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In this special anniversary episode of *In Conversation With…*, our editorial team reflects on what it means to be an Editor at *The Lancet Regional Health – Americas*, the progress the journal has made over the past five years, and what we hope to see next for health research across the region. Read the Editorial in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...

Partisan differences and childhood vaccination. In this episode, authors Claire Morton and Derek Ouyang discuss their new study in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, providing nationwide, individual-level evidence linking parents' political affiliation to childhood vaccine refusal and MMR coverage in the US. They explore how these patterns have evolved over time and what they mean for childhoo...

One in ten cardiac surgery patients develops persistent opioid use after their operation. Drs Ahmad Alli and David Mazer of St. Michael's Hospital join Taissa Vila to discuss EPOCH CardioLink-10 — their randomised trial testing whether a single targeted nerve block can change that and what a positive result means for clinical practice and public health. Click here to read the full article: https:/...

Dr. Romina Tejada (Montreal) and Dr. Juliana Rodriguez (Bogotá) join senior editor Maria Augusta Dario to discuss their new modeling study on switching from the quadrivalent to the nonavalent HPV vaccine in Colombia, and what it means for cervical cancer elimination. Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(26)00113-4/fulltext 

In this episode, our editor Taissa Vila speaks with Dr Luisa Brant and Dr Mariana Felisbino-Mendes about their capstone Global Burden of Disease analysis for Brazil, tracing major health trends from 1990 to 2023. Together, they unpack Brazil’s gains in life expectancy, the years of progress reversed by COVID-19, and the stark inequalities exposed across Brazilian states. The conversation also exam...

Dr. L’espérance, an early-career scientist at Stanford University, USA, will talk about the latest estimates on the incidence and mortality rates of renal cell carcinoma in California, USA, data published in the April 2026 issue of The Lancet Regional Health – Americas.   Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(26)00060-8/fulltext 

In this episode, our editor Taissa Vila talks to Dr. Richard Nahin (NIH) and Dr. Anna Zajacova (University of Western Ontario) about their pioneering report on the incidence of chronic diseases and conditions in US adults. The conversation highlights the value of focusing on new cases of noncommunicable diseases rather than just mortality, discusses the role of social and behavioral interventions,...

How can doctors and scientists stay humble, and make better decisions, in the age of artificial intelligence? Join leading experts as we explore epistemic humility, bias, and trust in medicine, healthcare innovation, and AI. Discover practical strategies for critical thinking, communicating uncertainty, and building resilient teams in a rapidly changing world. Click here to read the full article:...

In this episode, our Editor-in-Chief Taissa Vila talks to Gustavo Monnerat, Orison Woolcott, Maria Dario, and Evgenia Koutsouki for a special year-end roundtable. Together, the editorial team reflects on standout research published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas in 2025, scientific innovation, regional health priorities, and the journal's mission. Looking ahead, they share their insights...

In this episode, our editor Taissa Vila talks to Dr. Alexandre Padilha, Brazil’s Minister of Health, Dr. Adriano Massuda, Executive Secretary of Health, and Dr. Mariângela Simão, Secretary for Health and Environmental Surveillance, about Brazil’s leadership at COP30 in Belém.  They discuss the Ministry of Health's views on the intersection of climate change and health, the Belém Health Action Plan...

In this episode, our editor-in-chief Taissa Vila talks to Dr. Ernesto Bascolo (PAHO), Dr. Marcia Castro (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), and Dr. Cristian Herrera (World Bank) about their Commission report on primary health care resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean.  They discuss the goals, achievements, and next steps of the Commission, the regional context and the roles of th...

We discuss the impact of methadone shortage on people who use opioids in Tijuana, Mexico, following the publication of a qualitative study on this topic in our September issue. Our senior editor Orison Woolcott spoke with Annick Bórquez, associate professor at University of California San Diego, California, USA, and Alicia Harvey-Vera, researcher at the same institution. Read the full article: htt...

In this episode, our editor Taissa Vila talks to Dr. Scott Greer (University of Michigan) and Dr. Miranda Yaver (University of Pittsburgh) about the sweeping structural changes to US health policy during the first hundred days of Donald Trump’s second presidential term.  The conversation covers the administration’s executive actions and what these shifts mean for the sustainability of the US healt...

In this episode, our editor-in-chief Taissa Vila sits down with Dr. Beatriz Grinsztejn to discuss the challenges of expanding access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), with a focus on issues of adherence and equity in Latin America.  We explore the potential of Lenacapavir as a game-changing intervention, reflect on lessons learned from previous experiences with injectable PrEP, and examine the c...

In this episode, join our editorial team for a lively roundtable as we introduce our new The Lancet Regional Health - Americas podcast channel and reflect on the first half of 2025. We share our favourite published articles of the year, discuss our vision for advancing clinical practice, health policy, and research across the Americas, and explore key health trends to watch in the coming months.