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664 - Disaster Planning For Extreme Weather
Season 8 Episode 664
Extreme heat, wildfires, hurricanes, and more are driving huge changes for emergency managers like Chas Eby, the deputy executive director of the Mar…
3 years ago
663 - The Impact of Health Care on Climate
Season 8 Episode 663
Daily health care operations in the US account for 8.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Shanda Demorest is a cardiac nurse and Associate Director of…
3 years ago
662 - National Food Safety Education Month: What a Health Department Does to Keep Our Food Safe
Season 8 Episode 662
There’s a bit of detective work that has to go into investigating outbreaks of foodborne illnesses, and your local health department plays a key role…
3 years ago
661 - Why is Methadone So Hard to Get?
Season 8 Episode 661
Methadone is a gold star treatment for opioid use disorder but it’s heavily regulated at the federal level, making it hard for patients to get and ev…
3 years ago
660 - The CDC’s 9.11 World Trade Center Health Program
Season 8 Episode 660
Hundreds of thousands of people were exposed to dust, debris, carcinogens, and trauma at the three sites of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the immedia…
3 years ago
659 - What You Need To Know About the Juvenile Justice System
Season 8 Episode 659
Many of us only hear about the juvenile justice system from the news in 30-second snippets. But Sam Abed, acting director of the Department of Youth …
3 years ago
658 - What Happened to the Doctors Spreading Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Season 8 Episode 658
Throughout the pandemic, a few medical professionals spread false and misleading information about COVID-19 and even touted potentially harmful “trea…
3 years, 1 month ago
657 - The Consequences of Abortion Restrictions Part 2: Denials of Medical Care
Season 8 Episode 657
Part two of this series features Dr. Daniel Grossman, an obstretrician and gynecologist, and Dr. Katrina Kimport, a sociologist in Obstetrics, Gyneco…
3 years, 1 month ago
656 - The Consequences of Abortion Restrictions Part 1: Spotlight on Texas
Season 8 Episode 656
In part one of a two part series, Johns Hopkins demographic researcher Suzanne Bell talks with Lindsay Smith Rogers about a new report quantifying th…
3 years, 1 month ago
655 - Are We At A Tipping Point For Climate Change?
Season 8 Episode 655
Massive deadly fires, bleached coral reefs, extreme heat, ocean temps topping 100 degrees….have we reached a tipping point in climate change? Johns H…
3 years, 1 month ago