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299: Pediatric Respiratory Cases Cause Concern

Nov. 7, 2022

Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President, releases a statement addressing the response to a spike in respiratory infections; Dr. Jose Romero, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, addres…

Guests: Anne Zink MD FACEP , Jose Romero MD , Jeanne Ayers MPH , JoAnne McClure MSW , Dawn O'Connell JD

Social And Behavioral Health Opioids Public Health Thank You Day Public Health Workforce Public Health Law Opioid Epidemic Policy And Advocacy

298: Washington’s Opioid Agreement

Nov. 4, 2022

Dr. Umair Shah, Secretary of Health for the State of Washington, discusses a settlement with three companies the state says played a key role in driving the opioid epidemic; Donna Levin, Director of Act for Public Health, di…

Guests: Umair Shah MD MPH , Donna Levin JD

Breastfeeding And Early Life Nutrition Support Women, Infant, And Family Health Healthcare-Associated Infections Infectious Diseases Policy And Advocacy

294: Public Health on the Ballot

Oct. 31, 2022

Jeanne Ayers, Executive Director of Healthy Democracy Healthy People and an ASTHO alum, discusses the impact of voting on public health; Grace Lee, Senior Analyst for Infectious Disease Infrastructure and Policy, authored a …

Guests: Jeanne Ayers MPH , Grace Lee MPH CPH

Environmental Health Social And Behavioral Health Breastfeeding And Early Life Nutrition Support Mental Health Climate And Health Women, Infant, And Family Health Youth Mental Health Policy And Advocacy

263: Youth Worried About Climate Change

Sept. 15, 2022

Rachael Banks, Public Health Director for the Oregon Health Authority Division of Public Health, discusses the results of a new study exploring the connections between climate change and youth mental health; Rebecca Fronberg…

Guests: Rachael Banks MPA , Rebecca Fronberg