Concerns about isolationism and science

Howie and Harlan are joined by Sudhakar Nuti to discuss his work improving healthcare for homeless New Yorkers, as a street-medicine doctor and a population-health leader at NYC Health + Hospitals. Harlan reports on a proposed law that would cut off funding for U.S. scientists who collaborate with colleagues in China; Howie provides updates on the measles outbreak and a leaked FDA memo claiming that COVID-19 vaccines have killed 10 children.

Show notes:

Science Across Borders

Subtitle C—SAFE Research Act

"U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations"

Sudhakar Nuti

NYC Health + Hospitals

Street Medicine Institute

"Health Care beyond Clinic Walls—Sustaining and Scaling Up Street Medicine"

NYC Health + Hospitals: Street Health Outreach & Wellness Mobile Units

"Graduate and professional students tackle food insecurity"

California Depart of Public Health: Xylazine

Measles

CDC: Measles Cases and Outbreaks

"Tracking U.S. Measles Outbreaks"

World Health Organization: Weekly Epidemiological Record, 2025, vol. 100, no. 48

"Winning against measles: five charts that tell a remarkable 24-year story"

"Measles deaths down 88% since 2000, but cases surge"

FDA Leak

"Experts say top FDA official's claim that Covid vaccines caused kids' deaths requires more evidence"

"FDA's Prasad tells staffers agency plans to get tougher on vaccine regulation, blames child deaths on COVID shots"

"Thoughts on Vinay Prasad's Leaked Email"

"Myocarditis Cases Reported After mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccination in the US From December 2020 to August 2021"

"Fulminant Myocarditis and Cardiogenic Shock Following COVID-19 Infection Versus COVID-19 Vaccination: A Systematic Literature Review"

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