Public Health On Call

By The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Evidence and experts to help you understand today’s public health news—and what it means for tomorrow.

Episode Date
830 - Advancing Public Health in Uncertain Political Times
Dec 18, 2024
829 - Do Mammograms Save Lives?
Dec 16, 2024
828 - Public Health is a Human Right
Dec 11, 2024
827 - The Rise in Pediatric Cases of Walking Pneumonia
Dec 09, 2024
826 - The Success of Rx Kids, Flint’s Infant Cash Prescription Program
Dec 04, 2024
825 - The Future of the Environmental Protection Agency Under Trump
Dec 02, 2024
824 - Avian Influenza (H5N1) Update
Nov 26, 2024
823 - Special Episode—The Fight For A Swimmable Harbor in Baltimore
Nov 25, 2024
823 - Fluoride In The Water
Nov 22, 2024
822 - Book Club: “Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice”
Nov 20, 2024
821 - Psychological First Aid: Processing Big Post-Election Emotions
Nov 19, 2024
820 - The Anti-Vaccine Movement Gets Its Close-Up
Nov 18, 2024
819 - A Second Trump Term: A Look At The Headlines
Nov 15, 2024
818 - An Update On Measles, Pertussis, Mpox, and Other Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Nov 13, 2024
817 - What’s Behind All The Food Recalls
Nov 11, 2024
816 - Book Club: The Promise and Peril of CRISPR
Nov 06, 2024
815 - How To Run For Congress As A Public Health Official (Even If You Lose)
Nov 04, 2024
814 - Book Club—The Anatomy of Deception: Conspiracy Theories, Distrust, and Public Health in America
Oct 30, 2024
813 - The Perilous State of Women’s Health Care, Post-Roe
Oct 28, 2024
812 - The Potentially “Game-changing” RSV Products Available This Season
Oct 23, 2024
811 - The 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
Oct 21, 2024
810 - 2024 Election Series: What’s At Stake For Immigrants and Immigration
Oct 16, 2024
Bonus - All About Marburg Virus
Oct 15, 2024
809 - The Grand Opening of the Great Plains Hub for the Center for Indigenous Health
Oct 14, 2024
Bonus - A Report from the Frontlines of Hurricane Helene Devastation in Tennessee
Oct 10, 2024
808 -2024 Election Series: What’s At Stake For Gun Violence Prevention
Oct 09, 2024
807 - Peacebuilding to Help Mend A Broken World—2023 Re-release
Oct 07, 2024
Bonus - A Hurricane In The Mountains: The Aftermath of Helene
Oct 03, 2024
806 - 2024 Election Series: What’s At Stake For American Public Health
Oct 02, 2024
805 - 2024 Election Series: What’s At Stake For Health Insurance, Medicare/Medicaid, and Drug Pricing
Sep 30, 2024
804 - 2024 Election Series: What’s At Stake For Abortion Access
Sep 25, 2024
803 - 2024 Election Series: What's At Stake For Global Health
Sep 23, 2024
802 - Safer Supply: A Novel Approach to Reducing Overdose Deaths
Sep 18, 2024
801 - ADHD and Aging
Sep 16, 2024
800 - All About Parvovirus
Sep 11, 2024
799 - How An Online Gaming Community Is Helping To Prevent Veteran Suicides
Sep 09, 2024
798 - When Should I Get My COVID/Flu Shot? And Other Queries To Kick off Respiratory Virus Season
Sep 04, 2024
797 - A Fall Look-Ahead With School Nurses: More Than Just Band-Aids and Ice Packs
Aug 30, 2024
796 - An Update on PEPFAR And The Reality of Ending HIV
Aug 28, 2024
795 - The Discovery of a New Clade of Candida Auris—A “Critical Pathogen”
Aug 26, 2024
794 - Does A Really Cause B? How a Biostatistician Thinks About Causality
Aug 23, 2024
793 - What It’s Like To Be America’s Chief Health Diplomat
Aug 21, 2024
792 - World Mosquito Day: Gene Drives and CRISPR Technology
Aug 19, 2024
791 - Tradeoffs —The Fifth Branch: Transforming The Way Communities Respond to People in Crisis
Aug 16, 2024
790 - How Violence Reduction Councils Can Prevent Homicides and Shootings
Aug 14, 2024
789 - Why The Mpox Crisis Spreading Across Africa Is A Global Concern
Aug 12, 2024
788 - SCOTUS—Not The EPA—Is Now Regulating Environmental Protection
Aug 09, 2024
787 - Open Air Care Connections: Mental Health Care in Brooklyn's Iconic Prospect Park
Aug 07, 2024
786 - A Psychologist’s Review of The Film “Inside Out 2”
Aug 05, 2024
785 - Tradeoffs—Hope, Hype or Harm? What We Know About New Cancer-Screening Tools
Aug 02, 2024
784 - The Inside Story of the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report That Changed How Americans Viewed Smoking
Jul 31, 2024
783 - Diaper Insecurity And Why It Matters For Child Health and Well-Being
Jul 29, 2024
782 - Everything You Need to Know About Sunscreen
Jul 26, 2024
781 - Preparing For The 2024 Paris Olympics
Jul 24, 2024
780 - The Mental Health of Migrant Children
Jul 22, 2024
779 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Takes A Step On Climate
Jul 19, 2024
778 - The White House’s New Rules Around Gain-of-function Research
Jul 17, 2024
777 - Meteorology and Climate Change
Jul 15, 2024
Special Series: Racial Bias and Pulse Oximeters Part 3—Fixing Pulse Oximeters
Jul 08, 2024
Special Series: Racial Bias and Pulse Oximeters Part 2—What Went Wrong?
Jul 08, 2024
Special Series: Racial Bias and Pulse Oximeters Part 1–A Problem Hiding in Plain Sight
Jul 08, 2024
Bonus Episode - Mifepristone and EMTALA SCOTUS Rulings: A Holding Pattern
Jul 03, 2024
776 - The Invisible Shield—Public Health
Jul 03, 2024
775 - How to Make Cities More Mental Health Friendly for Adolescents and Young Adults
Jul 01, 2024
774 - Why We Desperately Need—And Still Don’t Have—A Global Pandemic Treaty
Jun 28, 2024
773 - More Consequences of Abortion Restrictions: Increases in Infant Deaths in Texas
Jun 26, 2024
772 - Why Are So Many Adults Being Diagnosed With ADHD?
Jun 24, 2024
771 - More Cases of Measles in the United States
Jun 21, 2024
BONUS - Allegations of War Crimes By Leaders of Hamas and Israeli Officials before the International Criminal Court
Jun 18, 2024
770 - Juneteenth in 2024
Jun 17, 2024
769 - A Conversation With A Coast Guard Flight Surgeon
Jun 14, 2024
768 - The Food Industry and the #Antidiet Movement
Jun 12, 2024
767 - A Much More Effective—But Complicated—CPR Could Save Many More Lives
Jun 10, 2024
766 - The Legacy of Dr. Levi Watkins: Heart Surgeon and Activist
Jun 07, 2024
765 - The Rise of Colorectal Cancers Among Younger People
Jun 05, 2024
764 - Am I Taking Too Many Medications? Polypharmacy, Interactions, and Drug Cascades
Jun 03, 2024
763 - How To Avoid Getting Sick On A Cruise Ship
May 24, 2024
762 - Interview With a Graduate: A New Doctor of Epidemiology Connects Physical Activity to Cognitive Health
May 22, 2024
761 - The Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan
May 20, 2024
760 - Planetary Health in the ER: The Role of Medicine In The Earth Crisis
May 17, 2024
759 - Book Club: What If Fungi Win?
May 15, 2024
758 - Homelessness and SCOTUS: What Happens When People Experiencing Homelessness Are Forced To Move?
May 13, 2024
757 - How to Prevent Dengue or “Break-Bone Fever”
May 10, 2024
756 - Electronic Cigarettes Part 2: How Serious are the Health Risks Associated with E-cigs?
May 08, 2024
755 - Electronic Cigarettes Part 1: Do E-cigs Help People Quit Smoking?
May 06, 2024
BONUS - An Update on Bird Flu in the U.S.
May 06, 2024
754 - A Public Health Emergency: Syphilis Surges in the Great Plains Region
May 03, 2024
753 - The Health Care Crisis At the U.S.-Mexico Border Part 2: Border Walls and Traumatic Brain and Spinal Injuries
May 01, 2024
752 - The Health Care Crisis At the U.S.-Mexico Border Part 1: Children and Families
Apr 29, 2024
751 - The New Federal Regulations Aimed Making Methadone More Accessible—And Less Stigmatizing
Apr 26, 2024
750 - World Malaria Day: From Lab to Legislature—Meet the Scientists Taking on Capitol Hill in the Fight Against Malaria
Apr 24, 2024
749 - Planetary Health: Thinking About The Earth Crisis As A Humanitarian Crisis
Apr 22, 2024
748 - Studying Sewage to Fight Infectious Diseases: An Update From The Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics at the CDC
Apr 19, 2024
747 - The Lack of Research Around Type 1 Diabetes
Apr 17, 2024
746 - Why Cigarettes Are So Bad for the Environment
Apr 15, 2024
745 - A Conversation With Dr. Antonia Novello, Former Surgeon General
Apr 12, 2024
744 - The Power of Positive Childhood Experiences
Apr 10, 2024
BONUS - Coping With The Psychological Aftermath of The Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore
Apr 09, 2024
743 - What You Need to Know About H5N1, The Bird Flu Spilling Over Into Mammals
Apr 08, 2024
742 - What You Need To Know About PFAS, Or “Forever Chemicals"
Apr 05, 2024