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Bonus - The Omicron Variant
Season 4
How did omicron come to the world’s attention? Why is this variant generating so much concern? Is it expected that vaccines will provide substantial …
4 years, 10 months ago
402 - Special Episode: Public Health In The Field—The Supreme Court and Abortion in Mississippi
Season 4 Episode 402
A potentially landmark battle is in play over abortion rights, and it’s headed to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 1. In a special episode of the p…
4 years, 10 months ago
401 - School in the Time of COVID: A Tour Of Hampstead Hill Academy
Season 4 Episode 401
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Principal Matt Hornbeck of the award-winning Baltimore City public school Hampstead Hill Academy has been on the po…
4 years, 10 months ago
400 - Can Spillover—How Viruses Move From Animals to Humans—Be Prevented?
Season 4 Episode 400
SARS-CoV-2, like other zoonotic diseases, originated in animals before “spilling over” into humans. Dr. Raina Plowright of Montana State University s…
4 years, 10 months ago
399 - Aaron Dante, Host of the Award-Winning No Pix After Dark Podcast, Talks COVID with Dr. Josh Sharfstein
Season 4 Episode 399
Today’s episode is a collaboration with one of Baltimore’s top podcasts, No Pix After Dark, and host Aaron Dante. No Pix After Dark is a culture and …
4 years, 10 months ago
398 - Public Health In Crisis
Season 4 Episode 398
Throughout the pandemic, public health officials have been threatened, assaulted, fired, or forced to resign. Lindsay Smith Rogers speaks with Dr. Be…
4 years, 10 months ago
397 - How Reducing Salt Could Reduce Chronic Diseases
Season 4 Episode 397
Most adults consume 50% more than the daily recommended amount of salt which, in excess, contributes to hypertension, cardiovascular disease, cogniti…
4 years, 10 months ago
Bonus - Denmark and COVID-19
Season 4
Thanks to widespread testing, vaccinations, and adherence to masking and social distancing, Denmark was able to lift most COVID restrictions in late …
4 years, 10 months ago
396 - Special Guest: The Assistant Secretary For Health, Admiral Rachel Levine
Season 4 Episode 396
Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, is the Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services—the “connective tissue” of all the di…
4 years, 10 months ago
395 - The Health Care Situation in Afghanistan
Season 4 Episode 395
From the first Taliban government exit in 2001 to 2015, Afghanistan went from having some of the worst indicators for health in the world to dramatic…
4 years, 10 months ago