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The American Health Podcast

The American Health Podcast is created by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, a project of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The Initiative works to tackle some of the most pr... Read more

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The Politics of Public Health in 2019: A Conversation with Dr. Georges Benjamin

The Politics of Public Health in 2019: A Conversation with Dr. Georges Benjamin

In this episode, we have a candid conversation with one of the nation’s most influential leaders in public health – Dr. ... Read more

4 Jun 2019

29mins

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Reducing Harm, Saving Lives

Reducing Harm, Saving Lives

In 2016, more than 42,000 people in the United States died from opioid overdoses. A host of complex social, structural a... Read more

23 Feb 2018

13mins

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The EPA, the Environment, and our Health

The EPA, the Environment, and our Health

Professor Tom Burke took some time away from his work at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to serve as... Read more

4 Jun 2018

23mins

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Permit to Purchase: Proven to Save Lives

Permit to Purchase: Proven to Save Lives

In the national debate over gun laws, we frequently hear calls for universal background checks, which would close loopho... Read more

11 Oct 2018

19mins

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Preventing Suicide, Part 1: Understanding Suicide Rates and Risks

Preventing Suicide, Part 1: Understanding Suicide Rates and Risks

American suicide rates are at their highest point in 50 years; we are in what some have called a suicide crisis. Septemb... Read more

24 Sep 2019

15mins

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What's up in San Antonio?

What's up in San Antonio?

In this episode, we talk with San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Health Commissioner Dr. Colleen Bridger about steps th... Read more

12 Mar 2019

17mins

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Preventing Suicide, Part 2: Suicide Rates On the Rise in the Latinx Community

Preventing Suicide, Part 2: Suicide Rates On the Rise in the Latinx Community

Suicide rates have historically been low for the Latinx population, but even they are not immune to the increases in sui... Read more

25 Sep 2019

10mins

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Declining Life Expectancy & the Power of Public Health

Declining Life Expectancy & the Power of Public Health

Two years ago, in the face of grim news that life expectancy in the United States was declining, Bloomberg Philanthropie... Read more

15 Nov 2018

19mins

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Making Sense of Opioid Litigation

Making Sense of Opioid Litigation

On October 21, 2019, three major drug distributors and a generic-drug manufacturer reached a $260 million settlement wit... Read more

29 Oct 2019

21mins

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Preventing Suicide, Part 4: Clinicians' Key Role in Screening for Suicide RIsk

Preventing Suicide, Part 4: Clinicians' Key Role in Screening for Suicide RIsk

Almost 3 out of 4 people who attempt suicide have visited their primary care doctor in the month before their attempt, b... Read more

29 Sep 2019

10mins

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Preventing Suicide, Part 3: Helping Youth Build Resilience and Avoid Suicide

Preventing Suicide, Part 3: Helping Youth Build Resilience and Avoid Suicide

One of the most troubling suicide statistics is the increase in suicides seen among young people. In 2016, suicide becam... Read more

27 Sep 2019

13mins

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Preventing Suicide, Part 5: How Restricting Access to Guns Can Prevent Suicide

Preventing Suicide, Part 5: How Restricting Access to Guns Can Prevent Suicide

An extreme risk protection order, or ERPO, is a civil order issued by a court that prevents a person at risk of violence... Read more

30 Sep 2019

16mins

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Mapping a City's Food Environment

Mapping a City's Food Environment

A community's health and quality of life depends on access to healthy food. But in too many communities across the count... Read more

30 Apr 2018

18mins

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The Coronavirus Crisis: Keeping Youth Connected

The Coronavirus Crisis: Keeping Youth Connected

This is the second episode in our special American Health Podcast series, featuring experts talking about the impact of ... Read more

5 May 2020

14mins

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The Coronavirus Crisis: The Impact on Gun Violence

The Coronavirus Crisis: The Impact on Gun Violence

This special American Health Podcast series will feature experts talking about the impact of the novel coronavirus in th... Read more

9 Apr 2020

21mins

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