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Mashup Score: 20Public Health On Call: 738 - Why Syphilis Is On the Rise - 2 month(s) ago
Despite a national plan to eliminate syphilis by 2010, the sexually transmitted infection has reached the highest rates since the 1950s. Dr. Khalil Ghanem, a researcher of sexually transmitted infections at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, talks with Stephanie Desmon about syphilis infections and the disease course, and why rates are so high not just in the US but around the world. Learn more:
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Mashup Score: 12Public Health On Call: 606 - What Happens Next with Mifepristone? - 2 month(s) ago
To understand what happens now that SCOTUS has stayed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling on mifepristone, we first have to understand how the case got to the highest court in the land in the first place. Public health lawyer Joanne Rosen returns to the podcast to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the unprecedented series of filings and rulings around mifepristone from Amarillo, Texas to Washington D.C., and what could happen next as litigation continues to play out.
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SCOTUS is expected to hear arguments in a case that could impact access to mifepristone. In a previous episode of @PublicHealthPod, public health lawyer Joanne Rosen spoke with @DrJoshS about how the unprecedented case got to SCOTUS in the first place. https://t.co/BRnk7Z9yJ6 https://t.co/pT1xGDFafg
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Mashup Score: 9Public Health On Call: 737 - Secretary Xavier Becerra on the 14th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act - 2 month(s) ago
The 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act marked a major change in health insurance coverage and care for millions of Americans. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra talks with Stephanie Desmon about the remarkable changes “Obamacare” has brought about, why it’s important for all Americans not to take these for granted, and the next set of challenges in mending a health care system that’s still too focused on treatment of complications, not prevention.
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The Affordable Care Act brought remarkable changes to health insurance coverage, but our health care system is still too focused on the treatment of complications, not prevention. @HHSGov secretary @XavierBecerra talks about how we can solve this issue. https://t.co/kGEdt7MiUh https://t.co/XevJ3PU3t0
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Mashup Score: 12Public Health On Call: 735 - De-medicalizing Menopause - 2 month(s) ago
Menopause: inevitable, stigmatized, mysterious, and bringing a broad range of symptoms and experiences. Dr. Martha Hickey, a menopause researcher at the University of Melbourne, talks with Stephanie Desmon about a new Lancet series on menopause. They discuss how ageism and sexism come into play, the vast array of experiences women may have, and how individual circumstances can impact symptoms. They also talk about why it’s time to stop referring to menopause as a medical disorder and think more broadly about the need to provide better support and high-quality information for women during this life transition. Learn more:
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Menopause brings a broad range of symptoms, on top of the ageism and sexism women often experience. Martha Hickey, a menopause researcher at @UniMelb, talks about providing better support and high-quality information for women during this life transition. https://t.co/CtWd6RARNU https://t.co/lNbCCiYLgJ
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Mashup Score: 30Public Health On Call: 734 - How Hospital Infection Control Has Changed Since COVID - 2 month(s) ago
Four years after the early days of the pandemic, how are hospitals thinking about infection control, how much has changed, and to what degree have things returned to “normal”? Dr. Lisa Maragakis, the head of infection control at Johns Hopkins Hospital, returns to the podcast to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about this “post-pandemic phase” and why health care has not fully recovered from pandemic disruptions.
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Mashup Score: 4Public Health On Call: BONUS - How "Illiberal" Is Public Health? - 2 month(s) ago
In his new book Within Reason: A Liberal Public Health for an Illiberal Time, Dean Sandro Galea of the Boston University School of Public Health challenges closed-mindedness and invective in public health.  In this special, extended bonus episode, Dr. Galea and his friend and colleague Dr. Josh Sharfstein discuss—and debate—the fairness of his critique.
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Mashup Score: 8Public Health On Call: 732 - Bringing Back Condoms to Prevent HIV - 2 month(s) ago
Condoms were once an essential part of the public health toolkit to fight HIV and STIs. But over the last decade, and coinciding with the rise of medication that prevents HIV infection, condom use among men who have sex with men has declined. Steve Goodreau, an expert in mathematical modeling and HIV and STIs at the University of Washington, talks with Stephanie Desmon about his research on declining condom use and why public health should be doing more to tout the advantages of what was once one of the most ubiquitous tools in safer sex. Read his op-ed here:
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Mashup Score: 24
Health misinformation is rampant—online and through rumors—but there are steps people can take to help stamp them out. Aishwarya Nagar and Tara Kirk Sell from the Center for Health Security are co-authors of a new playbook aimed at helping public health practitioners, medical professionals, and health communicators recognize and respond to health-related rumors and misinformation. They talk through some specific tactics with Lindsay Smith Rogers and also discuss how we can all help improve our own health information literacy. Learn more:Â
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Mashup Score: 8Public Health On Call: 730 - Women’s History Month: A Conversation With Sue Baker, the “Mother of Injury Prevention” - 3 month(s) ago
When Sue Baker started her research career in the 1960s, there was no field devoted to injury prevention despite accidents being a leading cause of death in the US. In honor of Women’s History Month, Stephanie Desmon talks with injury prevention pioneer Baker about her half century of research looking at everything from aviation safety to hot dog choking deaths, and her hands-on approach to research which included getting her pilot’s license, working in a medical examiner’s office, and driving a commercial truck.
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Mashup Score: 3Public Health On Call: BONUS - COVID-19 Updated: The CDC’s New Isolation Guidelines, Vaccines For People Over 65, and New Variants - 3 month(s) ago
The CDC announced new isolation guidelines last week that bring COVID-19 in line with recommendations for other viral respiratory diseases. Virologist Dr. Andy Pekosz returns to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about what this means in the contexts of vaccines, variants, and protecting the most vulnerable.
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Despite a national plan to eliminate syphilis by 2010, the STI has reached the highest rates since the 1950s. STI researcher Khalil Ghanem, talks with @SDesmon about the disease course, and why rates are so high. 🎧 https://t.co/OtoHgC8VkA https://t.co/VTwQb5avIK