Monday, March 22, 2021 - Dr. Michael Osterholm is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Policy and Research at the University of Minnesota and a recent advisor to President Biden’s transition team. In this excerpt from the Conversations on Healthcare podcast, he discusses the coronavirus variants, and how a more equitable distribution of vaccines around the world will be necessary to bring the pandemic under control. ~~~ Harvest Public Media reports on farm worker vaccinations. ~~~ This year’s UND Writers Conference is about to get underway, and since it’s online, it will be easier than ever for people from across the state, or the nation for that matter, to attend. It’s also easier for the featured speakers, and this year it includes US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo! Here to tell us about the speakers and how you can participate is organizer Crystal Alberts.