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BONUS - Here We Go Again: The BA.2 Version of Omicron
Season 5
Virologist Dr. Andrew Pekosz returns to the podcast to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about BA.2, a “not unexpected but tiring” new sibling of the omi…
4 years, 6 months ago
445 - Disease X and Preparing for the Next Pandemic
Season 5 Episode 445
What is Disease X? Dr. Amesh Adalja and Dr. Anita Cicero of the Center for Health Security return to the podcast to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein abo…
4 years, 6 months ago
444 - An Update on A National Weather Service Model for Epidemics
Season 5 Episode 444
Dr. Caitlin Rivers returns to the podcast to talk about her work with the CDC’s new Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics. Funded through the…
4 years, 6 months ago
443 - How Russia May Impose Deadly Public Health Policies on Ukraine
Season 5 Episode 443
Based on past conflicts, if Russia takes over in Ukraine, it’s likely that some of Ukraine’s public health policies will be essentially rewritten or …
4 years, 6 months ago
442 - "No Temporary Scaffolding" in Chicago's COVID-19 Response
Season 5 Episode 442
Chicago’s public health response to the pandemic has been focused on racial equity from the beginning—and the approach is paying dividends. Dr. Allis…
4 years, 6 months ago
441 - Navigating “The Great Unmasking” With Keri Althoff and Elizabeth Stuart
Season 5 Episode 441
Epidemiologist Keri Althoff and mental health expert Elizabeth Stuart return to the podcast to talk us through yet another phase of the pandemic. The…
4 years, 6 months ago
Bonus - War Crimes and Russia’s Bombing of Mariupol Maternity Hospital in Ukraine
Season 5
Does Russia’s bombing of the Mariupol Maternity Hospital constitute a war crime? Johns Hopkins faculty member and author Len Rubenstein returns to th…
4 years, 6 months ago
BONUS - Ukraine’s Humanitarian Crisis
Season 5
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is displacing millions of people across Europe. Humanitarian expert Paul Spiegel returns to the podcast to talk with …
4 years, 6 months ago
440 - “It Really Spared No One”—Covid-19’s Long-term Heart Problems
Season 5 Episode 440
Two years into the pandemic, we now have more data about how COVID affects people in the long term. Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, Chief of Research and Education…
4 years, 6 months ago
439 - The Nursing Crisis With Nurse Alice
Season 5 Episode 439
Even before COVID-19, the US was facing a shortage of nurses which has now become a full blown crisis. Nurse Alice, Chief Nursing Officer at nurse.or…
4 years, 6 months ago