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Public Health On Call
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Evidence and experts to help you understand today’s public health news—and what it means for tomorrow.

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Episodes

800 - All About Parvovirus

About this episode: Last month, the CDC issued an alert about an increase in parvovirus, a respiratory disease that is... more

11 Sep 2024 · 15 minutes
799 - How An Online Gaming Community Is Helping To Prevent Veteran Suicides

About this episode: Playing video games has long been seen as an isolating activity, but the world of online gaming... more

09 Sep 2024 · 16 minutes
798 - When Should I Get My COVID/Flu Shot? And Other Queries To Kick off Respiratory Virus Season

About this episode: When should you get your COVID/flu shots? How long can a COVID vaccine really protect you from... more

04 Sep 2024 · 17 minutes
797 - A Fall Look-Ahead With School Nurses: More Than Just Band-Aids and Ice Packs

About this episode: School nurses are charged with helping to maintain the health and well-being of every student in their... more

30 Aug 2024 · 15 minutes
796 - An Update on PEPFAR And The Reality of Ending HIV

About this episode: Now in its 21st year, PEPFAR—the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief which launched in 2003 under... more

28 Aug 2024 · 15 minutes
795 - The Discovery of a New Clade of Candida Auris—A “Critical Pathogen”

About this episode: The discovery of a new clade of C. auris—a fungus the WHO has declared a “critical pathogen”—has... more

26 Aug 2024 · 16 minutes
794 - Does A Really Cause B? How a Biostatistician Thinks About Causality

About this episode: When evaluating programs, policies, and interventions, how do you know if they’re working? In today’s episode: The... more

23 Aug 2024 · 18 minutes
793 - What It’s Like To Be America’s Chief Health Diplomat

About this episode: Health diplomacy is how countries work together to advance global health. What does health diplomacy look like... more

21 Aug 2024 · 18 minutes
792 - World Mosquito Day: Gene Drives and CRISPR Technology

About this episode: World Mosquito Day, observed annually on August 20th, commemorates British doctor Sir Ronald Ross's discovery in 1897... more

19 Aug 2024 · 13 minutes
791 - Tradeoffs —The Fifth Branch: Transforming The Way Communities Respond to People in Crisis

About this episode: Since 2015, 1,939 individuals experiencing mental health crises have been killed during encounters with police in America,... more

16 Aug 2024 · 38 minutes
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800 - All About Parvovirus
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