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Trump’s Policies Could Undermine the Fight to End America’s HIV Epidemic
Season 1 Episode 328
The White House is asking Congress to sharply roll back federal spending on HIV prevention, a reversal from President Trump’s first term, when he cha…
1 year, 3 months ago
RFK Jr. Just Replaced the Experts Guiding U.S. Vaccines. Now What?
Season 1 Episode 327
The Health and Human Services chief’s latest action on vaccinations is unprecedented, and quickly drew condemnation from medical groups who said his …
1 year, 3 months ago
How Treating Teens’ Trauma Is Stopping Violence in Chicago
Season 1 Episode 326
A Chicago violence prevention program is pairing cognitive behavioral therapy with intensive mentoring and wraparound support to help high-risk teens…
1 year, 3 months ago
Helping Some of America’s Costliest Patients Could Get A Lot Harder
Season 1 Episode 325
Some patients’ lives are so complicated by trauma, poverty and other social problems that routine conditions like diabetes and asthma regularly turn …
1 year, 4 months ago
What Cuts to Medicaid and Obamacare Could Mean for Hospitals, Insurers and You
Season 1 Episode 324
As Republicans consider major changes to Medicaid and Obamacare, we asked a leading economist about the shockwaves these sharp policy shifts could se…
1 year, 4 months ago
What Happens When Cops Refuse to Respond to Mental Health Calls?
Season 1 Episode 323
Why are a handful of sheriff’s departments in California refusing to respond to some 911 calls that involve a person with mental illness?
Guest:
Lee Ro…
1 year, 4 months ago
Presenting: First Opinion: The Invisibility of Good Public Health Work
Season 1 Episode 322
Guests:
Torie Bosch, Editor, First Opinion, STAT News
Michelle Taylor, Shelby County Division Director for Health Services, Shelby County, Tennessee
Ray…
1 year, 4 months ago
Fighting Measles and Anti-Vax Views in West Texas
Season 1 Episode 321
Katherine Wells, the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, describes her fight to stop a multi-state measles outbreak despite a chaotic reorganiz…
1 year, 4 months ago
What Republican Health Cuts Could Mean for People with Disabilities
Season 1 Episode 320
We talk with Harvard researcher Ari Ne’eman about why the sharp policy shifts underway in Washington pose a unique threat to people with disabilities…
1 year, 5 months ago
Medicaid Work Requirements Are Back. What You Need To Know
Season 1 Episode 319
Work requirements led to thousands in Arkansas losing their Medicaid during the first Trump administration. Policymakers say they’ve learned lessons …
1 year, 5 months ago