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302 - COVID-19 Research Update: Reinfection
Season 3 Episode 302
In this episode, Dr. Josh Sharfstein talks with Hopkins researchers who break down three papers looking at reinfection. Dr. Sheree Schwartz, an epide…
5 years, 5 months ago
301 Earth Day: Why COVID-19 Has Caused an Increase in Ocean Pollution
Season 3 Episode 301
COVID is creating massive environmental issues such as the 1.56 billion face masks that entered the oceans in 2020 alone. Teale Phelps Bondaroff, the…
5 years, 5 months ago
300 - COVID-19 Vaccines and People with Disabilities
Season 3 Episode 300
61 million Americans have a disability yet most haven’t been prioritized for COVID-19 vaccines. And while eligibility has opened up across the nation…
5 years, 5 months ago
299 - Baltimore’s Mobile Vaccination Teams: Meeting People Where They Are
Season 3 Episode 299
Across the country, COVID case rates are going up and public health officials are racing to get vaccines in arms. Dr. Letitia Dzirasa, Baltimore City…
5 years, 5 months ago
298 - Why The US Needs a Marshall Plan for Vaccines With Congressman Jake Auchincloss
Season 3 Episode 298
The race between vaccines and variants has to be won globally, but at the current rate, much of the world won’t reach herd immunity until 2023. Congr…
5 years, 5 months ago
BONUS - Pressing Pause on the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine
Season 3
This week, the FDA paused the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine because of reports of six women under 50 who developed a rare form of blood…
5 years, 5 months ago
297 - The Arithmetic of Compassion: How Psychology and Literature Help Explain the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Season 3 Episode 297
There are psychological and cognitive obstacles to compassion, especially against an invisible virus. Dr. Paul Slovic, a psychology professor at the …
5 years, 5 months ago
296 - Making Safe Decisions During the Race of “Infections vs Injections”
Season 3 Episode 296
We’re in a strange “limbo” where vaccinations are on the rise, but so are hospitalizations. Epidemiologist Keri Althoff and mental health expert Eliz…
5 years, 5 months ago
295 - The Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees and People in Conflict Zones
Season 3 Episode 295
There’s a lack of data around COVID-19 in humanitarian settings and refugee camps so it’s difficult to know how people there have fared in the…
5 years, 5 months ago
294 - Dr. Michael Osterholm on the Race Between COVID-19 Variants and Vaccines, How the Pandemic Looks Different than a Year Ago and How Children are More at Risk Now
Season 3 Episode 294
While one-third of Americans have received their first COVID vaccine dose, COVID cases in parts of the U.S. are at their highest levels since Decembe…
5 years, 5 months ago