Coronavirus in Context
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, MPH, interviews the nation's top experts to get answers to the big coronavirus questions that are top of mind for us all.
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How the COVID Pandemic May End: Lessons From the 1918 Flu
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How Did We Get to 10 Million COVID-19 Cases?
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Teen Finds 'Better Way' to Test for COVID
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FDA Commissioner Shares Requirements for COVID-19 Vaccine Approval
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Are New COVID-19 Treatments More Important Than a Vaccine?
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Superfoods and Diets -- What Benefits Our Brain and Mental Health?
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How Has Data Misuse Hurt COVID-19 Efforts?
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9/11 Survivor: 'COVID Humbled Me'
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Why Has COVID-19 Hit Minorities Harder?
- Are Vaccines a 'Victim of Their Own Success'?
John Whyte, MD, MPH, is a popular physician and writer who has been communicating to the public about health issues for nearly two decades.
Whyte is the Chief Medical Officer, WebMD. In this role, Whyte leads efforts to develop and expand strategic partnerships
that create meaningful change around important and timely public health issues. Prior to WebMD, Whyte served as the director
of professional affairs and stakeholder engagement at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration. Whyte worked with health care professionals, patients, and patient advocates, providing them with a focal
point for advocacy, enhanced two-way communication, and collaboration, assisting them in navigating the FDA on issues concerning
drug development, review, and drug safety. He also developed numerous initiatives to address diversity in clinical trials.
Prior to this, Whyte worked for nearly a decade as the chief medical expert and vice president, health and medical education,
at Discovery Channel, the leading nonfiction television network. In this role, Whyte developed, designed, and delivered educational
programming that appealed to both a medical and lay audience. This included television shows as well as online content that
won over 50 awards including numerous Tellys, CINE Golden Eagle, and Freddies.
Whyte is a board-certified internist. He completed an internal medicine residency at Duke University Medical Center as well
as earned a Master of Public Health in health policy and management at Harvard University School of Public Health. Prior to
arriving in Washington, Whyte was a health services research fellow at Stanford and attending physician in the department
of medicine. He has written extensively in the medical and lay press.
He continues to see patients in Washington, DC, and Maryland.