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BONUS - The Latest from Louisiana: A COVID-19 Delta Surge + Hurricane Ida
Season 4
How does a health department cope with a pandemic surge that coincides with one of the largest hurricanes to make landfall in 150 years? State health…
4 years, 11 months ago
379 - Mental Health Check-In With Dr. Laura Murray: Where Are We in the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Season 4 Episode 379
Where are we with our mental health these days given that we’re past the initial panic of the COVID-19 pandemic and into a more long-term fallout pha…
4 years, 11 months ago
378 - What Might the Next Six Months of COVID-19 Look Like in the US?
Season 4 Episode 378
Dr. Shaun Truelove, an infectious disease epidemiologist, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub’s models for the ne…
5 years ago
COVID-19 Boosters Q&A With Dr. Josh Sharfstein
Season 4
What, exactly, is a booster shot? For which groups has the FDA authorized Pfizer boosters? What about boosters for Moderna and J&J? Will we need a fo…
5 years ago
377: An Update on COVID-19 and India
Season 4 Episode 377
Last spring, India experienced a catastrophic wave of COVID-19 infections with more than 100,000 cases per day, exceeding hospital capacity in some a…
5 years ago
376 - Rethinking Herd Immunity and COVID-19
Season 4 Episode 376
With the rollout of vaccines earlier this year, the concept of “herd immunity”—the idea that enough people would become immune to COVID-19 that we co…
5 years ago
375 - All Things COVID-19 Testing With Dr. Gigi Gronvall
Season 4 Episode 375
Where are we with testing technology? Why is the demand for testing surging and are there enough tests? When is the best time to use at-home testing …
5 years ago
374 - COVID-19 in Mississippi
Season 4 Episode 374
Mississippi is leading the nation in the rate of COVID deaths. Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the state’s health commissioner, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein abou…
5 years ago
373 - Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet?
Season 4 Episode 373
How can we help the planet by rethinking our diets? In a new book, Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet?, Dr. Jessica Fanzo, a Bloomberg Distinguished Pr…
5 years ago
372 - Book Club: Perilous Medicine—The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War
Season 4 Episode 372
There is a long history of protecting health care workers during conflict, beginning with an 1859 battle in Italy that gave rise to the first Geneva …
5 years ago