The MedPod Today podcast from MedPage Today discusses the top three health topics of the week. The first is the large number of vacancies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The second topic is a change in the referral system for medical assistants (MA referral shakeup). The third topic concerns a proposal to delete the nursing board's disciplinary records over the past 20 years. The episode is hosted by reporter Rachael Robertson, who provides a deeper look at these stories. The podcast shares current information about what's happening in the healthcare industry. No specific statistics or details of the findings are given in the transcript.