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Prognosis: Misconception

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Reality TV stars are freezing their eggs on camera. Lawmakers in DC are debating federal protection for IVF. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in slick startups that market fertility treatments for all. But this rapid growth has revealed cracks in the system. Misconception, a new series from Bloomberg’s Prognosis, follows reporter Kristen V. Brown on her own intimate journey as she uncovers the business of fertility. Along the way, she finds a fractured industry — a profit-drive...

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Episodes (258)

The Other Epidemic

Prognosis: Misconception

Apr 20, 202011:21pending

A Cure in Survivors' Blood?

Prognosis: Misconception

Apr 17, 202010:38pending

The One-Two Punch to Black America

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Apr 16, 20209:23pending

A Covid Early Warning Sign

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Apr 15, 202011:56pending

Apple and Amazon vs. the Virus

Prognosis: Misconception

Apr 14, 202011:47pending

What Happened to the CDC?

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Apr 13, 202013:57pending

How It All Started

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Apr 10, 202022:08pending

Hunting For the Virus in Sewage

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Apr 9, 202010:44pending

A Mental Health Crisis Worsens

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Apr 8, 202012:04pending

How to Wear a Mask

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Apr 7, 202011:29pending

This is How We End It

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Apr 6, 202013:46pending

What Germany Did Right

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Apr 3, 202013:41pending

The Case For Writing Every American a Check

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Apr 2, 202011:21pending

When Will We Have a Vaccine?

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Apr 1, 202014:41pending

When You Can't Go See the Doctor

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Mar 31, 202013:37pending

This is How the Virus Kills

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Mar 30, 202014:27pending

Prognosis Daily: The Coronavirus Detectives

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Mar 27, 202011:23pending

Special Episode: Understanding Pandemics

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Mar 26, 202028:58pending

Prognosis Daily: What Went Wrong With Testing

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Mar 26, 202012:19pending

Announcing Prognosis Daily: Coronavirus

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Mar 24, 20200:56pending

Introducing Deep Background with Noah Feldman: Civil Liberties in the Time of CO...

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Mar 17, 202036:47pending

Superbugs' Natural Predator (Rebroadcast)

Prognosis: Misconception

Feb 27, 202026:08pending

Superbugs Force a Deadly Choice for Cancer Patients (Rebroadcast)

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Feb 20, 202031:55pending

The Skinny on Diet and Health Apps (Rebroadcast)

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Feb 13, 202021:37pending

Engineering Your Own Pancreas (Rebroadcast)

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Feb 6, 202024:58pending

How to Buy a Better Birth

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Jan 30, 202024:25pending

Fixing Health Care for the People It Often Fails

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Jan 23, 202021:49pending

The Doctor, the Patient, and Everything in Between

Prognosis: Misconception

Jan 16, 202023:55pending

How U.S. Health Care Broke The Bank

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Jan 9, 202022:37pending

Introducing Prognosis Season 4: America's Broken Health-Care Costs

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Jan 8, 20201:30pending

Coming Soon: Travel Genius Season 2

Prognosis: Misconception

Oct 29, 20191:25pending

Introducing Stephanomics Season 2

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Oct 2, 20192:24pending

Fighting Back Against Killer Superbugs

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Sep 26, 201927:38pending

The Mystery That Makes Hospitals Sick

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Sep 19, 201920:58pending

Superbugs' Natural Predator

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Sep 12, 201925:44pending

Superbugs Force a Deadly Choice for Cancer Patients

Prognosis: Misconception

Sep 5, 201931:35pending

Introducing Prognosis Season 3: Superbugs

Prognosis: Misconception

Aug 26, 20192:43pending

Why China Loves DNA Tests for Babies

Prognosis: Misconception

Jul 4, 201928:44pending

The Skinny on Diet and Health Apps

Prognosis: Misconception

Jun 20, 201921:22pending

“I’ve Given Up on the Idea of Privacy”

Prognosis: Misconception

Jun 6, 201928:27pending

Gift Cards for Your DNA Data

Prognosis: Misconception

May 23, 201921:52pending

Should We Be Scared of Our DNA?

Prognosis: Misconception

May 9, 201923:36pending

Why the Mormon Church Loves Your DNA

Prognosis: Misconception

Apr 25, 201924:44pending

Introducing "What Goes Up," A New Show From Bloomberg

Prognosis: Misconception

Apr 19, 20191:44pending

Building a Better Period-Tracking App

Prognosis: Misconception

Apr 11, 201926:28pending

Coming Soon: The Pay Check Season 2

Prognosis: Misconception

Apr 5, 20191:17pending

DNA Testing Is Changing Families

Prognosis: Misconception

Mar 28, 201923:41pending

Coming Soon: Prognosis Season 2

Prognosis: Misconception

Mar 21, 20191:22pending

A Message from The Pay Check

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Feb 8, 20190:39pending

How to Buy a Cure

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Dec 24, 201824:01pending