The Lancet Voice

Chris Beyrer of Johns Hopkins University, Shannon Hader of UNAIDS, and Peter Hayward, editor-in-chief of The Lancet HIV, reflect on progress made and barriers still to be overcome four decades on from the first reported cases of HIV/AIDS in June 1981. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts...

Bruce Biccard and Dean Gopalan discuss their work looking at the poor outcomes for COVID-19 hospital patients across Africa, the first study of its kind, and Kwame McKenzie talks about how Canada has dealt with COVID-19 and what lessons have been learned about health equity. Bruce and Dean's study on COVID-19 outcomes for African hospital patients can be read at: https://www.thelancet.com/journals...

Commissioners Michael Anderson and Emma Pitchforth explain the findings of their Commission on the future of the NHS, and Jennifer Dixon of The Health Foundation discusses health and care in the UK. The Commission can be viewed at: https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/future-NHS Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lance...

A new article from the OpenSAFELY team analyses 17 million NHS records to show the disparities in English COVID-19 outcomes for minority ethnic groups. Rohini Mathur talks about the results, and Ben Goldacre explains the many uses of the OpenSAFELY platform. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the po...

Rachel Bond of the Association of Black Cardiologists discusses the Black maternal mortality crisis in the USA, and Mishal Khan talks about reframing use of the word "hesitancy" when talking about vaccine uptake in minority groups. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Grou...

Rita Issa of Lancet Migration describes the effects of the pandemic on refugee and migrant health worldwide, and Tina Shahrizaila explains the enigmatic Guillain-Barré syndrome. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia/podcasts?dgcid...

Martin McKee discusses the current state of vaccine rollout in Europe and the challenges ahead, and the Director of WHO's Global TB Programme, Tereza Kasaeva, talks about how COVID-19 has stalled progress on tackling tuberculosis. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group...

Samer Jabbour and Iman Nuwayhid join Gavin and Jessamy to discuss the awful milestone of the tenth anniversary of the Syrian conflict, and Angela Saini talks about the history of race science and how unscientific assumptions about race still occur. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts fro...

Professor Sir Michael Marmot joins Jessamy and Gavin to discuss how inequality and injustice have directly contributed to poorer COVID-19 outcomes, and what has to change in society post-pandemic. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelancet.com/multim...

A special episode celebrating Black History Month in the USA speaks with epidemiologist Sharrelle Barber, public health expert Kimberly Jacob Arriola, and emergency doctor Janice Blanchard about the intersection of race and health in the USA across the past, present, and future. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet...

Salim Abdool Karim, head of South Africa's COVID-19 advisory committee, joins us to discuss variants, vaccination, and the national response, and Laura Spinney, author of Pale Rider, chats about the parallels between the 1918 flu pandemic and our current predicament. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out a...

Former UK Health Secretary and current Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee, Jeremy Hunt MP, talks to Gavin and Jessamy about the last twelve months in British politics and policy, and discusses his hopes for the future of health in the UK. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podc...

To find out the truth behind the mutation stories, Gavin and Jessamy chat with Dr. Emma Hodcroft of nextstrain, Prof. Alex Ford tells us why IBS is misdiagnosed and misunderstood, and Rachel Fleishman MD reads her Wakley Prize winning essay, Dreams Deferred. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the po...

The final episode of the year tells the story of COVID-19 through five Lancet articles, focusing on key workers, low and middle-income countries, mental health, and the lessons learned from a tumultuous year. Featuring Richard Horton, Zoe Mullan, John McConnell, Niall Boyce, and John Carson. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_g...

Kalipso Chalkidou of Imperial College gives us an overview of the frontrunner COVID-19 vaccines, how they work, and what hurdles are left to overcome, and Natalie Shenker of Hearts Milk Bank explains the work done by the charity. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group:...

Why have COVID-19 contact tracing operations around Europe failed to avoid another round of lockdowns? Rosanna Peeling of LSHTM joins us to chat, and Melinda Buntin and Ines Hassan discuss the reasoning behind keeping schools open and the sacrifices involved. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the p...

For Black History Month in the UK we speak to an inspiring Black person of the present, Kevin Fenton, Director of PHE London, and we look at the lives of Black figures of the past, with historian Stephen Bourne discussing Harold Moody, and Trevor Sterling talking about his work with the Mary Seacole Trust. We also talk racial equality at The Lancet with Senior Executive Editor Pam Das and Senior E...

Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin, authors of new book Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal, join us to talk about the climate emergency, how it can be solved, and the forthcoming US election. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelancet.com/multi...

Peter Hotez joins us to talk vaccine progress and how science needs to communicate in the USA, and philosopher of science Cailin O'Connor discusses our understanding of theories, facts, and how misinformation spreads. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www...

In a special episode for Peer Review Week 21-25 September, editor-in-chief of The Lancet Richard Horton joins us to discuss the past, present, and future of scientific publishing in light of COVID-19. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelancet.com/mu...

In this episode we speak to Prof. Arne Akbar, President of the British Society for Immunology, about the most recent research on COVID-19 and our current understanding of the long-term effects, and Dr. Jenna Lester, founder of San Francisco's Skin of Colour Clinic, joins us to talk about the problems people of colour have receiving dermatological treatment. Send us your feedback! Read all of our c...

We ask Prof. Gill Livingston how up to 40% of dementia cases can be prevented, and Dr. Saskia Osendarp tells us how COVID-19 looks set to undo two decades of progress on child malnutrition. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia/po...

This week we talk with Prof. Kenji Shibuya, Director of the King's Institute for Population Health, about mask-wearing and pandemic response in Japan, and The Lancet Psychiatry Editor-in-Chief Dr. Niall Boyce walks us through the problems of institutionalised care for children. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet...

Richard Horton updates us on a leap forward in the Oxford and China vaccine progress, we talk viral transmission on public transport, and Kathleen O'Reilly explains how scientists create and test models. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelancet.com...

How many people have COVID-19 antibodies? What does having antibodies mean? Rosanna Peeling explains the latest, and we're joined by Ashley McMullen from the Nocturnists podcast to chat about her experiences and her new series, Black Voices in Healthcare. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podca...