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 ...

Michael Osterholm, University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy director, was driving to the airport the morning of Dec. 30, 2019, when his cellphone rang. A colleague was ...

Michael Osterholm, left, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, right, at a briefing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in St. Paul, Minn. Michael Osterholm, left, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, right, ...

In his latest book, “The Big One,” leading epidemiologist Mike Osterholm charts pandemics throughout history, what’s worked and what hasn’t. As bad as COVID-19 was in terms of fatalities and ...

Renowned epidemiologist and public health expert Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., will be signing his newest book, “The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics,” between 1 and 2:30 p.m.

Since then, "we have basically destroyed what capacity we had to respond to a pandemic," Osterholm told Live Science. "The office that normally did this work in the White House has been totally ...