Abdul and Katelyn discuss the week in public health, which includes:
Former CDC Director Susan Monarez’s Senate testimony, where she revealed a series of bombshell revelations about the chaos in the department
This week's ACIP meeting, and how it might affect access to the Hepatitis B vaccine
The good news that private insurers will be covering the cost of vaccines as normal
The Trump Administration’s move to clamp down on pharmaceutical ads
Then Abdul sits down with Dr. Annette Campbell-Anderson, Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, to discuss why more schools across the country are implementing cell phone bans.
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About That MAHA Report…
Abdul and Katelyn discuss the week in public health, which includes:
RFK Jr’s MAHA Report, and why it fails to deliver meaningful change
The leaked report that revealed RFK Jr will tie Tylenol use to autism
The firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez, and the mass resignations that followed
RFK Jr’s Senate testimony, which included a grilling from top Republicans
Then Abdul talks to Natalie Foster, president of the Economic Security Project, about the power of guaranteed income in health outcomes.
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Exodus at the CDC
Abdul and Katelyn discuss another inundating week in public health, which includes:
The sudden departure of the CDC Director, Susan Monarez, just weeks after her confirmation
The resignations of three other top leaders at HHS
FDA’s approval of the fall Covid booster, which limits the vaccine to seniors and people at high risk, as well as new alternative recommendations from major medical organizations
A Supreme Court ruling that puts a new legal wrinkle in the fight to restore NIH grants
The rise of radioactive shrimp and flying flesh-eating maggots
Then as we look ahead to Labor Day, Abdul sits down with Dr. Taylor Walker, the president of the largest labor union representing physicians. We are dark next week for the holiday.
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Public Health Punched Back
Abdul and Katelyn are energized by the first meeting of the Vaccine Integrity Project, which was founded to serve as an alternative to RFK Jr’s ACIP. They also discuss:
A new letter to Congress, signed by more than 700 CDC employees, which calls HHS Secretary Kennedy complicit in endangering the nation's health and the recent shooting at the CDC headquarters
The fallout from a draft report on childhood chronic disease, which suggests RFK Jr is folding on his promise to ban agricultural pesticides
The future of vaccines in the US without mRNA research, following RFK Jr’s decision to cut $500 million in research grants
Then, Abdul sits down with Dr. Michael Osterholm, a founding member of the Vaccine Integrity Project Steering Committee, to discuss the goals, processes and future of the organization.
To read and/or add your name to the CDC’s letter to Congress, click here.
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Bullets at CDC
Abdul and Katelyn condemn the violence at the CDC headquarters last week, and the startlingly weak response from lawmakers. Then they unpack Trump’s newest executive order, which seeks to give his own appointees the power to approve federal grants. They also discuss the future of the FDA as Vinay Prasad makes his return, following his resignation last month.
Then Abdul talks to Sherrell Byrd, founder of SOWEGA Rising, which has organized in rural Georgia to bring fresh produce to rural communities that lack grocery stores. They discuss the health implications of food deserts, and how food justice can change lives.
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