NEWSNATIONNOW (Alicia Sitz) - Candidates offering healthcare slogans, not solutions: Dr. Ashish Jha
"There's a set of things we can do to lower health care spending, but the slogans are not going to get there," Jha said.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Biden COVID Czar Concedes Virus Likely Came from Chinese Lab.
Dr. Ashish Jha, the former White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, said he now believes the coronavirus pandemic was more likely caused by a laboratory leak in Wuhan than by a natural outbreak
Dr. Ashish Jha’s shift toward the lab leak theory highlights the ongoing need for further transparency and accountability in determining what officials knew about COVID-19’s origins during the pandemic. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Dr. Ashish Jha, the former White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, said he now believes the coronavirus pandemic was more likely caused by a laboratory leak in Wuhan than by a natural outbreak. Jha said his conclusion is based on information he learned while serving in the White House, but added that no definitive proof exists and that only Chinese officials have access to the information needed to determine the virus’s origin with certainty. DETAIL: Jha said that greater transparency and…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Biden's former COVID czar now admits lab leak is the most likely origin of the pandemic
Dr. Ashish Jha, who led the Biden White House's COVID-19 response, publicly acknowledged that a lab leak is the most probable explanation for the pandemic, a position conservatives argued for years while the establishment dismissed it. Jha made the admission on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, telling viewers that his thinking shifted during […] The post Biden's former COVID czar now admits lab leak is the most likely origin of the pandemic appeared first on American Almanac .
Dr. Ashish Jha, who led the Biden White House's COVID-19 response, publicly acknowledged that a lab leak is the most probable explanation for the pandemic, a position conservatives argued for years while the establishment dismissed it. Jha made the admission on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, telling viewers that his thinking shifted during his time inside the White House. He entered the administration in April 2022 convinced the virus had jumped naturally from animals to humans. By the time he left, the evidence pointed somewhere else entirely, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a top SARS research lab in the Chinese city where the outbreak began. On August 2, Jha followed up with a post on X clarifying his position. He wrote that…Open
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - What Americans need to know to avoid cyclosporiasis: Dr. Jha | On Balance
It's been months since the first cases of cyclosporiasis were reported, and health officials have yet to identify the source. Dr. Ashish Jha tells NewsNation's Leland Vittert he doesn't know if they ever will. "On Balance with Leland Vittert" takes a critical look at some of the day's hottest subjects.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Is Global Concern of a Hantavirus Outbreak Overblown? | CUOMO Full Show
President Trump called Thursday’s U.S. airstrikes against multiple ports in Iran “a love tap.” The White House claimed they came in self-defense after Tehran’s regime fired on U.S. assets. So, with various airstrikes in recent days, how can the administration continue to say the ceasefire between America and Iran is still in effect? KT McFarland, former deputy national security adviser from the first Trump Administration; retired Gen. Phillip Breedlove, former NATO supreme allied commander Europe; and Kian Tajbakhsh, a former Iranian political prisoner who is now an NYU visiting adjunct professor of international relations, join “CUOMO” to discuss. Since the Iran war began, more than $2.6 billion in well-timed oil trades have…
ABCNEWS - COVID-19 expert says hantavirus won't be the next pandemic
Dr. Ashish Jha, former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, answered questions about hantavirus following a cruise ship outbreak.
AXIOS (Caitlin Owens) - The era of Doctor AI is already here
Like it or not, consumers are already consulting AI for medical advice whenever they want to. Why it matters: This is opening access to medical information in an entirely new way. The problem is, that advice may not always be very good. Where it stands: OpenAI put out some numbers in January: More than 40 million people ask its ChatGPT health care-related questions every day, and 1 in 4 of the tool's approximately 800 million regular users submits a health care prompt every week. - The careful debate over how AI should be deployed, regulated and evaluated in clinical settings often fails to acknowledge that the cat's already out of the bag when it comes to direct-to-consumer use. - "Too often people are using this as an expert and not…
Like it or not, consumers are already consulting AI for medical advice whenever they want to. Why it matters: This is opening access to medical information in an entirely new way. The problem is, that advice may not always be very good. Where it stands: OpenAI put out some numbers in January: More than 40 million people ask its ChatGPT health care-related questions every day, and 1 in 4 of the tool's approximately 800 million regular users submits a health care prompt every week. - The careful debate over how AI should be deployed, regulated and evaluated in clinical settings often fails to acknowledge that the cat's already out of the bag when it comes to direct-to-consumer use. - "Too often people are using this as an expert and not…Open