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Mashup Score: 10
Dengue, or “break-bone fever”—a disease transmitted by mosquitoes that can cause serious fever, rash, muscle and joint pain and even problems with bleeding and shock—is surging around the world and popping up in new places like the U.S. Vaccine expert Anna Durbin returns to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about these trends and the general status of vaccines, treatments, and prevention. Learn more:
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Mashup Score: 9Public Health On Call: 756 - Electronic Cigarettes Part 2: How Serious are the Health Risks Associated with E-cigs? - 4 day(s) ago
More than a decade after electronic cigarettes became broadly available in the United States, their merits are still being debated. Do these products help people quit smoking? How serious are the health risks associated with these products? In a two-part series, we hear from two researchers in tobacco control about their views. In part two, Stan Glantz, the Truth Initiative Distinguished Professor of Tobacco Control at the University of California San Francisco talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about his research into the harms of electronic cigarettes and the dangers of “dual use” of electronic cigarettes and traditional cigarettes. In an epilogue, Public Health On Call audio producer Matt Martin talks with Lindsay Smith Rogers about his personal history of tobacco use – including his efforts to quit with electronic cigarettes. Read Glantz’s paper in New England Journal of Medicine Evidence: Listen to part one of the series here:
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E-cigs are unregulated by the @FDA, but have been marketed as a safer alternative to cigarettes, and as a way to help smokers quit. Are they really quitting aids or health risks? Two tobacco control researchers sharing their insights on @PublicHealthPod. https://t.co/lM9eivB9lI https://t.co/Qh5lPOf8NT
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Mashup Score: 15
Virologist Dr. Andy Pekosz and public health veterinary expert Dr. Meghan Davis return to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about what we’ve learned so far from viral sequencing of H5N1, its presence in milk, what we know about infections in humans, the status of the overall response to a major pathogen of concern on the heels of COVID-19, and more. Read Dr. Davis’s recent New York Times essay on protecting the dairy workforce here:
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Mashup Score: 14Public Health On Call: 755 - Electronic Cigarettes Part 1: Do E-cigs Help People Quit Smoking? - 7 day(s) ago
More than a decade after electronic cigarettes became broadly available in the United States, their merits are still being debated. Do these products help people quit smoking? How serious are the health risks associated with these products? In a two-part series, we hear from two researchers in tobacco control about their views. In part one, Dr. Nancy Rigotti, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the use of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation. Read her editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine:
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Mashup Score: 16Public Health On Call: 754 - A Public Health Emergency: Syphilis Surges in the Great Plains Region - 9 day(s) ago
An alarming and dangerous syphilis surge across the Great Plains Region, an area spanning North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa, has prompted tribal officials to urge HHS Secretary to declare a public health emergency. Dr. Meghan Curry O’Connell, chief public health officer at the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board and a member of the Cherokee Nation, talks with Lindsay Smith Rogers about the outbreak and why public health officials are struggling to respond. Learn more:
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Mashup Score: 0Public Health On Call: 753 - The Health Care Crisis At the U.S.-Mexico Border Part 2: Border Walls and Traumatic Brain and Spinal Injuries - 12 day(s) ago
In part two of a two-part series about the crisis of health care for immigrants and refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border, Dr. Alexander Tenorio, a neurosurgical resident at the University of California, San Diego, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the influx of traumatic brain and spinal injuries his team has seen from people attempting to climb the border wall. They discuss the scope of the problem and the policies behind it, and why it often takes hours for victims to get critical care. They also talk about Dr. Tenorio’s personal connection to the situation as a first-generation American born to Mexican immigrants.
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Mashup Score: 1Public Health On Call: 752 - The Health Care Crisis At the U.S.-Mexico Border Part 1: Children and Families - 13 day(s) ago
In part one of a two-part series about the crisis of health care for immigrants and refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border, Dr. Janine Young, a pediatrician at the University of California, San Diego, talks with Stephanie Desmon about the tenuous situation for children and families. More and more people are showing up at the border in poor health—dehydrated, malnourished, some severely injured and many traumatized—without any adequate care to meet them. They talk about the immigration policies that have led to a system ill-equipped to properly triage and treat the children and families seeking refuge in the U.S., and the misconceptions around people who are fleeing for their lives.
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Mashup Score: 11Public Health On Call: 751 - The New Federal Regulations Aimed Making Methadone More Accessible—And Less Stigmatizing - 17 day(s) ago
Methadone is a highly effective treatment for substance use disorder but strict regulations like daily clinic visits have led to its nickname, “liquid handcuffs.” Dr. Yngvild Olsen, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services administration, talks with Lindsay Smith Rogers about new federal regulations that expand access to this life saving medication. They talk about how the COVID era showed that changes can make methadone much easier to prescribe and access, and how these updates are part of a critical cultural shift towards making substance use treatment more reasonable, equitable, and compassionate. Resources for this episode:
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Mashup Score: 9Public Health On Call: 621 - The Health Consequences of Displacing People Experiencing Homelessness - 18 day(s) ago
What happens when homeless encampments are swept away? Dr. Joshua Barocas, an infectious disease physician at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about a new study that simulates the true cost of “move along” orders and encampment “clean ups”—including infectious disease outbreaks, hospitalizations and deaths. They then discuss the short-term and long-term implications of these findings.
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Mashup Score: 11Public Health On Call: 750 - World Malaria Day: From Lab to Legislature—Meet the Scientists Taking on Capitol Hill in the Fight Against Malaria - 19 day(s) ago
World Malaria Day is April 25. Today, guest host Thomas Locke takes us to Capitol Hill where we meet malaria scientists who have joined an advocacy group to lobby members of Congress to fund critical interventions against malaria. They talk about their work and what scientific messages they bring to DC to impart on policy makers who play a major role in efforts to combat this preventable and deadly disease. This special episode is an extended version of Malaria Minute, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. Learn more:
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In anticipation of #WorldMalariaDay, @ThomasDLocke, host of @JHMRImalaria's "Malaria Minute," brings us to Capitol Hill to introduce us to scientists who've teamed up with an advocacy group lobbying Congress to fund vital interventions to combat malaria. https://t.co/yrihfcGJuB https://t.co/4oOfPdnYfg
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Dengue fever, often called "break-bone fever," is expanding globally and affecting regions in the US. Join @JohnsHopkinsIH’s Anna Durbin on the @publichealthpod as she discusses the rise of this painful disease and the latest in vaccines and prevention. https://t.co/e4dJIWtalt https://t.co/a2bWSXdwM7