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Public Health On Call

English, Health / Medicine, 10 seasons, 333 episodes, 4 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes
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Evidence and experts to help you understand today’s public health news—and what it means for tomorrow.
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597 - Intimate partner violence, guns and the courts

Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit allowed a man subject to an intimate partner violence restraining order to keep his guns. Kelly Roskum, the director of law and policy for the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, joins Dr. Josh Sharfstein to talk about this decision and what's next for guns and the courts.
4/7/202313 minutes, 53 seconds
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558 - “It Was Compromised": The Trump Administration and CDC, with Congressman Bill Foster

A report from the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis sheds light on disturbing instances of the Trump administration’s politicization of science during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Subcommittee member Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about what’s in the report, how to better protect agencies like the CDC from political interference, and lessons learned to prepare for the next pandemic. 
1/6/202315 minutes, 51 seconds