The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)
26 May 2025
Two of the nation’s most preeminent pediatricians, Dr. Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor, and Dr. Sapna Singh, Chief Medical Officer of Texas Children’s Hospital, join host Dr. Vin Gupta for an expansive conversation on tackling health misinformation, the real meaning of the MAHA agenda, and the ongoing measles epidemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Episode
Well, hello, everybody. This is episode eight of the Midas Health. I am so delighted that you're with us, that you've been sticking with us as we've been building out this health content for the Midas Touch Network, which, as I'm sure many of you have seen, is the number one most downloaded podcast in the country.
Big credit to the founders and especially for diversifying the content and really focusing in on health. As mentioned, we're trying to use this time as efficiently as possible. We're trying to bring the nation's best. Since the nation's best is not necessarily in government at the highest levels anymore, we're going to bring them to you through this venue.
Dr. Califf was our Episode 2 former FDA Commissioner. We had the WHO lead on pandemic preparedness for Episode 4. Meena Stacey-Oshami, the Secretary of Health from Maryland in Episode 5. I'm Chiquita Brooks-Lashore, head of CMS, Episode 6. You get the picture.
These are the nation's best healthcare leaders coming in and speaking on topics that really matter to all of us, matter to you, especially as it pertains to the news cycle. Episode 8 is not going to disappoint. I have two of the nation's leaders in all things pediatrics, infectious disease, with us to talk about the state of the measles epidemic, especially in Texas.
We have Dr. Peter Hotez, who I know is known to many of you. dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine, and Dr. Sapna Singh, who's the chief medical officer of Texas Children's. I'm going to bring them in right now, and I really appreciate them both being here. I know they're very, very busy. Dr. Hota, Dr. Singh, welcome.
It's great to see you, Dr. Gupta.
It's glad to be here. Thank you.
Absolutely.
Well, we're going to then I miss our discussions during the pandemic. A lot of people don't realize that a lot of the people who were going on talking about covid, we were often talking behind the scenes to compare notes because there was so much incoming. I don't think any one person could keep it up with everything.
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