How Community Workers Are a Bridge to Immigrant Families
About this episode: Families that have immigrated to the United States face financial, legal, and healthcare challenges. Health professional...
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What's Happening to the Federal Task Force that Oversees Prevention?
About this episode: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force makes recommendations for preventive services that insurers in the United States...
Is MAHA Making Food Great?
About this episode: The Make America Healthy Again movement has embraced the cause of reform of federal food policy. Two years after one of...
Raising Kids in the Digital World
About this episode: Talking about tech and social media with kids can be stressful, but according to a new resource from the American Academ...
A Beleaguered Baltimore Incinerator Shuts Down
About this episode: A massive incinerator located in the Curtis Bay neighborhood of Baltimore will no longer burn medical waste under a new...
Should It Be Daylight Saving Time All the Time?
About this episode: In addition to making you feel a bit jetlagged, the semiannual practice of moving our clocks forward and back can have h...
How Can We Respond Better to Sexual Violence?
About this episode: Headlines about an alleged sexual assault at Cornell University provide a devastating reminder of how common sexual viol...
Public Health and… Anesthesiology?
About this episode: We promise this episode won't put you to sleep. Adam Milam is a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist with a PhD in public hea...
Kratom, the Opioid-Like Drug Available at Your Gas Station
About this episode: Kratom is an imported leaf containing opioid-like psychoactive compounds that can be found at your local convenience sto...
Why Health?
About this episode: In the field of medicine, health is often treated as an end goal, achieved by procedures, prescriptions, and physicians....
Utah's .05 Legal Blood Alcohol Limit is Saving Lives
About this episode: In 2018, the state of Utah became the first state in the country to lower its blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit fo...
Youth Suicide Prevention on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation
About this episode: Suicide rates in the U.S. are highest among American Indian and Alaska Native populations and are concentrated among you...
Change at the EPA
About this episode: Since its inception, the Environmental Protection Agency has served as the bedrock for major policy initiatives to prote...
The Case For Not Eating Lettuce
About this episode: A leaf of iceberg on a sandwich or a serving of chopped romaine in a salad can add a satisfying crunch to your lunch—but...
From Saving Lives to Selling Supplements: A History of Vitamin A
About this episode: Vitamin A is essential for good vision, a healthy immune system, cell growth, and reproductive health, and it has proved...
Will AI Generate New Biological Threats?
About this episode: Scientists, tech companies, and world leaders are sounding the alarm on potential threats to humanity as AI models grow...
An mRNA Flu Vaccine Hits the Market
About this episode: For the first time ever, mRNA flu shots are available this respiratory virus season for adults age 50 and older, offerin...
Aging with HIV
About this episode: Life expectancies for those living with HIV are nearly identical to those living without the virus, thanks to groundbrea...
A Public Health and Business School Graduate with Sickle Cell Disease
About this episode: September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, recognizing a severe disease that affects an estimated 100,000 people in the U...
A Guide to Fall Vaccines for People Who Are Immunocompromised and Those Who Care For Them
About this episode: Those whose immune systems are more vulnerable due to age, illness, or another condition are at a higher risk of getting...