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224 - COVID-19 Q&A featuring Drs. Josh Sharfstein and Caitlin Rivers
Season 2 Episode 224
Why do COVID-19 vaccines require two doses? Will I still have to wear a mask and social distance once I get the vaccine? If my friends and I had COVI…
5 years, 9 months ago
223 Dr. Michael Osterholm on Rising Cases, Vaccine Rollouts, and Getting Through What is Both “The Best and Worst of Times” in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Season 2 Episode 223
While there’s light at the end of the tunnel with the first COVID vaccines being administered to US health care workers, the next few months will be …
5 years, 9 months ago
222 - Overdose and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Harm Reduction Movement
Season 2 Episode 222
As part of a periodic series on overdose and the pandemic, guest host Susan Sherman speaks with Monique Tula, executive director of the National Harm…
5 years, 9 months ago
221 - Why COVID-19 Cases in Africa Are Much Lower Than Expected
Season 2 Episode 221
Thanks to an early warning system that was put in place for Ebola and other infectious disease outbreaks, countries across Africa acted swiftly to re…
5 years, 9 months ago
220 - Overdose and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Breaking Through Bureaucracy With High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Season 2 Episode 220
As part of a periodic series on overdose and the pandemic, guest host Susan Sherman speaks with Chauncey Parker, director of the New York/New Jersey …
5 years, 9 months ago
BONUS: Public Health On Call—Season 3 Trailer
Season 2
The Public Health On Call podcast is wrapping up Season Two with our final episode on December 18. We’ll return for Season Three on January 4 with mo…
5 years, 9 months ago
219 - What Went Wrong? The CDC and COVID-19
Season 2 Episode 219
The CDC has been hailed as the world’s leading public health agency, but throughout the COVID-19 pandemic—a time when the agency should have been lea…
5 years, 9 months ago
218 - The Health Impacts of Climate Change
Season 2 Episode 218
The health impacts of climate change can be severe: asthma attacks triggered by mold from flooding, infectious diseases spread by mosquitoes which th…
5 years, 9 months ago
217 - How Youth Serving Organizations Can Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Season 2 Episode 217
Elizabeth Letourneau, director of the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse, talks with Stephanie Desmon about a groundbreaking new r…
5 years, 9 months ago
216 - Economist Dr. Emily Oster on COVID-19 and Schools
Season 2 Episode 216
Although there’s enough data to show that K-12 schools are not driving COVID-19 transmission, many are still closed even though bars, restaurants, an…
5 years, 9 months ago