COVID-19 Episodes

288: ACIP Immunization Decisions Explained
Oct. 21, 2022

288: ACIP Immunization Decisions Explained

In a special episode of the newscast, Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO’s Chief Medical Officer, explains the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decision earlier this week. The committee voted Thursday to add pediatric COVID-19 vaccines to...
Guest: Marcus Plescia MD MPH
285: COVID-19 Spending Oversight
Oct. 18, 2022

285: COVID-19 Spending Oversight

Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, says oversight of COVID-19 spending might increase if midterm elections lead to change in U.S. House leadership ; Heidi Westermann, ASTHO’s Director of Public Health Systems and...
Guests: Jeffrey Ekoma , Heidi Westermann MPH
283: New National Children’s Health Survey
Oct. 14, 2022

283: New National Children’s Health Survey

Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, is joined by local public health directors to discuss public interest in the new COVID-19 booster; ASTHO is working with the National Community Action Partnership and five...
Guests: Chrissie Juliano MPP , Raynard Washington PhD MPH , David Persse MD , Reem Ghandour DrPH
280: Promoting the New COVID-19 Booster
Oct. 11, 2022

280: Promoting the New COVID-19 Booster

Dr. Sameer Vohra, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, explains how he is working to convince more people to get the new COVID-19 booster shot; ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser attends a White House Summit on Indoor Air Quality; Priya Shah, an...
Guests: Sameer Vohra MD JD MA FAAP , Priya Shah MPH
278: How to Push Back on STDs
Oct. 6, 2022

278: How to Push Back on STDs

Dr. Leandro Mena, Director of the Division of STD Prevention at the CDC, discusses the latest preliminary data that counts 2.5 million reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis last year; Reyna Olaguez, Executive Director of South Kern Sol,...
Guests: Leandro Mena MD MPH , Reyna Olaguez MPA
269: Urging COVID-19 Booster Uptake
Sept. 23, 2022

269: Urging COVID-19 Booster Uptake

Dr. Steven Stack, ASTHO President-Elect, discusses the new COVID-19 booster designed to protect against the latest variants; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President, explains the need to bring health care and public health closer together in an ASTHO blog...
Guests: Steven Stack MD , Carolyn Wester MD MPH
266: ASTHO’s New President-Elect
Sept. 20, 2022

266: ASTHO’s New President-Elect

Dr. Steven Stack, Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, and new ASTHO President-Elect, discusses the role and the pandemic’s impact on public health; Chris Taylor, ASTHO’s Director of Infectious Disease Outbreak Response and...
Guests: Steven Stack MD , Chris Taylor
253: Breastfeeding Policies
Aug. 31, 2022

253: Breastfeeding Policies

Deborah Backman, ASTHO’s Senior Analyst for Maternal and Infant Health, calls attention to policies in place to protect breastfeeding during National Breastfeeding Month; Dr. Gary Anthone, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Public Health for the...
Guests: Deborah Backman MPH , Gary Anthone MD
252: Offering Flu and COVID-19 Vaccines Together
Aug. 30, 2022

252: Offering Flu and COVID-19 Vaccines Together

Dr. Gillian SteelFisher, Director of Global Polling for the Harvard Opinion Research Program, reveals what polling tells us about public interest in COVID-19 booster shots; Kim Martin, ASTHO’s Director of Immunization, says National Immunization...
Guests: Gillian SteelFisher PhD MSc , Kimberly Martin
248: New COVID-19 Guidelines
Aug. 24, 2022

248: New COVID-19 Guidelines

Ian Williams, Incident Manager for the CDC's COVID-19 Response, discusses the latest changes to public pandemic guidance; Lillian Colasurdo, ASTHO’s Director of Public Health Law and Data, reflects on the first-ever convening of those public health...
Guests: Ian Williams PhD MS , Lillian Colasurdo JD
246: Back to School Concerns
Aug. 22, 2022

246: Back to School Concerns

Dylan George, Director of Operations for the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics with the CDC, discusses trying to evaluate the factors that could drive more COVID-19 infections in the fall as kids return to school; Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO...
Guests: Marcus Plescia MD MPH , Dylan George PhD MS
243: Predicting COVID-19 in the Fall
Aug. 17, 2022

243: Predicting COVID-19 in the Fall

Dylan George, the Director of Operations for the Center for Epidemic Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics with the CDC, discusses what could happen with COVID-19 infection rates in the fall and winter; Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director of State Health...
Guests: Maggie Davis JD MA , Dylan George PhD MS
237: New School Year, New COVID-19 Strategy
Aug. 9, 2022

237: New School Year, New COVID-19 Strategy

Dr. Manisha Juthani, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, discusses the state’s plan to help schools deal with COVID-19 this fall and how it is different than past years; the CDC has a website for back-to-school public health...
Guests: Manisha Juthani MD , Aashna Panjwani MPH
232: North Carolina’s Child Vaccine Strategy
Aug. 2, 2022

232: North Carolina’s Child Vaccine Strategy

Dr. Elizabeth Tilson, North Carolina’s State Health Director, discusses vaccine uptake among children and why she believes North Carolina has been able to have one of the highest rates in the southeast; Julia Greenspan, ASTHO’s Director of...
Guests: Julia Greenspan MPH CHES , Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson MD MPH
229: Heat Waves Require New Thinking
July 28, 2022

229: Heat Waves Require New Thinking

Dr. Evan Mallen, an ORISE Fellow with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says cities and states need to adapt plans and programs to changes in climate that impact public health; Dr. Joseph Kanter, State Health Officer at the Louisiana...
Guests: Joseph Kanter MD MPH , Amy Ladley PhD , Evan Mallen PhD
228: Hawaii’s 9-8-8 Experience
July 27, 2022

228: Hawaii’s 9-8-8 Experience

Belinda Danielson, Access Supervisor with the State of Hawaii Department of Health, discusses the launch of the new national 9-8-8 hotline for mental health services; Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President for Health Equity and...
Guests: Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge MD MPH , Belinda Danielson
222: Better Data, More Equity
July 19, 2022

222: Better Data, More Equity

Dr. Carlos Oronce, an Advanced Health Services Research Fellow at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, discusses the challenges of COVID-19 being exacerbated by a lack of good data; Dr. Joseph Kanter, State Health Officer for the Louisiana...
Guests: Joseph Kanter MD MPH , Carlos Oronce MD PhD MPH
215: Best of ME: Consulting School Nurses
July 8, 2022

215: Best of ME: Consulting School Nurses

This special edition revisits a popular episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition from May 19th.   Linda Mendonca, President of the National Association of School Nurses, discusses nurses needing a break, but also wanting more input...
Guests: Linda Mendonca DNP MEd PHNA-BC NCSN FNASN , Thomas Simon PhD
214: Best of ME: Encouraging the Public Health Workforce
July 7, 2022

214: Best of ME: Encouraging the Public Health Workforce

This special edition revisits a popular episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition from May 31st.   Dr. Karyl Rattay, Director of the Delaware Division of Public Health, looks back on the past 13 years of her career in Public Health. She has...
Guest: Karyl Rattay MD MS FAAP
212: Best of ME: LGBTQI+ Health Equity
July 5, 2022

212: Best of ME: LGBTQI+ Health Equity

This special edition revisits Episode 201 of Public Health Review Morning Edition from June 16th. Dr. Jan Malcom, Minnesota Health Commissioner, discusses steps to ensuring health equity for people belonging to the nation’s LGBTQI+ community; and...
Guests: Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge MD MPH , Jan Malcolm
206: New Tobacco Policy Recommendations
June 24, 2022

206: New Tobacco Policy Recommendations

Dawn Berkowitz, Chair of the Tobacco Control Network Executive Committee, discusses a new policy recommendations guide released by the group; Liz Hendrix, the Policy Control Officer for the Tobacco Control Network Executive Committee details what she...
Guests: Ellen Pliska MHS , Dawn Berkowitz MPH , Liz Hendrix MPP
205: Why Listening is Important in Public Health
June 23, 2022

205: Why Listening is Important in Public Health

Dr. Randall Williams, Missouri’s former Director of the Department of Health and Senior Services, joins us for a special edition of the newscast to discuss his upcoming book and the importance of listening in public health.
Guest: Randall Williams MD
201: LGBTQI+ Health Equity
June 16, 2022

201: LGBTQI+ Health Equity

Dr. Jan Malcom, Minnesota’s Health Commissioner, discusses steps to ensure health equity for people in the nation’s LGBTQI+ community; Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives,...
Guests: Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge MD MPH , Jan Malcolm
198: Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine Outlook
June 13, 2022

198: Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine Outlook

Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the WHERE, discusses vaccines and what to expect for the rest of this year as panels for both the FDA and the CDC begin discussing the COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of five;...
Guests: Thomas Dobbs MD MPH , Paul Offit MD