jonathan reiner. this news coming after the king went through this procedure to examine his enlarged prostate. this raised a separate issue of concern, a form of cancer, the palace says that he remains wholly positive about his treatment. what do you make of that? >> it seems like in the course of his treatment, his surgical procedure for his prostate they discovered another problem. when you are admitted to the hospital he often get tested like chest x-ray. so that might have found a lesion in his lungs, you have basic preoperative blood obtained, so that my show he is anemic and that might have led to further workup. it sounds like in the course of the routine evaluation part for his prostate surgery they discovered something else was amiss. >> just to be clear, the prostate enlargement was found to have been benign, so it does not appear he has prostate cancer. walk us through this spectrum of potential treatments for someone. there are many different forms of cancer that affect people in a variety

jonathan reiner. dr. reiner, great to see you.t does it tell you that defense secretary austin is now back at walter reed? >> well, it tells us that he continues to suffer a series of complications after his original prost tektmy in december. the way the announcement was released, describing a so-called, you know, bladder emergency, really suggests basically one of two things. either he has a bladder obstruction, or he has a severe bladder infection or possibly both. so, remember that the bladder collects the urine after it's produced in the kidneys. it travels through the ureters. then it's collected in this essential bag before it is voided. if there is an obstruction between the bladder and the urethra or even if there is an obstruction in the urethra, then it will be impossible to void, and that can be extremely painful. the other possibility is that his bladder is infected and general urinary infection can lead to systemic sepsis and difficulties with blood pressure and overall sepsis. we know that he's been admitted to an ic

jonathan reiner. he's a professor of surgery and medicine at the george washington university here in washington in dc is also a cardiologist. dr. reiner, what do you think about this new guidance coming out from the cdc? >> i think it's a bit unwise >> we've we've >> moved on in this country in terms of our experience with covid but covid hasn't left this country. and in fact, covid is really everywhere. there were hundreds of thousands of cases last week, 20,000 people hospitalized, 2,500 deaths. >> so covid >> still impacts this country in a very meaningful and sometimes tragic way. but the country has tired of it, and we've, we've, we've become bored with it and maybe politically, it's now sort of unwise to keep focusing on covid. but the intent of these new proposed guidelines, or basically to say once you're feeling a little better, you can go back to work. >> now, the >> problem with that is that when you go back to work, you may be exposing colleagues and other people who risk might be differe

jonathan reiner. i'm going to lean into your pr expertise first here.ht ultimately at some point come forward with more information about the king's cancer diagnosis. you got some experience with this. you treated former vice president dick cheney when he had his -- he still has a heart condition, but some of his repeated heart surgeries and what not. what's the advantage of being more public with this type of situation? >> hi, john. well, i learned the truth is going to come out and you might as well get it out at the beginning and tell the entire story because speculation is sometimes worse than the truth. the palace yesterday basically said his majesty has chosen to share his diagnosis to prevent speculation, but by actually not sharing his specific cancer diagnosis, they've only fueled speculation. so, look, if the news is not so bad, then that will extinguish the speculation. and if the news is super serious and potentially tragic, then it would serve to help to prepare the country. so, at some point, you know, the full diagnosis is likely to come

jonathan reiner. he's a cnn medical analyst and professor of medicine and surgery at george washington university also, dr. reiner. first off, let's just talk about measles and how contagious measles are yes. so measles is probably >> the most contagious pathogen on the planet if you take, you put ten people who have not had measles and have not had the vaccine and put them in a room with somebody who has active measles, nine out of those ten people will contract incredibly transmissible. and it's remarkably preventable. the vaccine that we've had since 1963 is 98% effective at preventing vaccine, preventing measles infection the virus itself causes severe illness and prior to the advent of vaccines, hundreds of thousands of americans would get measles right now, if you look at the, what happens if you get the virus, but one in five people will need to be hospitalized about one in ten people get pneumonia. one in 1,000 people getting syphilis, which can result in deafness, intellectual disability seiz

jonathan reiner joins me now to talk about this. dr. great, to see you again, by the way. thanks. so when this came up, i said we've got to get dr. reiner in here to talk about this i mean, federal guidance says unvaccinated children must be excluded from school through 21 days after their most recent exposure, the florida surgeon general is saying their health department is deferring to parents to make these decisions. what's your reaction at what's your reaction to what's unfolding? >> well, this is a preventable illness of a completely preventable illness. the reason why cdc recommends that kids who have been unvaccinated, kids who have been exposed to the virus stay home for 21 days. is that the incubation period for the viruses? seven to 21 days >> and if you are exposed and are infected, you can be infectious several days before you develop the sort of characteristic rash, which is why they recommend non-immune, non-vaccinated kids basically stay home but the florida surgeon general, dr. joseph ladapo has a pattern of basically denying science and, you know, he's, he's shown

jonathan reiner are standing by to join me. dr. reiner is a cnn medical analyst and a professor of medicine and surgery at the george washington university. here here in washington, arlette, let me start with you. what do we know specifically about today's visit >> well, wolf president biden has been at walter reed medical center for about an hour-and-a-half this morning as he is undergoing his routine annual physical, it's expected it's been been conducted by his physician here at the white house, dr. kevin o'connor, and the white house has said that they will release a summary of the physical results a little bit later in the day. now, this is the third time president biden has undergone a physical since being in the white house as president, he did one back in 2021 and again around this time last year in 2023, following that physical, dr. kevin o'connor wrote in a summary that the president was healthy, vigorous, and fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency. but this physical is being conducted at a time when the

jonathan reiner, cnn medical analyst, who advised the white house medical team under president george w bush. so you've been in these situations before of how to handle this information, these physicals on their release you've looked at this report by the president's longtime dr. dr. by the name of kevin o'connor. i know you know him. well, what stands out to you, dr. reiner >> well, first of all, it's a incredibly comprehensive report. it involved about ten consultants it's the kind of massive evaluation that the white house has really good at doing. and overall, it speaks to the stability of the president compared to his evaluation last year. the one change is that he now is being treated for sleep apnea, very common disorder a lot of people know somebody who uses a machine at night to provide the sort of positive airway pressure to keep, you basically from waking up multiple times during the night and dr. o'connor reported that the president is now using that but obviously, the one element that is not in the report is sort of the much discussed cognitive exam. >> but >> i've known

jonathan reiner is a cnn medical analyst and professor of medicine and surgery at george washington university. dr. reiner, how much has the covid-19 landscape changed over the last four years since the pandemic began. and do you see this as just a practical approach, the one we take with all kinds of colds >> well, i think basically we've learned how to live with this virus it's everywhere now there's a lot of covid in the community. there were hundreds of thousands of cases last week by 20,000 people admitted to hospitals, about 2,500 people dying but we're learning how to live with it and some ways we're kind of learning how to ignore it. >> i think >> we've seen a change in the cdc guidelines over the years initially, you couldn't go back to work until you tested negative and then you could go back to work at ten days and then you can go back to work at five days without testing now, this is a pragmatic approach and it stems from an observation in california and oregon that when they lessen these sort of the isolation requirements, there didn't seem to be a change in the overall levels of