Answering Your Questions: The Executive Order & more!

<p dir="ltr">It’s been a whirlwind week of public health news from Washington, but hosts Chris Dall and Dr. Michael Osterholm are here to make sense of it all. This week they'll answer your questions about the White House's executive order on childhood vaccines, Dr. Fauci's congressional hearing and Erica Schwartz's confirmation to the CDC. Dr. Osterholm also discusses the approval of Moderna’s new mRNA flu vaccine, as well as updates on <em>cyclospora</em>, Ebola and respiratory viruses. Plus, learn about the “Father of Blood Banks” in this week’s Public Health History segment.</p> <p><strong>Links:</strong><br><a href="https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/press-release/2026/red-cross-declares-national-blood-supply-crisis-urges-immediate-.html?srsltid=AfmBOorZnNRme2MP5_NklS368JapoynjoJ_3Pxu9aa75QZt7g3OyMIi1">American Red Cross Declares Second-Ever National Blood Supply Crisis</a> (American Red Cross)<br><br><a href="https://www.redcrossblood.org/">Make an appointment to donate blood or volunteer at your local blood bank</a> (American Red Cross)<br><br><a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/cidrap-op-ed-what-vaccine-executive-order-gets-wrong-and-what-it-will-cost-us">CIDRAP Op-Ed: What the vaccine executive order gets wrong, and what it will cost us</a><strong> </strong>(CIDRAP News)</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/where-is-the-line">Where is the line? Trump’s Executive Order on Childhood Vaccines</a> (Unbiased Science) <br> </p> <p>Resources for vaccine and public health advocacy:</p> <p><a href="https://www.voicesforvaccines.org/get-involved/"><strong>Voices for Vaccines</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://familiesfightingflu.org/take-action/"><strong>Families Fighting Flu</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://vaccinateyourfamily.org/get-involved/"><strong>Vaccinate Your Family</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://shotatlife.org/take-action/"><strong>Shot@Life</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://aspr.hhs.gov/MRC/Pages/index.aspx"><strong>Medical Reserve Corps</strong></a></p> <p>Learn more about the <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-integrity-project"><strong>Vaccine Integrity Project</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/osterholm-update-covid-19"><strong>MORE EPISODES</strong></a>      </p> <p><a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/support-cidrap"><strong>SUPPORT THIS PODCAST</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Music:</strong></p> <p>"Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<br>Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License</p>