Two Federal Changes to Support Children and Families in the Foster Care System
About this episode: Data from 2025 shows that over 300,000 children are living in foster care in the United States. The Administration for C...
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Juneteenth: Celebration, Reflection, and Recommitment with Janice Bowie
About this episode: Juneteenth is a holiday that asks Americans to balance celebration with the continued pursuit of freedom and equality. I...
A New Test for Lyme Disease, Developed by High Schoolers
About this episode: A group of students from suburban Atlanta has developed a new method for detecting Lyme disease using the gene-editing t...
The Rise of "Big Wellness"
About this episode: The wellness industry covers everything from fitness to biohacking, yoga to peptides, and it's backed by culturally and...
The Race for a Bundibugyo Ebolavirus Vaccine
About this episode: Vaccines for the Zaire ebolavirus have been licensed since 2019, but no such treatment exists for the current outbreak o...
An Unlikely Alliance to Lower Healthcare Costs
About this episode: Two health policy experts could not disagree more about the Affordable Care Act. Yet they're working together to tackle...
What We Must Learn From Ebola—A "Disease of Compassion"
About this episode: Dr. Craig Spencer became sick with Ebola while treating patients in West Africa in 2014. He ultimately recovered at a tr...
How College Campuses Can Support Students in Recovery
About this episode: Recovering from a substance use disorder while in college is a unique challenge mired by stigma and social pressures to...
Violence Against Healthcare in Conflict: 2025 Report
About this episode: An annual report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition assesses attacks on healthcare facilities and worker...
The Legal Challenges Facing Mifepristone
About this episode: In May, the Supreme Court issued an order preserving access to the abortion medication mifepristone by telemedicine—for...
1057 - Five Baltimore Health Commissioners Walk into an Auditorium
About this episode: In the city of Baltimore, the health department works to prevent overdose, reduce violence, provide vaccinations, inspec...
1056 - An Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa
About this episode: A deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has been declared a global public health emer...
1055 - Rethinking Humanitarian Health
About this episode: A new report from the CHH-Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict, and Forced Displacement establishes a new blueprint for...
1054 - Interview With a Graduate: A Newly Minted DrPH in Louisiana
About this episode: It's graduation time at the Bloomberg School! In this episode: New graduate Della Wright shares how a passion for commun...
1053 - Health Commissioner Michelle Taylor is Betting on Baltimore
About this episode: Not even a year into her job as the Baltimore City Commissioner of Health, Dr. Michelle Taylor is balancing leading a di...
1052 - Should AI Renew Your Prescription?
About this episode: In a first-of-its-kind program, the state of Utah is partnering with an AI health platform to offer prescription renewal...
1051 - The Fate of Foreign Aid in 2026
About this episode: A recent study by the Rockefeller Foundation and ISGlobal estimates that cuts made to foreign aid last year could result...
1050 - A Doctor Uses Social Media to Advocate for Children in Immigration Detention
About this episode: Dr. Anita K. Patel emerged as a prominent online educator during the pandemic. Today, she's leveraging social media to a...
1049 - What to Know About Hantavirus
About this episode: An outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship has triggered a global public health response to treat those infected and tra...
1048 - Understanding and Ending Violence
About this episode: What would change if we thought of violence as an infectious disease? In this episode: a trailblazer in the movement for...