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200 - The Logistics and Ethics of Distributing COVID-19 Vaccines
Season 2 Episode 200
We’re closer to safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines, but what will the actual rollout look like? Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a bioethicist and health policy e…
5 years, 10 months ago
199 - What We Can Learn From The Success of the NBA’s COVID-19 Bubble
Season 2 Episode 199
After the National Basketball Association shut down on March 11, the league was able to resume play and complete both its season and postseason witho…
5 years, 10 months ago
198 - Why Women Are Dropping Out of the Workforce During COVID-19 and What the Long-term Impacts May Be
Season 2 Episode 198
A disproportionate number of women in the U.S. appear to be “dropping out” of the workforce during the pandemic, presumably to care for children or b…
5 years, 10 months ago
197 - What We’ve Learned About How COVID-19 Spreads
Season 2 Episode 197
Before the pandemic, we didn’t know as much about how infectious respiratory diseases spread. New knowledge about COVID-19 can help us make informed …
5 years, 10 months ago
BONUS - Fixing Chronic Underinvestment in Public Health and Prevention: COVID-19’s Unexpected Opportunities to Chart a Path to a Healthier Future
Season 2
The pandemic has revealed major deficits in public health infrastructure and a lack of prioritization of prevention efforts: only 3% of all health do…
5 years, 10 months ago
196 - Contact Tracing for COVID-19 in New York City
Season 2 Episode 196
New York City’s contact tracing program, officially launched on June 1, is one of the largest in the nation. Dr. Jay Varma, the mayor’s senior advise…
5 years, 10 months ago
195 - Racism As A Public Health Crisis: The Impacts of COVID-19 and Racism on Kids, Education, and Health
Season 2 Episode 195
In the first of a periodic series on racism and health, Dr. Keshia Pollack Porter, vice dean for faculty and professor in Health Policy and Managemen…
5 years, 10 months ago
194 - Research update: COVID-19 Vaccines and Older Adults, COVID and Pregnancy, and the Potential of Rapid Tests
Season 2 Episode 194
In this episode, Dr. Josh Sharfstein talks with Hopkins researchers who break down three new COVID-19 research papers: Dr. Andrew Redd talks about CO…
5 years, 10 months ago
193 - Suicide Prevention and COVID-19
Season 2 Episode 193
The pandemic has elevated many of the risk factors of suicide, including loneliness, grief, economic distress, and a record number of people requesti…
5 years, 10 months ago
192 - An Update on COVID-19 Treatments: Monoclonal Antibodies, Convalescent Plasma, Remdesivir and More
Season 2 Episode 192
COVID-19 mortality rates are falling and better treatments are one of the main reasons why. Dr. Arturo Casadevall returns to the podcast to talk with…
5 years, 10 months ago