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479 - Another COVID Summer—What’s Changed and What Hasn’t
Season 6 Episode 479
Kicking off our third pandemic summer looks a lot different than the last two….or does it? With more than five times as many COVID cases as this time…
4 years, 3 months ago
478 - A Trauma Surgeon and Shooting Survivor Speaks Out: How to Make This Moment a Turning Point for Gun Violence
Season 6 Episode 478
Dr. Joe Sakran is a Hopkins trauma surgeon and a survivor of gun violence, giving him a unique perspective on this heavy moment in history. He talks …
4 years, 3 months ago
477 - Unpacking Unexplained Hepatitis in Children
Season 6 Episode 477
The CDC is investigating reported clusters of children with acute severe hepatitis that have no known cause. Johns Hopkins pediatric hepatologist Dr.…
4 years, 3 months ago
476 - The U.S. Food Safety System
Season 5 Episode 476
The US has a complex and underfunded approach to food safety that has recently experienced some high profile failures to keep the food supply safe. F…
4 years, 4 months ago
475 - COVID-19 Vaccines For Kids 5 and Under
Season 5 Episode 475
Many parents of kids ages 5 and under have been anxiously awaiting FDA authorization for vaccines for the youngest age group. Dr. Ruth Karron, one of…
4 years, 4 months ago
474 - What We Know—and Don’t Yet Know—About the Leaked Supreme Court Draft Opinion That Could Overturn Roe v. Wade
Season 5 Episode 474
For the first time in history, a working draft of an opinion by justices of the Supreme Court was leaked to the media and the public. Legal and publi…
4 years, 4 months ago
Bonus - The Massacre in Uvalde, Texas
Season 5
Dr. Cass Crifasi, director of research and policy at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the de…
4 years, 4 months ago
473 - Police Legitimacy and Reform Two Years after George Floyd's Murder
Season 5 Episode 473
In June 2020, amid #BlackLivesMatter protests across the country, law professor and philosopher Ekow Yankah of Yeshiva University talked with Dr. Jos…
4 years, 4 months ago
Where We Are in the Pandemic: A Check-In with Epidemiologist Dr. David Dowdy
1 in 3 Americans believes the pandemic is over, but waves of illness and hospitalizations continue to cause signifiant disruption and death. …
4 years, 4 months ago
BONUS - What You Need to Know About Monkeypox
As the world watches reported outbreaks of monkeypox, researchers are trying to learn more about how and why the virus is spreading. Dr. Eric Toner, …
4 years, 4 months ago