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Where We Go From Here
Put Up Or Shutdown
On The Ground In Gaza
Tylenol Needs A Tylenol
What Really Happened at the CDC
About That MAHA Report…
Exodus at the CDC
Public Health Punched Back
Bullets at CDC
New Casualties on RFK Jr’s Chopping Block
Another Day, Another RFK Headline
Sugar Daddies and Budget Baddies
Stall Tactics and Scare Tactics
A Big Brutal Bill
MAHA Comes for Vaccine
A quick note about this week's episode
RFK Jr Euthanizes ACIP
Boos, Boosters and BooBoos
US COVID Vaccine Policy by Vibes
Democrats Confront RFK Jr.
The Problem with “Do Your Own Research”
Baby Boom or Bust?
RFK Jr’s Autism Registry
A message from Abdul
RFK’s September Surprise
How Trump’s Tariffs Will Hit Healthcare
A Bull-DOGE-er to HHS
Bird Flu, Baby Formula and The Bully Pulpit
We Still Don’t Have a CDC Director. Measles Doesn’t Care.
Measles Spreads. So Does Disinformation.
RFK Jr’s Measles Doublespeak
A Conversation with the Former FDA Director
RFK at HHS
Knee-capping the NIH
“America First,” Global Health Last
Who’s Afraid of a Scientist with a Microphone?
The WHO, What, and Why of Trump’s first Health Executive Orders
Imagining a Disease Free World, from the new podcast One Big Shot
LA Fires. Bird Flu Updates. And Ultra-Processed Foods.
Fluoride & IQ. An H5N1 death. Jimmy Carter. And our annual mailbag!
Big Pharma. A miracle HIV prevention drug (and its price-tag). Blue States vs. RFK.
Health Insurance CEOs. Raw Milk. Our Skincare Routines.
RFK’s Band of Bros. H5N1 drives Egg Prices. A Big Conversation about Smallpox
Thanksgiving Greetings and a special announcement!
RFK to HHS. H5N1 in Canada. And why you should be #Resistance Training
The Lifeblood of the Navajo Nation, from Reclaimed
Public Health under RFK Jr. and Trump (and we welcome a new co-host!)
What Tuesday’s Result Means for Health
Trouble sleeping? This can help.
Trauma, Trust, and Why We Still Haven't Processed the Pandemic
Project 2025 is Bad for Your Health
An Enlightening Conversation about Breast Density
A Community Fight in Wisconsin, From To See Each Other
Pink October
Will Medical Debt get a Blue Waive
Factory Farming Fails
If childbirth isn’t an illness, why does it happen in hospitals?
Are Annual Pelvic Exams Still Necessary?
A Family Physician on meeting “fear with feelings”
What a life-changing cystic fibrosis drug teaches us about translating science into health
Just Air
Public Health Across the Divide
This made-up medical diagnosis has been used to justify police violence for decades
Fat Joe thinks you should know how much your healthcare costs
How Big Was the Hammer SCOTUS Just Took to Government as We Know It?
Scientists Argue that this Genetic Test’s Results are “no better than a coin flip.” The FDA approved it anyway.
Public health 🤝 Healthcare
Our Institutions Have Long Covid with David Wallace-Wells
When Racism goes “Systemic”
Our Mental Health System is Broken
Bernie Sanders on a 32-hour workweek, the Long COVID moonshot, and Ozempic
Trauma can lead to…Growth?
America’s NoFundMe Healthcare System
A Veterinarian’s Take on Bird Flu in Cows
How Big Food Tries to Co-Opt the Anti-Diet Movement
The Public (Health) Lives of Pets
EHow to build a resilient public health workforce.
EThe Other Side of Oppenheimer
ECould Medical Tech be “Coded to Kill”? This Medical School Dean Has Thoughts.
EGetting Practical About Saving Black Moms and Babies
EA Bionic Breast
ETalkin’ Nerdy about Gettin’ Dirty
ECash as Medicine in Flint, Michigan.
ENo, IVF Embryos Aren’t Kids.
EThe Invisible Kingdom of Chronic Illness
EDefunding Public Health? One County Tried. It Didn’t Go Well.
EHow Cars Got More Deadly
ESickle Cell and All the Diseases We Choose to Ignore
EA Public Health Catastrophe in Gaza
EHas Public Health Lost Its Way? This Public Health Dean Thinks So.
EAmerica’s Drug Policy Czar Breaks Down the Fentanyl Crisis
ENew Year, New You?
EWords Matter. Especially in Public Health.
ENasal Congestion is More Complicated Than You Think.
EIt’s Cold & Flu Season. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.
EReaching Back into the America Dissected Archive to Remember Ady Barkan
EFood Contamination is On the Rise. Here’s What History Can Teach Us About How to Stop It.
EPublic Health vs. The Internet: LIVE from the American Public Health Association Annual Conference in Atlanta
EMexico Tried to Regulate Tony the Tiger. Here’s what Happened Next.
EIs Ultra-Processed Food…Even Food?