Five years ago Tuesday, Covid-19 was declared a "global pandemic" by the World Health Organization and life for many changed ...

An outbreak of novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China spreads and by January of 2020 the WHO declares a public health emergency.

Dr. Michael Osterholm has been at the forefront of countering some of the biggest global health threats. Osterholm speaks to "CBS Mornings" about the next potential pandemic. He has warnings in a new ...

Dr. Osterholm is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Distinguished Teaching ...

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A federal judge’s rejection of the nation’s mask mandate for public transportation has reinvigorated a national debate often presented as a black and white issue: to mask or not. However, this ...

As a prominent epidemiologist, member of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board and a frequent expert commentator on the pandemic, Michael Osterholm, PhD, is skilled at transforming complex ...

A nationally recognized expert on infectious diseases, Dr. Osterholm co-founded the Vaccine Integrity Project in 2025 and is the author of THE BIG ONE: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics ...

If the federal government isn’t going to aggressively promote the public health value of vaccines, then the University of Minnesota will spearhead a privately financed venture to do the job instead.

Any time Michael Osterholm needs inspiration to continue fighting for public health, he glances at a gift on his desk, a Christmas present from his two adult children. “It’s an electronic picture ...