This episode highlights the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic and discusses ways to reduce climbing obesity rates by increasing access to healthy foods and promoting physical activity through ...
This episode explores the rise of suicide rates across the United States and the need for a comprehensive public health approach to suicide prevention. This discussion features a federal overview of ...
On this episode, we examine opportunities for bipartisanship and forecast what the public health landscape may look like in the wake of the 2018 midterm elections.
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State health departments, with support from the CDC, have mounted a robust public health response to hepatitis A outbreaks, with vaccination as a cornerstone for prevention.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are stressful events, including child abuse and other household challenges, that can have a negative impact on early brain development and lifelong health. In ...
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are at a record high in the United States. In this episode, we hear state and national perspectives from leaders in the fight against STDs, discussing the ...
This episode will focus on the burden of seasonal and pandemic flu, and highlight key planning activities and strategies that federal, state, and local public health agencies are doing to combat flu ...
A year ago, it was unthinkable that we would have 600,000 cases and more than 17,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the state of Massachusetts. Many of us know someone who has become ill or has died from ...
The experts on today’s episode make the case for how a robust public health workforce could have changed the trajectory of the pandemic response, but also explain why we can reimagine what a strong ...