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462 - Friday Q&A With Dr. Amesh Adalja
Season 5 Episode 462
How did omicron numbers affect hospitalization rates? Why are positivity rates so high in some areas, and should we even pay attention to those? How …
4 years, 5 months ago
461 - How COVID-19 Became a “Watershed” Moment for Wastewater Surveillance
Season 5 Episode 461
Wastewater surveillance has become an indispensable leading indicator of community COVID levels, providing real time data a week or so ahead of healt…
4 years, 5 months ago
BONUS - The Obstacles Slowing Down America’s “Test-to-Treat” Program for COVID-19
Season 5
The federal “test-to-treat” program was designed to reduce hospitalizations and deaths by getting antivirals to people who test positive for COVID-19…
4 years, 5 months ago
460 - World Malaria Day: Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
Season 5 Episode 460
Malaria, a serious disease caused by the plasmodium pathogen which is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes, affects some 228 million people worldwide …
4 years, 5 months ago
459 - Advances in Treating Hospitalized COVID Patients
Season 5 Episode 459
In-patient treatment for severe COVID has come a long way since 2020 thanks, in part, to the rare opportunity of real-time data collection from so ma…
4 years, 5 months ago
458 - A National PrEP Program to End the Nation’s HIV Epidemic
Season 5 Episode 458
The Biden administration recently approved nearly $10 billion to broaden access to PrEP, a medication that is 99% effective at preventing HIV and key…
4 years, 5 months ago
457 - Black Public Health
Season 5 Episode 457
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Black physicians and social scientists connected racism to a host of health consequences. Dr. Ayah Nuriddi…
4 years, 5 months ago
456 - Book Club: The Invisible Kingdom—Reimagining Chronic Illness with Meghan O’Rourke
Season 5 Episode 456
For 15 years, science journalist Meghan O’Rourke chased a diagnosis for a constellation of symptoms that left her bedridden at times. O’Rourke talks …
4 years, 5 months ago
455 - The Public Health Consequences of Russia’s Disinformation About Ukraine’s Biosecure Labs
Season 5 Episode 455
Russia has claimed that the US and Ukraine were working on bioweapons in labs across Ukraine, dangerous disinformation being used in part to justify …
4 years, 5 months ago
454 - How Hospitals Can Help Prevent Gun Violence
Season 5 Episode 454
Emergency departments not only treat gunshot wounds, they can help prevent them. Trauma surgeon Dr. Chethan Sathya talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein abo…
4 years, 5 months ago