Public Health On Call

Nov 20 2024 100 ep. 17 mins 2.6k
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Evidence and experts to help you understand today’s public health news—and what it means for tomorrow.

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822 - Book Club: “Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice”

Nov 20 2024 20 mins  
About this episode: For nearly 30 years, Judge David Tatel served on the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. But his rising legal career corresponded with his declining vision–a fact he tried to hide. Now, Tatel credits his blindness (and his guide dog Vixen) for helping him evolve as a judge and a person. In this episode: a look at Judge Tatel’s astonishing career,

821 - Psychological First Aid: Processing Big Post-Election Emotions

Nov 19 2024 21 mins  
About this episode: In the wake of the presidential election, many people are feeling big emotions like shock, disbelief, anger, and fear. Psychological first aid is a process that can help “take the sting out of injury” and chart a way forward after disruptive, upsetting events. In this episode: an explanation of the process and how people can use the framework to start to reg

820 - The Anti-Vaccine Movement Gets Its Close-Up

Nov 18 2024 19 mins  
About this episode: A new documentary, “Shot in the Arm,” looks at the modern anti-vaccine movement from its opposition to the measles vaccine in 2019 through the pandemic and its opposition to COVID vaccination. Filmmaker Scott Kennedy joins the podcast to talk about about the five-year project of creating the film, including details from his hour-long interview with a leading

819 - A Second Trump Term: A Look At The Headlines

Nov 15 2024 15 mins  
About this episode: There’s a lot of speculation in the media about what Trump’s second term might mean for health and health policy. In this episode: a look at some of the headlines from this week and what we might see in the next four years around vaccines, the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, contraceptives, the federal workforce, immigration, and global health programs. Guest

818 - An Update On Measles, Pertussis, Mpox, and Other Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Nov 13 2024 22 mins  
About this episode: In this episode: an update on the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and pertussis (whooping cough) in the U.S. Globally, a look at the mpox vaccine and exciting news about two brand new vaccines for malaria and TB in the pipeline. Guest: Dr. Bill Moss is the executive director of the International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins

817 - What’s Behind All The Food Recalls

Nov 11 2024 16 mins  
About this episode: From frozen waffles to deli meat and even fast food burgers, outbreaks of foodborne illnesses seem to be everywhere. But are they happening more often or is our surveillance system just getting better? And how do bacteria like listeria and E. coli survive the manufacturing process, and persist long enough to sicken and even kill consumers? In today’s episode:

816 - Book Club: The Promise and Peril of CRISPR

Nov 06 2024 16 mins  
About this episode: CRISPR technology can edit genetic codes, making it possible to cure people of terrible diseases, among other uses. But its power is not fully understood—even by the scientists and researchers who use it—and the technology far outpaces conversations about ethics and regulations. In this episode: that we know and don’t know about CRISPR, and why it’s crit

815 - How To Run For Congress As A Public Health Official (Even If You Lose)

Nov 04 2024 18 mins  
About this episode: Dr. Jirair Ratevosian was a high level global health official in the State Department—a job he left to pursue a Congressional seat in California’s 30th district. In this episode, he details what it takes to run for Congress (including knocking on more than 30,000 doors) and how he talked about public health with voters. Spoiler alert: He didn’t win, but he

814 - Book Club—The Anatomy of Deception: Conspiracy Theories, Distrust, and Public Health in America

Oct 30 2024 17 mins  
About this episode: The rise of misinformation and the appeal of “alternative medicine” is coupled with a decline in trust of the U.S. health care system. In a new book, Dr. Sara Gorman explains how an inaccessible health care system has fed the rise of misinformation and what policymakers and providers need to do to earn back some credibility. Guests: Dr. Sara Gorman is a publ

813 - The Perilous State of Women’s Health Care, Post-Roe

Oct 28 2024 16 mins  
About this episode: Since the 2022 Dobbs decision, women’s healthcare in the U.S.—which was already underperforming in everything from access to maternal mortality rates—has faced a new set of challenges. In today's episode: All about a Commonwealth Fund report that updates the status of women’s health care and reproductive health across the nation and why even services not