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615 - How a Unique Mental Health Model Developed After 9/11 is Helping Ukrainians Find Some Peace of Mind
Season 7 Episode 615
After 9/11, mental health workers in New York City found themselves overwhelmed with requests to provide treatment to kids and their families. In res…
3 years, 4 months ago
614 - The Clinical Research Into Psilocybin as a Tool for Mental Health Treatment
Season 7 Episode 614
Psychedelic drugs like psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, have been used throughout human history. But it’s only in the last few decades that researcher…
3 years, 4 months ago
613 - COVID Update: Variants, Vaccines, and No More “Boosters”
Season 7 Episode 613
The pandemic phase of COVID-19 is officially over, but there’s still work to be done. Virologist and podcast regular Dr. Andy Pekosz talks with Steph…
3 years, 4 months ago
612 - The Xylazine Crisis
Season 7 Episode 612
Xylazine is an animal tranquilizer that is showing up in illicit opioid supplies. In addition to contributing to the risk of overdose, xylazine cause…
3 years, 4 months ago
611 - Public Health in the Field: The Grassroots Revolution in Maternal Health
Season 7 Episode 611
Concluding our 3-part series dedicated to addressing the Black maternal health crisis in the United States, co-hosts Dr. Rachel Bervell and Annalies …
3 years, 4 months ago
610 - Public Health in the Field: How Policy Can Help Solve the Black Maternal Health Crisis
Season 7 Episode 610
Continuing our 3-part series dedicated to addressing the Black maternal health crisis in the United States, co-hosts Dr. Rachel Bervell and Annalies …
3 years, 5 months ago
609 - The Surge in Anti-Trans Bills and Attacks on LGBTQ+ Health
Season 7 Episode 609
In the last year, more anti-trans legislation has been passed in the U.S. than at any other time in history. Dr. Helene Hedian, director of clinical …
3 years, 5 months ago
608 - What May Happen When the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends on May 11
Season 7 Episode 608
Jennifer Kates, senior vice president and director of global health and HIV policy at KFF, returns to the podcast to talk with Lindsay Smith Rogers a…
3 years, 5 months ago
607: How The FDA Can Help More People Stop Smoking
Season 7 Episode 607
In a recent commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine, Johns Hopkins tobacco policy expert Joanna Cohen and colleagues call for the FDA to ta…
3 years, 5 months ago
606 - What Happens Next with Mifepristone?
Season 7 Episode 606
To understand what happens now that SCOTUS has stayed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling on mifepristone, we first have to understand how the case got …
3 years, 5 months ago