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Public Health Morning Radio

Five days a week and under five minutes. A show for busy public health professionals, we distill all the noise to help you do your job, covering multiple perspectives in public health.

Simplifying it all to bring the ideas and resources to you.

Recent Episodes

Nov. 26, 2025

GLP-1 Increase Use and Future Cost

GLP-1 Use and Future Cost. KFF News Release: Poll: 1 in 8 Adults Say They Are Currently Taking a GLP-1 Drug for Weight Loss, Diabetes or Another Condition, Even as Half Say the Drugs Are Difficult to Afford (https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/poll-1...
Nov. 25, 2025

ChatBots to Quit Smoking, Teen Vaping Study

Studies on AI chatbots in public health. George Washington News Release: AI Powered Chatbot Shows Promise in Smoking Cessation (https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/ai-powered-chatbot-shows-promise-smoking-cessation) Yale School of Public Health: Rewards...
Nov. 24, 2025

Whooping Cough, Data Modernization Workgroup

Whooping cough (pertussis) cases spiking across the nation. CBS Mornings: Dr. Selene Gounder, KFF’s Editor at Large for Public Health. (https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/pertussis-whooping-cough-outbreaks-dtap-tdap-vaccine-immunity-decrease-texas...
Nov. 21, 2025

Safer Births, Vaccine Trust

CDC’s Maternal Mortality Reports show that the U.S. has the highest rate of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality of any wealthy country. ARPA-H just announced the agency is seeking proposals to integrate advanced diagn...
Nov. 20, 2025

Fewer Foreign Food Inspections, Older Adult Oral Health

A new report details that the U.S. is on track to have the fewest foreign food inspections on record since 2011. ProPublica Report: Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts KUOW YouTube Video: A liste...
Nov. 19, 2025

Botulism Help Lines

One state department of health has launched a public hotline for questions about infant botulism amidst an outbreak brought on by infant formula. NBC News Article: ByHeart infant formula recall tied to botulism outbreak puts ...