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511 - How to Minimize Risks of COVID—and Other Infectious Diseases—During Air Travel
Season 6 Episode 511
Dr. Mark Gendreau, an emergency department physician in Boston, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the marvels of airplane ventilation, the transmi…
4 years, 1 month ago
510 - Jailed and Pregnant: What the Roe Repeal Means for the Incarcerated
Season 6 Episode 510
Dr. Carolyn Sufrin joins the podcast to talk with Dr. Sharfstein about the implication of overturning Roe vs Wade for a special population—people who…
4 years, 1 month ago
509 - The Threat of Polio
Season 6 Episode 509
The first case of paralytic polio in New York in decades has focused attention on a devastating virus with a long and terrible history. Olakunle Alon…
4 years, 1 month ago
508 - Back to School: COVID, New CDC Guidance, Monkeypox, and More with Keri Althoff and Liz Stuart
Season 6 Episode 508
How should parents be thinking about their kids returning to school in the context of updated CDC guidelines on COVID, the potential for monkeypox ou…
4 years, 1 month ago
507 - Everything You Wanted to Know About COVID Rebounds and Weren’t Afraid to Ask with Dr. Amesh Adalja
Season 6 Episode 507
What’s the difference between COVID reinfection, rebounding, and a new infection? Are people contagious and can they have recurring symptoms with a C…
4 years, 1 month ago
506 - A Climate Change Activist Reacts to the Climate Change Bill
Season 6 Episode 506
President Biden is poised to sign the historic Inflation Reduction Act that will, among other things, enact sweeping changes to the US energy sector …
4 years, 1 month ago
505 - Monitoring the Monkeypox Response with Dr. Caitlin Rivers
Season 6 Episode 505
Throughout the COVID pandemic, number crunching has been a way to understand and respond to the scope, spread, and spikes of outbreaks. The same goes…
4 years, 1 month ago
504 - Confirming a Wuhan Seafood Market as the Origin of COVID-19
Season 6 Episode 504
A new report confirms the origins of SARS-CoV-2 as a spillover event from a seafood market in Wuhan, China. Biosecurity expert Gigi Gronvall returns …
4 years, 1 month ago
503 - What’s Happening With COVID Globally—Variants, Second-Generation Vaccines, and a Worrying Flu Season Down South
Season 6 Episode 503
Vaccine experts Drs. Anna Durbin and Bill Moss return to the podcast to talk with Lindsay Smith Rogers about the global state of COVID-19. They discu…
4 years, 1 month ago
502 - New Mexico’s Neglected Alcohol Problem
Season 6 Episode 502
New Mexico has the highest rate of alcohol-related deaths in the US, but the problem is routinely sidestepped at best or, at worst, blamed erroneousl…
4 years, 1 month ago