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501 - Meeting America’s Public Health Challenge: Recommendations for Building a National Public Health System
Season 6 Episode 501
The public health system has been fragmented and haphazard for years, and COVID-19 showed just how consequential a weak system can be. Former FDA Com…
4 years, 1 month ago
500 - How Did Mpox Become a Public Health Crisis?
Season 6 Episode 500
In the 500th episode of the Public Health on Call podcast, Dr. Chris Beyrer joins Dr. Josh Sharfstein to talk about how yet another virus has escalat…
4 years, 2 months ago
499 - How States Can Spend Billions From Opioid Litigation to Curb the Opioid Epidemic
Season 6 Episode 499
Settlements with opioid giants like Purdue, Johnson & Johnson, and Cardinal Health have resulted in billions of dollars paid out to states and munici…
4 years, 2 months ago
498 - Why the Supreme Court Ruling on the EPA Isn’t The End of Fighting Climate Change
Season 6 Episode 498
The recent Supreme Court ruling limiting the EPA’s ability to mandate carbon emissions reductions is a setback but not game over for fighting clima…
4 years, 2 months ago
497 - Juul vs. The FDA: The Failed Promise of E-Cigarettes
Season 6 Episode 497
The FDA recently issued a marketing denial order for all Juul products, which was quickly reversed when Juul filed for a temporary stay. Dr. Joanna C…
4 years, 2 months ago
496 - The Sharp Rise in Overdose Deaths Among Black Americans
Season 6 Episode 496
Overdose death rates among Black Americans surpassed those among white Americans in 2020, a sharp reversal from a decade earlier. Hopkins post-doctor…
4 years, 2 months ago
495 - The Science of Mindfulness
Season 6 Episode 495
Mindfulness is sometimes seen as a buzzword, but it’s an evidence-based facet key to our physical and emotional well-being. Mindfulness researcher Dr…
4 years, 2 months ago
Bonus — Tradeoffs Special Episode: Struggling to Staff the Nation’s New Crisis Line, 9-8-8
Season 6
In a special episode Tradeoffs host Dan Gorenstein talks about the nation’s new 9-8-8 crisis line, and how local agencies are struggling to find coun…
4 years, 2 months ago
494 - Beyond “Drill and Fill”—Oral Health Is Critical to Overall Health, So Why Isn’t It Considered Part of Medicine?
Season 6 Episode 494
Oral health extends far beyond cleanings and cavities, but coverage schemes are often considered an extra “benefit” and not a necessity. Dentists Lea…
4 years, 2 months ago
493 - Development Impact Bonds—An Innovative Approach to Financing Global Public Health Projects
Season 6 Episode 493
Nonprofits or NGOs often find themselves limited by the terms of available grants, which may be insufficient or too short-term to meet certain needs.…
4 years, 2 months ago