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516 - Operation Good Food and Beverages: A Youth-Led Movement to Reverse Racialized Marketing of Foods to Black Americans Sep 12, 2022

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Unhealthy, fast, and cheap foods are often marketed to Black Americans who suffer from higher rates of obesity and other non-communicable health problems. Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika, a research professor at Drexel University and the founder of the Council of Black Health, talks with Lindsay Smith Rogers about Operation Good Food and Beverages, a project supported by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, which advocates for better food policies and encourages youth to embrace healthy eating as a radical act. Learn more.

515 - Fighting for Public Health in 2022: A Conversation with Andy Slavitt Sep 09, 2022

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Former CMS Director Andy Slavitt has achieved major wins for health in the private and public sectors. Slavitt talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about lessons learned from the ACA and COVID-19 responses, whether or not our government is up to the major health challenges of today, and why public health "gets recognized in years and decades, not days and weeks." Also - we want to hear from you!

Bonus - The Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi Sep 08, 2022

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Historic rainfall in Jackson, Mississippi overwhelmed the already fragile water system leaving thousands of residents without water weeks later. Dr. Richard Mizelle, an environmental historian at the University of Houston, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the crisis that was decades in the making, who is most at risk without clean water, and how environmental racism poses deadly threats to communities across the US. Also - We want to hear from you!

514 - How the Reversal of Roe v. Wade is Already Disrupting Lifesaving Health Care Sep 07, 2022

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Since the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade, many states have passed restrictive, confusing, and sometimes contradictory laws impacting health care. Dr. Jack Resneck, Jr, the new president of the American Medical Association talks with Stephanie Desmon about the challenges physicians are facing when making critical decisions with patients about often lifesaving health care, the threat of a "mass exodus" of practitioners from states with more restrictive laws, and who ultimately pays the highest price for the "egregious allowance of government in the exam room." We want to hear from you!

513 - What the Inflation Reduction Act Means for Medicare and Drug Pricing Sep 02, 2022

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The Inflation Reduction Act contains some major changes for both Medicare and drug pricing with the potential to save Americans billions of dollars in drug costs. Hopkins health policy expert Jerry Anderson, who has spent decades working on Medicare issues, talks with Stephanie Desmon about the changes, why they took so long, and what still needs to be worked out. Also - we want to hear from you! PublicHealth.jhu.edu/PublicHealthOnCall/Survey

512 - FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf on Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines, Combating Misinformation, and Building Trust Aug 30, 2022

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Throughout COVID-19, the FDA has been among many government agencies charged with communicating lifesaving information. Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how the politicization of the pandemic raised the stakes for the FDA and how the agency is learning to adapt in an age of rampant misinformation. They also discuss the FDA's consideration of bivalent vaccines for authorization and what's next for the pandemic response.

511 - How to Minimize Risks of COVID—and Other Infectious Diseases—During Air Travel Aug 29, 2022

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Dr. Mark Gendreau, an emergency department physician in Boston, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the marvels of airplane ventilation, the transmission of diseases like flu, measles, and SARS in airplanes, the overall risk for COVID-19, and how travelers can more safely navigate the riskiest "choke points" during air travel.

510 - Jailed and Pregnant: What the Roe Repeal Means for the Incarcerated Aug 26, 2022

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Dr. Carolyn Sufrin joins the podcast to talk with Dr. Sharfstein about the implication of overturning Roe vs Wade for a special population—people who are incarcerated. Dr. Sufrin is an obstetrician/gynecologist and a researcher on reproductive health at Johns Hopkins.

509 - The Threat of Polio Aug 24, 2022

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The first case of paralytic polio in New York in decades has focused attention on a devastating virus with a long and terrible history. Olakunle Alonge, an associate professor of international health at Johns Hopkins, who's worked on polio eradication efforts around the world, speaks to Josh Sharfstein about what's behind the rise in cases and how the world can defeat polio—forever.

508 - Back to School: COVID, New CDC Guidance, Monkeypox, and More with Keri Althoff and Liz Stuart Aug 22, 2022

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How should parents be thinking about their kids returning to school in the context of updated CDC guidelines on COVID, the potential for monkeypox outbreaks, and an uptick in other viruses? Experts Keri Althoff and Liz Stuart return to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about what's new this school year, making sense of COVID risks and guidelines, vaccine mandates for kids age 12 and up, and thinking about a "more holistic approach to health" that takes prevention of other illnesses into account.

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