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About this episode: Appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani earlier this year, Dr. Alister Martin is developing creative ways to make life healthi...
About this episode: A new vaccine shows 70% efficacy in preventing Lyme disease, but limitations to the clinical trials put the fate of this...
About this episode: Amid a major turning point for the field of public health, physicians and public health experts are reckoning with their...
About this episode: Many people know community health workers for their work supporting clinical care and connecting people to resources. In...
About this episode: A 2021 leak of jet fuel into the drinking water supply on O'ahu has caused neurological, gastrointestinal, and respirato...
About this episode: Exacerbated by cuts to research funding and on-the-ground interventions, malaria remains one of the deadliest and most b...
About this episode: Following the FDA's removal of black box warnings for hormone therapy drugs, demand has skyrocketed for menopause treatm...
About this episode: A collaboration between the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, KFF Health News, and Shatterproof is tracki...
About this episode: New findings suggest that, compared to adults with similar habits, teens with patterns of problematic cannabis use are a...
About this episode: People are increasingly turning to AI chatbots for therapeutic purposes—but these platforms are built for engagement, no...
About this episode: Humanitarian crises don't exist in a vacuum—they are shaped by geopolitical actions like blockades, sanctions, and armed...
About this episode: Public health efforts have led to tremendous gains throughout history—and sparked backlash. That's the argument made by...
About this episode: The U.S. is on track to surpass 2025's alarming number of measles cases in 2026. At the same time, the nation's measles...
About this episode: Biosolids created by the wastewater treatment process are useful fertilizers in agriculture, but they often contain chem...
About this episode: A federal judge has halted changes from the Department of Health and Human Services to the childhood immunization schedu...
About this episode: Prediabetes—a diagnosis characterized by elevated blood sugar levels that can progress to Type 2 diabetes—is embroiled i...
About this episode: Despite sizable decreases in tobacco use in high-income countries, 7 million people around the world die every year from...
About this episode: A neurodegenerative disease that can only be diagnosed after death, CTE has made headlines for its prevalence in profess...
About this episode: As policy has shifted at the federal level, state legislatures are considering a broad range of vaccine-related bills. I...
About this episode: In late 2025, the EPA approved two pesticides for agricultural use that opponents argue contain PFAS—"forever chemicals"...
About this episode: Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities experience higher rates of anxiety and depression than those wit...
About this episode: Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease transmitted to human hosts via freshwater snails. It can cause serious and debili...
About this episode: From working in immigrant health care under the Reagan administration to tackling today's measles outbreak in Florida, G...
About this episode: Once a useful tool for sharing critical information during the pandemic, social media has evolved into an oversaturated...
About this episode: Getting your license as a teenager is an exciting time but it's also a dangerous one. In this episode: Johns Hopkins res...
About this episode: Dentists prescribe about 10% of all antibiotics in the U.S., but research shows that a large share may be unnecessary. I...
About this episode: The Trump administration's online prescription drug platform promises the world's lowest prices on medications. In this...
About this episode: Often referred to as "physician-assisted suicide," medical aid in dying poses complex ethical, medical, and policy quest...
About this episode: Baby bonds programs, which create state-managed trust funds for low-income children, are associated with positive physic...
About this episode: Private insurers and the government typically reimburse providers based on metrics of appointments and procedures. An in...
About this episode: Despite swirling controversy around public health policies, some experts and advocates are finding ways to work together...
About this episode: The CDC has long collected and publicly reported data on infectious diseases, vaccination rates, overdose deaths, and ot...
About this episode: A recent analysis of FDA documents has found that the agency has historically regulated mifepristone—a medication common...
About this episode: A class at Loyola University Maryland has pushed students to think critically about their technology use in an age of co...
About this episode: A pipe collapse outside of D.C. has spilled nearly 300 million gallons of sewage into the Potomac River. Recent frigid t...
About this episode: Daily recess has been shown to improve mental health and academic outcomes for children while also providing an opportun...
About this episode: Sexual education often focuses on the potential risks of unplanned pregnancies and STIs. But an approach to sexual healt...
About this episode: Last month's abrupt cancellation and reinstatement of $2 billion in grants is just the most recent ordeal in SAMHSA's lo...
About this episode: Products and services like genetic testing, prescriptions for weight loss drugs, and health monitoring wearables are rev...
About this episode: Between scratch tickets, casinos, and the recent explosion of sports betting apps, opportunities to gamble abound. So to...
About this episode: Sports betting has exploded in popularity, offering bettors the opportunity to gamble on everything from coin tosses to...
About this episode: For decades, the recommended immunization schedule has guided physicians through the proper administration of vaccines a...
About this episode: Following decades of surging adult obesity rates, numbers have leveled out since 2022. But with GLP-1s dominating cultur...
About this episode: The U.S. takes a unique approach to health care by tying coverage to employment. This has led to high rates of uninsured...
About this episode: Today: a human rights perspective on immigration enforcement and public protest in Minneapolis. Professor Joe Amon is th...
About this episode: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responsible for reviewing the safety and effectiveness of vaccines—a job that r...
About this episode: It started as a time-limited series of interviews with public health experts at the start of a global pandemic. Over nea...
About this episode: Nothing can make your skin crawl quite like the mention of lice or bed bugs, especially if you're the parent of young ch...
About this episode: Renowned nutritionist Marion Nestle likes the federal recommendation to reduce ultra-processed foods and its emphasis on...
About this episode: Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative similar to xylazine, is appearing more frequently in drug supplies in Maryland, Dela...