Vector-Borne Disease Episodes
325: America’s Alarming Preterm Birth Rate
Dec. 16, 2022
Dr. Kathryn Mishkin, Head of the Office of Data Science and Mission Strategy with the March of Dimes, discusses the rise in preterm birth in the United States; Emma Carlson, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Environmental Health, say…
238: New York Responds to Monkeypox
Aug. 10, 2022
Dr. James McDonald, Medical Director in the Office of Public Health for the New York State Department of Health, says the monkeypox response in New York follows the data and social determinants; a new ASTHO report about mosq…
222: Better Data, More Equity
July 19, 2022
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 O…
173: Talking About Ticks
May 6, 2022
Tamyra Porter, a partner at Guidehouse Consulting, explains a project to improve disease surveillance; Sara Robinson, an epidemiologist working for the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, spends a lot of time wa…
170: Hepatitis Alert
May 3, 2022
Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama’s State Health Officer, discusses how states and territories are on alert for cases of hepatitis and adenovirus in children; Dr. Jose Romero, Arkansas’ Secretary of Health, is worried about increasi…