Public Health Workers Are NOT Okay with Elizabeth Holzschuh

Public Health Workers Are NOT Okay with Elizabeth Holzschuh

It’s been a long three years since the COVID-19 pandemic began. And though the pandemic isn’t over — the public health workforce feels done. Public health departments around the country are facing low morale, high vacancy, and a workload that doesn’t want to ease up. Abdul talks about the impact of public health burnout and sits down with Elizabeth Holzschuh, director of epidemiology at a local health department in Kansas to talk about what it looks like on the ground — and what needs to be done to address it.

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A Bionic Breast

A Bionic Breast

All of us live in bodies. But what happens when those bodies change in ways that rob us of critical life experiences? That’s the question that so many people face after mastectomy. Abdul reflects on t...

26 Mars 202446min

Talkin’ Nerdy about Gettin’ Dirty

Talkin’ Nerdy about Gettin’ Dirty

For so many reasons — shame, privacy, social discomfort — we don’t talk enough about sex as a public health issue. But it's an important part of a healthy adult human life. So, we’re going to talk abo...

19 Mars 202450min

Cash as Medicine in Flint, Michigan.

Cash as Medicine in Flint, Michigan.

For nearly a decade, Flint, Michigan has been synonymous with the lead and water crisis that put the city on the map. But Flint is resilient. Abdul reflects on the central role of poverty in all that ...

12 Mars 202448min

No, IVF Embryos Aren’t Kids.

No, IVF Embryos Aren’t Kids.

A few weeks ago, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos created in the IVF process had the same rights as children. The ruling was a warning of just how far the anti-abortion might go. Abdul ref...

5 Mars 202444min

The Invisible Kingdom of Chronic Illness

The Invisible Kingdom of Chronic Illness

Chronic illness is debilitating. But it’s not just the pain and dysfunction it causes, but the anxiety of not really knowing when it’ll strike — or get worse. Abdul reflects on the ways that science h...

27 Feb 202454min

Defunding Public Health? One County Tried. It Didn’t Go Well.

Defunding Public Health? One County Tried. It Didn’t Go Well.

Ottawa County, Michigan made national news last year after a MAGA take over of its County Commission. Their first major act? To try to defund their public health department. Abdul reflects on the impe...

20 Feb 202456min

How Cars Got More Deadly

How Cars Got More Deadly

More pedestrians are dying in auto accidents. Abdul reflects on the public health challenges that cars pose in general. Then he sits down with Dr. Deborah Kuhls, a trauma surgeon who studies pedestria...

13 Feb 202445min

Sickle Cell and All the Diseases We Choose to Ignore

Sickle Cell and All the Diseases We Choose to Ignore

Sickle Cell Disease is a debilitating genetic disease that almost exclusively affects Black folks. While genetic breakthroughs have made a cure possible, the high price tag may keep them away from peo...

6 Feb 202456min

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