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Mashup Score: 12Public Health On Call: 751 - The New Federal Regulations Aimed Making Methadone More Accessible—And Less Stigmatizing - 1 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: 20Planetary Health Aims to Help Humans by Helping Earth | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - 1 day(s) ago
The damage humans have done to the Earth is coming back to harm us.
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Mashup Score: 28Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - 2 day(s) ago
Protecting Health, Saving Lives—Millions at a Time
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Mashup Score: 19No ifs, ands, or butts - 2 day(s) ago
Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet. Two new studies from the Institute for Global Tobacco Control point to possible solutions.
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Mashup Score: 9Public Health On Call: 621 - The Health Consequences of Displacing People Experiencing Homelessness - 3 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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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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Mashup Score: 12Public Health On Call: 749 - Planetary Health: Thinking About The Earth Crisis As A Humanitarian Crisis - 4 day(s) ago
Humans are transforming, degrading, and altering Earth’s natural life support systems so profoundly that our actions have created an existential crisis. For Earth Day, Sam Myers, founding director of the Planetary Health Alliance and director of the brand new Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the concept of planetary health, an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how the state of the earth affects the health of us all. Learn more:
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Mashup Score: 11
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has imposed the first-ever regulations limiting chemicals known as PFAS, or forever chemicals, in drinking water
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About 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are improperly discarded each year, making them an unsightly reality of our daily lives. They represent a dangerous environmental threat and ubiquitous advertising value for tobacco brands—but also provide evidence that can inform tobacco research and control.
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The presence of infectious diseases can be picked up through wastewater surveillance but how can this data be useful in predicting future outbreaks? Dr. Dylan George, director of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics at the CDC, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how the Center’s forecast for the 2023-2024 respiratory virus season performed and the role of wastewater surveillance as part of a multifaceted approach to aggregating data. Resources from this episode:
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Methadone effectively treats substance use disorder, but stringent rules have earned it the nickname "liquid handcuffs." @SAMHSAgov's @YngvildOlsen discusses new federal measures that expand access to this lifesaving medication. https://t.co/0xffWKhKoV https://t.co/2a9Pj1b9iM