Latest Novelcoronavirus Podcast Episodes
756 - Electronic Cigarettes Part 2: How Serious are the Health Risks Associated with E-cigs?
Public Health On Call - May 08, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsMore than a decade after electronic cigarettes became broadly available in the United States, their merits are still being debated. Do these products help people quit smoking? How serious are the health risks associated with these products? In a two-part series, we hear from two researchers in t...
BONUS - An Update on Bird Flu in the U.S.
Public Health On Call - May 06, 2024 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsVirologist Dr. Andy Pekosz and public health veterinary expert Dr. Meghan Davis return to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about what we’ve learned so far from viral sequencing of H5N1, its presence in milk, what we know about infections in humans, the status of the overall response to ...
755 - Electronic Cigarettes Part 1: Do E-cigs Help People Quit Smoking?
Public Health On Call - May 06, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsMore than a decade after electronic cigarettes became broadly available in the United States, their merits are still being debated. Do these products help people quit smoking? How serious are the health risks associated with these products? In a two-part series, we hear from two researchers in t...
754 - A Public Health Emergency: Syphilis Surges in the Great Plains Region
Public Health On Call - May 03, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsAn alarming and dangerous syphilis surge across the Great Plains Region, an area spanning North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa, has prompted tribal officials to urge HHS Secretary to declare a public health emergency. Dr. Meghan Curry O’Connell, chief public health officer at the Great...
753 - The Health Care Crisis At the U.S.-Mexico Border Part 2: Border Walls and Traumatic Brain and Spinal Injuries
Public Health On Call - May 01, 2024 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsIn part two of a two-part series about the crisis of health care for immigrants and refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border, Dr. Alexander Tenorio, a neurosurgical resident at the University of California, San Diego, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the influx of traumatic brain and spinal injuri...
752 - The Health Care Crisis At the U.S.-Mexico Border Part 1: Children and Families
Public Health On Call - April 29, 2024 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsIn part one of a two-part series about the crisis of health care for immigrants and refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border, Dr. Janine Young, a pediatrician at the University of California, San Diego, talks with Stephanie Desmon about the tenuous situation for children and families. More and more pe...
751 - The New Federal Regulations Aimed Making Methadone More Accessible—And Less Stigmatizing
Public Health On Call - April 26, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsMethadone is a highly effective treatment for substance use disorder but strict regulations like daily clinic visits have led to its nickname, “liquid handcuffs.” Dr. Yngvild Olsen, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services administrat...
750 - World Malaria Day: From Lab to Legislature—Meet the Scientists Taking on Capitol Hill in the Fight Against Malaria
Public Health On Call - April 24, 2024 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsWorld Malaria Day is April 25. Today, guest host Thomas Locke takes us to Capitol Hill where we meet malaria scientists who have joined an advocacy group to lobby members of Congress to fund critical interventions against malaria. They talk about their work and what scientific messages they brin...
749 - Planetary Health: Thinking About The Earth Crisis As A Humanitarian Crisis
Public Health On Call - April 22, 2024 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsHumans are transforming, degrading, and altering Earth’s natural life support systems so profoundly that our actions have created an existential crisis. For Earth Day, Sam Myers, founding director of the Planetary Health Alliance and director of the brand new Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetar...
748 - Studying Sewage to Fight Infectious Diseases: An Update From The Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics at the CDC
Public Health On Call - April 19, 2024 10:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsThe presence of infectious diseases can be picked up through wastewater surveillance but how can this data be useful in predicting future outbreaks? Dr. Dylan George, director of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics at the CDC, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how the Center’s f...
747 - The Lack of Research Around Type 1 Diabetes
Public Health On Call - April 17, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsThere’s a lot of research around Type 2 diabetes that has informed patient care when it comes to diagnosis, treatment, and lifestyle management. But much less is known about Type 1, long mislabeled “childhood diabetes.” Johns Hopkins epidemiologists Elizabeth Selvin and Michael Fang talk with St...
746 - Why Cigarettes Are So Bad for the Environment
Public Health On Call - April 15, 2024 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsCigarette butts are the most littered object in the world. With their plastic filters and toxic substances, they are a significant source of contamination for soil and water. Grazi Grilo, a researcher at the Global Institute for Tobacco Control, talks with Stephanie Desmon about her work quantif...
745 - A Conversation With Dr. Antonia Novello, Former Surgeon General
Public Health On Call - April 12, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsDr. Antonia Novella served as the 14th Surgeon General under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 - 1993. She is the first female and first Hispanic Surgeon General in U.S. history. Dr. Novella talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about her life and career, from being born with a rare condition called...
744 - The Power of Positive Childhood Experiences
Public Health On Call - April 10, 2024 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsMuch research has been dedicated to the long-lasting negative impacts of adverse childhood experiences—far less has focused on the powerful effects of positive experiences. Dr. Melissa Walls, co-director of the Center for Indigenous Health and a member of the Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nat...
BONUS - Coping With The Psychological Aftermath of The Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore
Public Health On Call - April 09, 2024 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsOn March 26, Baltimore’s iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge was hit by a cargo ship and collapsed, killing six people. Since then, many have found themselves watching endless loops of the video and ongoing coverage, and some are feeling symptoms of anxiety or even intense fear. Dr. George Everly, a...
743 - What You Need to Know About H5N1, The Bird Flu Spilling Over Into Mammals
Public Health On Call - April 08, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsRecent reports of spillover of avian virus H5N1 into cows, cats, and even one human are concerning to the scientific community for a number of reasons. But what does the public need to know? Virologist Dr. Andy Pekosz and public health veterinary expert Dr. Meghan Davis return to the podcast to ...
742 - What You Need To Know About PFAS, Or “Forever Chemicals"
Public Health On Call - April 05, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsPer- and polyfluorinated substances are in all kinds of products from waterproof makeup to fire retardants. Dr. Ned Calonge, co-author of a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, talks with Stephanie Desmon about these “forever chemicals” and what is known ...
742 - What You Need To Know About PFAS, Or “Forever Chemicals
Public Health On Call - April 05, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsPer- and polyfluorinated substances are in all kinds of products from waterproof makeup to fire retardants. Dr. Ned Calonge, co-author of a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, talks with Stephanie Desmon about these “forever chemicals” and what is known ...
741 - Xolair: The First Drug For Severe Food Allergies
Public Health On Call - April 03, 2024 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsXolair is the first FDA-approved therapy to prevent severe and potentially life-threatening reactions in adults and children who are allergic to dairy, eggs, wheat, nuts and other foods. Dr. Robert Wood, the director of pediatric allergy and immunology at Johns Hopkins, talks with Lindsay Smith ...
740 - The Forgotten Youths Who Are Caregivers For Their Families
Public Health On Call - April 01, 2024 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsA hidden population of children serve as caregivers for family members who are chronically ill, elderly, disabled or injured. Left out of the systems that support adult caregivers, these youths often sacrifice their education, health, well-being, and childhoods. Connie Siskowski, founder and pre...
739 - How an 1882 Play, The Enemy of the People, is Helping Communities Heal from the Trauma of COVID-19
Public Health On Call - March 29, 2024 10:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsHow can a play about rural Norway in 1882 help us process the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic? That's the question posed by Theater of War Productions, which is hosting readings of The Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen—and then is leading intense community conversations immediately following ...
738 - Why Syphilis Is On the Rise
Public Health On Call - March 27, 2024 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsDespite a national plan to eliminate syphilis by 2010, the sexually transmitted infection has reached the highest rates since the 1950s. Dr. Khalil Ghanem, a researcher of sexually transmitted infections at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, talks with Stephanie Desmon about sy...
737 - Secretary Xavier Becerra on the 14th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act
Public Health On Call - March 25, 2024 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsThe 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act marked a major change in health insurance coverage and care for millions of Americans. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra talks with Stephanie Desmon about the remarkable changes “Obamacare” has brought about, why it’s imp...
736 - World Water Day: How Water Can Be a Powerful Force to Bring People Together
Public Health On Call - March 22, 2024 10:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsMore than 2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and more than 3 billion are living without safe sanitation systems. For World Water Day, Ken Conca, a professor of international relations at the School of International Service at American University, joins the podcast to talk with ...
735 - De-medicalizing Menopause
Public Health On Call - March 20, 2024 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsMenopause: inevitable, stigmatized, mysterious, and bringing a broad range of symptoms and experiences. Dr. Martha Hickey, a menopause researcher at the University of Melbourne, talks with Stephanie Desmon about a new Lancet series on menopause. They discuss how ageism and sexism come into play,...
734 - How Hospital Infection Control Has Changed Since COVID
Public Health On Call - March 18, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsFour years after the early days of the pandemic, how are hospitals thinking about infection control, how much has changed, and to what degree have things returned to “normal”? Dr. Lisa Maragakis, the head of infection control at Johns Hopkins Hospital, returns to the podcast to talk with Dr. Jos...
733 - Projections of Excess Deaths in Gaza Over the Next Six Months
Public Health On Call - March 15, 2024 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsA new report models projections of the human costs of conflict in Gaza over the next six months across several scenarios. Paul Spiegel, director of the Center for Humanitarian Health, and Tak Igusa, professor of Civil and Systems Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering tal...
BONUS - How "Illiberal" Is Public Health?
Public Health On Call - March 14, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsIn his new book Within Reason: A Liberal Public Health for an Illiberal Time, Dean Sandro Galea of the Boston University School of Public Health challenges closed-mindedness and invective in public health. In this special, extended bonus episode, Dr. Galea and his friend and colleague Dr. Josh ...
732 - Bringing Back Condoms to Prevent HIV
Public Health On Call - March 13, 2024 14:24 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsCondoms were once an essential part of the public health toolkit to fight HIV and STIs. But over the last decade, and coinciding with the rise of medication that prevents HIV infection, condom use among men who have sex with men has declined. Steve Goodreau, an expert in mathematical modeling an...
731 - A Playbook for Addressing Health Misinformation
Public Health On Call - March 11, 2024 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsHealth misinformation is rampant—online and through rumors—but there are steps people can take to help stamp them out. Aishwarya Nagar and Tara Kirk Sell from the Center for Health Security are co-authors of a new playbook aimed at helping public health practitioners, medical professionals, and ...
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