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779 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Takes A Step On Climate
Season 8 Episode 779
About this episode:
The CMS Innovation Center at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid is tasked with research and development to improve health care c…
2 years, 2 months ago
778 - The White House’s New Rules Around Gain-of-function Research
Season 8 Episode 778
About this episode:
Gain-of-function research involves altering a virus to make it more transmissible or deadly in order to develop vaccines, therapi…
2 years, 2 months ago
777 - Meteorology and Climate Change
Season 10 Episode 777
About this episode:
Meteorologists look at data and history to help make sense of weather patterns and make predictions. This work, in turn, helps in…
2 years, 2 months ago
Special Series: Racial Bias and Pulse Oximeters Part 1–A Problem Hiding in Plain Sight
Season 8
About this episode:
Pulse oximeters—devices used to read blood oxygen levels in hospitals and at home—are far less reliable for people with darker sk…
2 years, 2 months ago
Special Series: Racial Bias and Pulse Oximeters Part 2—What Went Wrong?
Season 8
About this episode:
Pulse oximeters—devices used to read blood oxygen levels in hospitals and at home—are far less reliable for people with darker sk…
2 years, 2 months ago
Special Series: Racial Bias and Pulse Oximeters Part 3—Fixing Pulse Oximeters
Season 8
About this episode:
Pulse oximeters—devices used to read blood oxygen levels in hospitals and at home—are far less reliable for people with darker sk…
2 years, 2 months ago
Bonus Episode - Mifepristone and EMTALA SCOTUS Rulings: A Holding Pattern
Season 8
About this episode:
The Supreme Court has issued decisions in the two major abortion cases on its docket this year. For the time being, the drug mife…
2 years, 3 months ago
776 - The Invisible Shield—Public Health
Season 8 Episode 776
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Public health saved your life today and you didn’t even know it. But while public health makes modern life possible, efforts are …
2 years, 3 months ago
775 - How to Make Cities More Mental Health Friendly for Adolescents and Young Adults
Season 10 Episode 775
About this episode:
Our mental health and well-being are shaped by our environment: access to green space can be beneficial, while cities with high p…
2 years, 3 months ago
774 - Why We Desperately Need—And Still Don’t Have—A Global Pandemic Treaty
Season 10 Episode 774
About this episode:
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, world health officials agreed that many more lives could have been saved had there been bet…
2 years, 3 months ago