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April 13, 2017: The future of seafood—from aquaculture to sea greens

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April 6, 2017: Seafood is an 'irrational' economy

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March 23, 2017: The impact of a single opioid prescription

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March 16, 2017: Nanoparticles in food

105

March 9, 2017: Climate change and mental health

106

March 2, 2017: Climate change and food

107

Feb. 23, 2017: Empathy and the environment

108

Feb. 16, 2017: Climate change and health (Part 1)

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Feb. 9, 2017: Boosting childhood development

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Feb. 2, 2017: Travel restrictions and refugees

111

January 26, 2017: Guns and background checks

112

January 19, 2017: The health effects of marijuana

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January 12, 2017: The future of the Affordable Care Act

114

Dec. 22, 2016: The psychology behind charitable giving

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Dec. 15, 2016: The power of positive thinking

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Dec. 8, 2016: Genetics and disease risk

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This Week In Health, Dec. 1, 2016: Marijuana and public health

118

This Week in Health, Nov. 20, 2016: The science of Thanksgiving

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This Week in Health, Nov. 17, 2016: A sustainable Thanksgiving

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This Week in Health, Nov. 10, 2016: Your phone knows how you feel

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This Week in Health, Nov. 3, 2016: Coping with election stress

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This Week in Health, Oct. 27, 2016: A guide to Obamacare

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This Week in Health, Oct. 20, 2016: Changing the language of addiction

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This Week in Health, Oct. 6, 2016: Is any care good care?

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This Week in Health, Sept. 29, 2016: Antibiotic resistance, eating disorders, kidney stones

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This Week in Health, Sept. 23, 2016: Refugees, electronic waste, the 'five-second rule'

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This Week in Health, Sept. 16, 2016: Preserving the power of antibiotics

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This Week in Health, September 9, 2016: Responding to terrorism

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This Week in Health: Inside your microbiome (rebroadcast)

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This Week in Health, August 26, 2016: Racial disparities in genetic testing

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This Week in Health, August 19, 2016: Saving brains

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This Week in Health, August 12, 2016: How Obamacare is leading to improved health

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This Week In Health, August 5, 2016: Zika and the Rio Olympics

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This Week in Health, July 29, 2016: Induced labor and autism risk

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This Week in Health, July 22, 2016: The dangers of excess weight

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Special episode: Tracking police killings and police deaths

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This Week in Health, July 15, 2016: How can we make biking safer and easier?

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This Week In Health, July 8, 2016: Clearing up the confusion over fat

139

This Week In Health, July 1, 2016: A victory for abortion access

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This Week In Health, June 24, 2016: Healthy eating habits

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This Week in Health, June 17, 2016: Standing in solidarity with Orlando

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This Week In Health, June 10, 2016: Taking aim at salt

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This Week In Health, June 2, 2016: Battling a "superbug"

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This Week In Health, May 27, 2016: Are GMOs harmful?

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This Week In Health, May 20, 2016: Religion and health

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This Week in Health, May 13, 2016: Preparing for Disaster

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This Week In Health, May 6, 2016: Making the modeling industry safer

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This Week In Health, April 29, 2016: How does noise affect us?

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This Week in Health, April 22, 2016: The health benefits of green space

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This Week in Health, April 14, 2016: The link between income and life expectancy

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This Week in Health, April 7, 2016: Pollution is making Detroit sick

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This Week in Health, March 31, 2016: Clearing up misperceptions about Zika virus

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This Week in Health, March 25, 2016: The dangers of sleep apnea

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This Week in Health: Inside your microbiome

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This Week in Health, March 10, 2016: What's your Healthy Heart Score?

156

This Week in Health, March 4, 2016: How will Zika impact the United States?

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This Week in Health, Feb. 26, 2016: Are there parallels between Zika virus and the AIDS epidemic?

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This Week in Health, Feb. 22, 2016: The impact of income disparities

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This Week in Health, Feb. 12, 2016: Why the impact of mental illness is drastically underestimated

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This Week in Health, Feb. 5, 2016: Are outbreaks like Zika the "new normal"?

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This Week in Health, January 29, 2016: What’s behind the “explosive” spread of Zika virus?

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Take Two: How does air pollution affect health?

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Take Two: How do vaccines prevent disease?

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This Week in Health, January 22, 2016: Zika virus, Flint’s water crisis, and concussions in the NFL

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This Week in Health, January 15, 2016: A new guide to help kids eat healthy

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Why Public Health: Gaining skills to manage a children's hospital

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Why Public Health: Reducing administrative burdens for doctors

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Why Public Health: Women and health

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Why Public Health: Health policy in developing countries

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Why Public Health: Maternal and child health

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Why Public Health: Improving care for vulnerable populations

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Why Public Health: Drug safety and mental health

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Why Public Health: Community health

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Why Public Health: Fighting tuberculosis

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Why Public Health: Reducing cases of colorectal cancer in vulnerable populations

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Why Public Health: Fighting obesity at the molecular level

177

Voices in Leadership: Chelsea Clinton

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Voices in Leadership: Atul Gawande

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Voices in Leadership: Paul Farmer

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This Week in Health, Dec. 18, 2015: A disturbing spike in deadly opioid overdoses

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This Week in Health, Dec. 11, 2015: Chemical linked with 'popcorn lung' found in flavored e-cigs

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This Week in Health, Dec. 4, 2015: Diabetes decline

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This Week in Health, Nov. 20, 2015: Tips for a sustainable Thanksgiving meal

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This Week in Health, Nov. 13, 2015: Getting to zero cases of Ebola

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Why Public Health: Preventing injuries

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Why Public Health: Measuring the impact of air pollution

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Why Public Health: Helping victims of sexual trafficking

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Why Public Health: Addressing asthma in the inner city

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Why Public Health: Unlocking the secrets of malaria