22:53
The Slim Chance of a Cure 00:16:40 2020-09-14 23:08
How the Virus Will Be Different This Winter 00:13:04 2020-09-11 22:35
Getting the Public to Trust a Vaccine 00:17:50 2020-09-09 22:52
Learning As We Go 00:16:32 2020-09-07 18:00
The Economy May Never Be the Same 00:14:07 2020-09-04 21:31
A System Shock to the Real Estate Economy 00:16:04 2020-09-02 21:45
The Swedish Strategy 00:16:18 2020-08-31 22:17
South Africa's Multiple Epidemics 00:13:52 2020-08-28 21:42
The FDA Under Pressure 00:18:34 2020-08-26 22:07
What Do We Really Know About Plasma? 00:17:06 2020-08-24 22:36
The Future of Packed Tourist Towns 00:15:00 2020-08-21 22:56
The Pandemic During Flu Season 00:15:48 2020-08-19 22:13
The Shadow Over College Athletics 00:13:05 2020-08-17 22:17
Our Vaccine Expectations Are Unrealistic 00:16:31 2020-08-14 22:56
The Race Gap in Clinical Trials 00:18:20 2020-08-12 21:40
The Cost of Keeping Schools Safe 00:13:50 2020-08-10 23:54
A Generation of Health Damage 00:16:07 2020-08-07 22:34
Will Kids Spread COVID to Teachers? 00:16:54 2020-08-05 23:37
The Promise of a New Treatment 00:14:02 2020-08-03 21:37
What We Know About Immunity 00:13:29 2020-07-31 22:25
The Data Disaster in the U.S. 00:14:43 2020-07-29 22:02
Why a Vaccine Won't Create Instant Immunity 00:15:06 2020-07-27 22:23
Why The Crisis Hurts Maine's Lobster Industry 00:12:57 2020-07-24 23:31
The Campaign to Lure You Back to the Doctor 00:17:45 2020-07-22 23:42
The Latin American Country That's Beating Covid 00:14:01 2020-07-20 22:25
The First Vaccine May Not Be the Best 00:15:05 2020-07-17 21:29
Introducing: Blood River, A New Podcast From Bloomberg 00:05:13 2020-07-16 23:00
The Story Behind the Six Foot Rule 00:15:33 2020-07-15 23:44
New Ways to Catch the Virus 00:18:11 2020-07-13 23:21
Excruciating Choices For Schools 00:16:21 2020-07-10 22:26
Virus Treatment Is Changing 00:15:08 2020-07-08 22:13
Unemployed, Uninsured and Falling Through the Cracks 00:14:30 2020-07-06 22:12
A Divided America Feeds the Crisis 00:16:45 2020-07-03 18:00
Why Deaths Seem to Drop as Cases Rise 00:16:25 2020-07-01 22:04
Learning to Love Big Pharma 00:15:57 2020-06-29 23:26
Keeping Elderly Patients Safe 00:15:44 2020-06-26 22:21
What Happened in Houston 00:16:07 2020-06-25 23:33
These Gadgets Know You're Sick Before You Do 00:15:17 2020-06-24 22:34
The Next Two Years of the Virus 00:16:00 2020-06-23 23:03
History's Lessons for Our Post-Virus Future 00:17:29 2020-06-22 22:55
How to Spot a Fake Mask 00:16:02 2020-06-19 22:20
The New Superbug Threat 00:13:39 2020-06-18 22:19
Should You Take an Antibody Test? 00:15:38 2020-06-17 22:38
The Virus Explodes in Latin America 00:14:29 2020-06-16 22:02
Welcome to the Second Wave 00:17:07 2020-06-15 23:13
The Effect of Quarantine on Kids 00:12:42 2020-06-12 23:11
The New Threat to Mexico's Failing Hospitals 00:16:15 2020-06-11 23:09
Understanding Silent Spreaders 00:13:56 2020-06-10 22:54
Why COVID-19 Lingers 00:15:14 2020-06-09 22:41
The Truth About Hydroxychloroquine 00:16:19 2020-06-08 23:38
Madrid's Bittersweet Spring 00:16:29 2020-06-05 23:22
Will Protests Spread The Virus? 00:15:07 2020-06-04 22:28
Will Anyone Be Able to Afford Covid Drugs? 00:16:56 2020-06-03 23:20
Why New York Got Hit So Hard 00:14:33 2020-06-02 22:27
A Canine Virus Detection System 00:13:52 2020-06-01 23:24
What Heat Really Does to the Virus 00:13:31 2020-05-29 22:49
A New Vaccine Frontrunner 00:15:19 2020-05-28 23:23
How Many People Have Really Died? 00:16:05 2020-05-27 22:33
Virus Hunting With the 'Pirate CDC' 00:17:33 2020-05-26 23:10
The Home Run Approach 00:12:15 2020-05-25 10:00
Curing Social Distance Fatigue 00:15:10 2020-05-22 22:56
The Dire Situation at U.S. Prisons 00:18:52 2020-05-21 22:22
The Rise of Vaccine Nationalism 00:15:34 2020-05-20 22:43
The True Origins of the Virus 00:16:18 2020-05-19 22:17
The Virus Trackers 00:16:03 2020-05-18 22:58
Can The Aviation Industry Afford To Keep You Safe? 00:16:21 2020-05-15 23:03
This Drug Maker Saw the Pandemic Coming 00:16:00 2020-05-14 22:49
The Scary Implications of 'Covid Toe' 00:13:52 2020-05-13 22:31
Your Quarantine Questions, Answered 00:18:35 2020-05-12 22:28
New Fears About Kids Getting Sick 00:16:38 2020-05-11 23:09
Is the Virus Getting Worse? 00:15:06 2020-05-08 23:00
The Problem With Antibody Tests 00:13:40 2020-05-07 22:43
Inside a Vaccine Clinical Trial 00:15:31 2020-05-06 22:15
We May Never Have A Vaccine 00:18:31 2020-05-05 23:48
Fraying Mental Health on the Front Lines 00:13:50 2020-05-04 23:39
The Dangers of Superfast Science 00:19:11 2020-05-01 23:07
What Puts Patients at Risk 00:15:30 2020-04-30 22:51
Who's Really Immune? 00:14:03 2020-04-29 23:39
The Problem With Trump's Testing Plan 00:17:20 2020-04-28 22:59
All Eyes on Iceland 00:17:55 2020-04-27 23:05
Life Can Be Hell After a Ventilator 00:16:34 2020-04-24 23:31
Life After Lockdown in Wuhan 00:14:24 2020-04-23 23:20
The Patients Left Behind 00:15:40 2020-04-22 23:14
Inside China's Chaotic Mask Market 00:17:53 2020-04-21 23:28
The Other Epidemic 00:13:51 2020-04-20 23:26
A Cure in Survivors' Blood? 00:13:08 2020-04-17 22:38
The One-Two Punch to Black America 00:11:53 2020-04-16 23:19
A Covid Early Warning Sign 00:14:26 2020-04-15 23:01
Apple and Amazon vs. the Virus 00:14:17 2020-04-14 22:20
What Happened to the CDC? 00:16:27 2020-04-13 22:47
How It All Started 00:24:37 2020-04-10 19:00
Hunting For the Virus in Sewage 00:13:14 2020-04-09 22:18
A Mental Health Crisis Worsens 00:14:33 2020-04-08 23:04
How to Wear a Mask 00:13:58 2020-04-07 23:14
This is How We End It 00:16:15 2020-04-06 23:33
What Germany Did Right 00:16:11 2020-04-03 22:54
The Case For Writing Every American a Check 00:13:51 2020-04-02 22:28
When Will We Have a Vaccine? 00:17:10 2020-04-01 23:21
When You Can't Go See the Doctor 00:16:06 2020-03-31 22:48
This is How the Virus Kills 00:16:57 2020-03-30 22:47
Prognosis Daily: The Coronavirus Detectives 00:13:52 2020-03-27 21:44
Special Episode: Understanding Pandemics 00:31:27 2020-03-26 22:13
Prognosis Daily: What Went Wrong With Testing 00:14:48 2020-03-26 22:11
Announcing Prognosis Daily: Coronavirus 00:02:25 2020-03-24 09:00
Introducing Deep Background with Noah Feldman: Civil Liberties in the Time of COVID-19 00:38:17 2020-03-17 09:00
Superbugs' Natural Predator (Rebroadcast) 00:28:38 2020-02-27 10:00
Superbugs Force a Deadly Choice for Cancer Patients (Rebroadcast) 00:34:24 2020-02-20 10:00
The Skinny on Diet and Health Apps (Rebroadcast) 00:24:06 2020-02-13 10:00
Engineering Your Own Pancreas (Rebroadcast) 00:27:28 2020-02-06 10:00
How to Buy a Better Birth 00:26:55 2020-01-30 10:00
Fixing Health Care for the People It Often Fails 00:24:19 2020-01-23 10:00
The Doctor, the Patient, and Everything in Between 00:26:24 2020-01-16 10:00
How U.S. Health Care Broke The Bank 00:25:07 2020-01-09 10:00
Introducing Prognosis Season 4: America's Broken Health-Care Costs 00:03:00 2020-01-08 21:58
Coming Soon: Travel Genius Season 2 00:02:54 2019-10-29 09:00
Introducing Stephanomics Season 2 00:03:53 2019-10-02 10:00
Fighting Back Against Killer Superbugs 00:30:07 2019-09-26 10:00
The Mystery That Makes Hospitals Sick 00:23:27 2019-09-19 10:00
Superbugs' Natural Predator 00:28:14 2019-09-12 10:00
Superbugs Force a Deadly Choice for Cancer Patients 00:34:05 2019-09-05 06:01
Introducing Prognosis Season 3: Superbugs 00:04:13 2019-08-26 22:00
Why China Loves DNA Tests for Babies 00:31:13 2019-07-04 10:00
The Skinny on Diet and Health Apps 00:23:51 2019-06-20 11:00
“I’ve Given Up on the Idea of Privacy” 00:30:57 2019-06-06 10:00
Gift Cards for Your DNA Data 00:24:21 2019-05-23 11:00
Should We Be Scared of Our DNA? 00:26:05 2019-05-09 12:00
Why the Mormon Church Loves Your DNA 00:27:13 2019-04-25 12:00
Introducing "What Goes Up," A New Show From Bloomberg 00:03:13 2019-04-19 10:00
Building a Better Period-Tracking App 00:28:57 2019-04-11 12:00
Coming Soon: The Pay Check Season 2 00:02:47 2019-04-05 20:39
DNA Testing Is Changing Families 00:26:10 2019-03-28 11:00
Coming Soon: Prognosis Season 2 00:02:52 2019-03-21 14:57
A Message from The Pay Check 00:02:08 2019-02-08 12:00
How to Buy a Cure 00:26:30 2018-12-24 11:00
Right to Try, Right to Fail 00:26:11 2018-12-17 11:00
One Drug's Journey 00:24:58 2018-12-10 11:00
The Quest for a Weight-Loss Drug That Actually Works 00:24:49 2018-12-03 11:00
Decoding the Genome Was Just the Beginning 00:26:17 2018-11-26 15:29
Searching For a Cure to PTSD at Burning Man 00:26:20 2018-11-19 11:00
Biohacking a Ripped Frog 00:28:31 2018-11-12 11:00
How To Build Your Own Artificial Pancreas 00:27:09 2018-11-05 11:00
Prognosis, a New Show From Bloomberg 00:03:01 2018-10-24 17:17