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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
438 - A Look Back At March 2020 With Dr. Josh Sharfstein
Season 5 Episode 438
In the very early days of the pandemic in the US, there was so much we didn’t know about COVID and a lot of concern among experts about how the count…
4 years, 7 months ago
437 - COVID-19 in Columbus, Ohio
Season 5 Episode 437
Dr. Mysheika Roberts has been the health commissioner
of Columbus, Ohio since 2017. In March 2020, however, the trajectory of her career changed. Dr.…
4 years, 7 months ago
436 - The Primary Care of COVID-19
Season 5 Episode 436
At the beginning of the pandemic, primary care clinicians had few treatments to offer patients who had COVID-19 but were not sick enough to be hospit…
4 years, 7 months ago
435 - Research Update: Sex and Gender Differences and COVID-19
Season 5 Episode 435
Virologist Dr. Sabra Klein returns to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about what research has seen regarding COVID-19 outcomes for men and …
4 years, 7 months ago
434 - Vaccinating Virginia
Season 5 Episode 434
In early 2021, Virginia’s governor tapped Richmond’s public health director Dr. Danny Avula to be the State Vaccine Coordinator. Avula talks with Jos…
4 years, 7 months ago
433 - Recognizing W.E.B. Du Bois and His Seminal Work on Racism and Health
Season 5 Episode 433
In 1899 W.E.B. Du Bois published a landmark study on tuberculosis in the Black communities of Philadelphia, titled “The Philadelphia Negro.” This was…
4 years, 7 months ago
432 - Fighting COVID as A Respiratory Disease
Season 5 Episode 432
When will COVID become just another respiratory illness? Another way to ask that question may be: When will the response to other respiratory illness…
4 years, 7 months ago
431 - Mental Health Check-In With Clinical Psychologist Dr. Laura Murray: 2 Years Into the COVID-19 Pandemic
Season 5 Episode 431
What do we know at this point about the potential for long term effects on mental health from the pandemic? How can we approach socializing and other…
4 years, 7 months ago
430 - How to Talk to Parents About COVID-19 Vaccines For Kids
Season 5 Episode 430
Although Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was authorized for kids ages 5-11 back in November, uptake has been markedly slower than other age groups. Social …
4 years, 7 months ago