Coronavirus Videos
- How to Wear a Face Mask
Face masks help protect you and others from spreading or catching COVID-19. However, it’s important to follow the proper steps to make sure you’re not contaminating the mask or your face.
- Coronavirus in Context: The Importance of LGBTQ Equality in Medicine
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, Immediate Past Chair, American Medical Association Board of Trustees, Professor of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Nicolas Leighton, Medical Student, George Washington University, about the importance of LGBTQ equality in Medicine.
- Coronavirus in Context: The Complex Impact of COVID on Children
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Nathaniel Beers, MD, Pediatrician, Children's National Hospital, and Dr. Phil McGraw, Mental Health Expert, about the complex impact of COVID on children.
- Coronavirus in Context: COVID and Cancer: What's the Connection?
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Robert Keenan, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Moffitt Cancer Center, about the impact of COVID on cancer care and the critical nature of screenings and treatment during the crisis.
- Coronavirus in Context: Will COVID Ultimately Make Clinical Trials More Diverse?
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Dana Dornsife, Founder and CEO, Lazarex Cancer Foundation, and Glenn Ellis, Visiting Scholar, National Center for Bioethics, Tuskegee University, about the challenges of diversifying clinical trials to more evenly include minorities and the possibility that COVID will help accelerate that agenda.
- Coronavirus in Context: Food and Fitness During the Pandemic
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Chris Mohr, PhD, Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist, and Chris Smits, Co-Founder, FORME Fitness, about food and fitness during the pandemic.
- Coronavirus in Context: How Black Lives Matter Impacts My Practice
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Jennifer Caudle, DO, Associate Professor of Medicine, Rowan University, about how Black Lives Matter impacts her practice, racial disparities, public health education, and the importance of finding accurate information on the Internet.
- Coronavirus in Context: How COVID Devastated My Family
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Joe Fusco, Survivor of Coronavirus, about how COVID devastated his entire family.
- Coronavirus in Context: CDC Director Discusses Next Steps in the War Against COVID
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Robert Redfield, MD, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about next steps in the war against COVID.
- The Truth About Face Masks
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there’s been lots of buzz about covering your face. Here’s the truth about face masks.
- Coronavirus in Context: Lessons Learned from 5 Million Confirmed Cases
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, about the U.S. reaching 5 million confirmed cases, the urgency of following safety guidelines, and his optimism for a vaccine.
- Coronavirus in Context: Why "Caution Fatigue" May Be Causing More COVID Cases
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Jacqueline K. Gollan, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Northwestern Medicine, about the psychological roots of caution fatigue and the importance of remaining vigilant in following safety guidelines.
- Coronavirus in Context: Mentorship Match: A Strategy to Get More Minorities Interested in Medicine
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Aaron Gilani, Founder & Executive Director, Prescribe It Forward, and Jordan Saunders, Director of Media Strategy, Prescribe it Forward, about their free mentorship platform and how it can help increase diversity in the medical profession.
- Coronavirus in Context: The Impact of COVID on Digital Health
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD, Director of The Medical Futurist Institute, Keynote Speaker, Author, about the impact of COVID on digital health and new technologies that may help improve healthcare in the future.
- Coronavirus in Context: A Story of Long-term Recovery
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Rachel Baum, Survivor of Coronavirus, about her personal story of long-term recovery from the virus.
- Coronavirus in Context: How Airbnb Hosts and Guests Are Adapting to COVID-19
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Chris Lehane, Senior Vice President, Global Policy and Communications, Airbnb, about the ways Airbnb hosts and guests are adapting to COVID-19.
- Coronavirus in Context: How To Plan A Knockout Event During COVID
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Edward Perotti, Global Celebrity Event Designer, about ways to entertain in-person and virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Coronavirus in Context: When Scrubs Protect Against Racial Discrimination
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Arturo Holmes II, MD, Urology Resident, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, about his personal experiences with racism and how his professional uniform serves as a protective shield.
- Coronavirus in Context: Can a Cholesterol Drug Fight COVID?
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Yaakov "Koby" Nahmias, PhD, Director, Alexander Grass Center for Bioengineering at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, about the potential of using a cholesterol medication to fight COVID-19.
- Coronavirus in Context: Challenges of Parenting During the Pandemic
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Dr. Phil, Best-selling Author and Television Host, about the challenges of parenting during the pandemic.
- Coronavirus in Context: Destigmatizing Mental Health
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Kenneth Cole, Fashion Designer, Activist, Philanthropist, about destigmatizing mental health and the parallels between the COVID and HIV/AIDS pandemics.
- Coronavirus in Context: Why It's so Important to Resume Cancer Screening and Care
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with John Deeken, MD, President, Inova Schar Cancer Institute about why It's so Important to Resume Cancer Screening and Care.
- Coronavirus in Context: Coronavirus has significantly amplified clinician burnout
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Esther Choo, MD, MPH, Emergency Physician and Professor, Oregon Health & Science University about how coronavirus has significantly amplified clinician burnout.
- Coronavirus in Context: Mom Shares Cautionary Tale of COVID Infection
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Michelle Zymet, Florida Resident and Victim of Coronavirus, about her and her family's personal experience with COVID-19.
- Coronavirus in Context: Should You Send Your Children Back to School?
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Nathaniel Beers, MD, Pediatrician, Children's National Hospital, about the relationship between COVID-19 and children, and the risks associated with sending children back to school.
- Dr. Fauci: Not Caring Means You Are Propagating a Pandemic
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), about how not caring means you are propagating a pandemic.
- Coronavirus in Context: Why Are Some People Believing Conspiracy Theories?
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Seema Yasmin, MD, Public Health Professor, Author, and Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, about why some people are believing COVID-19 conspiracy theories.
- Coronavirus in Context: Smell Tests to Detect COVID
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Andrew D. Badley, MD, Professor of Medicine and COVID-19 Research Task Force Chair, Mayo Clinic about smell tests to detect COVID.
- Coronavirus in Context: Making Sense of All the Data
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale University about making sense of all the data.
- Coronavirus in Context: How Healthcare Systems Are Handling the Surge and Physician Burnout
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Richard Isaacs, MD, CEO and Executive Director, The Permanente Medical Group about how healthcare systems are handling the surge and physician burnout.
- Coronavirus in Context: The First 100 Episodes
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, shares key learnings from the first 100 episodes of "Coronavirus in Context".
- Coronavirus in Context: Judy Woodruff Discusses Covering the Biggest Story of Her Lifetime
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Judy Woodruff, Broadcast Journalist, Anchor and Managing Editor of the PBS NewsHour, about covering the biggest story of her lifetime.
- Coronavirus in Context: Insights on Reopening Schools
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, about insights on reopening schools.
- Coronavirus in Context: COVID News: Perspective from a Physician Journalist
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Jonathan LaPook, MD, Chief Medical Correspondent, CBS News, Professor of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, about his perspective on COVID news as a prominent physician journalist.
- Coronavirus in Context: Tips to Eat Healthier During the Pandemic
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Drew Ramsey, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University, about tips to eat healthier during the pandemic.
- Coronavirus in Context: Managing Your Money
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, revisits two previous "Coronavirus in Context" episodes with guests Suze Orman, Financial Expert, Women and Money Podcast; and Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, MA, MHSA, Health Economist, Advisor, and Trend Weaver, to focus on managing your money during the pandemic.
- Coronavirus in Context: A View from Australia on Mental Health
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Kieran Kennedy, MBChB BSc, Doctor, Mental Health Advocate, Writer, and Speaker, about his view from Australia on mental health.
- Coronavirus in Context: Youth Sports: Managing the Risk of COVID-19
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Deverick Anderson, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, about youth sports and managing the risk of COVID-19.
- Coronavirus in Context: The Importance of Physical Activity During the Pandemic
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Cedric X. Bryant, PhD, FACSM, President and Chief Science Officer, American Council on Exercise (ACE), about the importance of physical activity during the pandemic.
- Coronavirus in Context: Staying Safe with a Social "Bubble"
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, about the potential to reduce COVID-19 risks by forming a social "bubble".
- Coronavirus in Context: Tips on How to Sleep During the Pandemic
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego Center for Circadian Biology, about tips on how to sleep during the pandemic.
- Coronavirus in Context: Dr. John Whyte Revisits the Topic of Resilience
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, revisits three previous "Coronavirus in Context" episodes with guests Ariana Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global; Tim Tebow, Athlete, Speaker, New York Times Bestselling Author; Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; and Laurel S. Mayer, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, to focus on resilience.
- Coronavirus in Context: Exercising in the Age of COVID-19: Is the Gym Safe?
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Cedric X. Bryant, PhD, FACSM, President and Chief Science Officer, American Council on Exercise (ACE), about exercising in the age of COVID-19 and some considerations for safety.
- Coronavirus in Context: Wastewater Testing May Help Predict Coronavirus Hotspots
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Mariana Matus, CEO and Cofounder, Biobot Analytics, about the detection of COVID-19 in wastewater.
- Coronavirus in Context: The Impact of COVID-19 on Theatre and Entertainment
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Robert Ahrens, Film and Theatrical Producer, and Elizabeth Stanley, Actress and Singer, about the impact of COVID-19 on theatre and entertainment.
- Coronavirus in Context: Using Twitter to Connect the Dots on Coronavirus
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Thomas M. Lee, BS, NHA, Co-Founder, Symplur, LLC and the Healthcare Hashtag Project, about using Twitter to connect the dots on coronavirus.
- Coronavirus in Context: Llamas, Ferrets, and Monkeys... Oh My! How Pets and Other Animals Are Helping with COVID-19
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Courtney A. Campbell, DVM, DACVS-SA, Board Certified Veterinary Surgeon, about how pets and other animals are helping with COVID-19.
- Coronavirus in Context: Home Care in the Setting of Mental Health Disease
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Tom Koutsoumpas, President and CEO, Capital Caring Health, and Ken Duckworth, MD, Chief Medical Officer, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), about home care in the setting of mental health disease.
- Coronavirus in Context: Padma Lakshmi Shares Tips for Cooking During the Pandemic
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Padma Lakshmi, Television Host / Executive Producer, NY Times Best-selling Author, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, and ACLU Spokesperson, about tips for cooking during the pandemic.
- Coronavirus in Context: The Impact of COVID-19 on Minority Populations
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, speaks with Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, about the impact of COVID-19 on minority populations.