JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "HFpEF May Be a Different Disease in Patients With Severe Obesity." Related Content: <ul> <li><a class="related-article" href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2026.7580?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HFpEF May Be a Different Disease in Patients With Severe Obesity</a></li> </ul>

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New Insights on HFpEF in Patients With Severe Obesity

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "A Rare Ebola Virus Is Spreading in the DRC—Here's What to Know." Related Content: <ul> <li><a class="related-article" href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2026.10042?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Rare Ebola Virus Is Spreading in the DRC—Here's What to Know</a></li> </ul>

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Ebola Outbreak Update

Joining from quarantine, Stephen Kornfeld, MD, discusses his experience stepping in as the ship's physician when hantavirus transformed his vacation cruise into a global public health concern. Related Content: <ul> <li><a class="related-article" href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2026.9419?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hantavirus Outbreak: First Test of US Public Health Response After WHO Withdrawal</a></li> <li><a class="related-article" href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2026.10380?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links" target="_blank" rel="noopener">When Hantavirus Sickened the Ship's Physician, Stephen Kornfeld, MD, Stepped Up</a></li> </ul>

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Is There a Doctor on the Ship?

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "More Than 19 000 Measles Cases in a Month—What the Current Outbreak in Bangladesh Signals to the World." Related Content: <ul> <li><a class="related-article" href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2026.9016?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links" target="_blank" rel="noopener">More Than 19 000 Measles Cases in a Month—What the Current Outbreak in Bangladesh Signals to the World</a></li> </ul>

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Bangladesh's New Measles Crisis

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New Obesity Definition Stirs Debate

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