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Eric Toner, Healthcare Preparedness Expert, Answers...

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2020/04/10

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Dr. Eric Toner, MD The Center for Health Security is back with another round of expert answers to your most-asked COVID-19 questions. If we reopen everything back up, what is the risk that we’ll have a new surge of infections? As China considers loosening restrictions, how are they making those decisions? Why aren’t there human temperature monitors in public places like airports, hospitals, and grocery stores? Is anyone considering breast milk for

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COVID-19 in Prisons, Jails, & Detention Centers

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2020/04/10

Host: Stephanie Desmon Guest: Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH As public health experts stress the importance of hygiene and social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, what does this mean for the 2.3 million people incarcerated in the U.S.? Johns Hopkins Infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Chris Beyrer talks to Stephanie Desmon about the difficulties of protecting people in these facilities, the low-risk/high-reward strategy of releasing those held on administrative misdemeanors, and

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What It’s Like to Treat Patients with COVID-19: A...

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2020/04/10

Host: Stephanie Desmon Guest: Dr. Brian Garibaldi, MD Caring for patients with COVID-19 requires a new playbook in many ways. Dr. Brian Garibaldi, a pulmonologist in the ICU at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the medical director of the biocontainment unit, talks to Stephanie Desmon about his observations of COVID-19 patients including new challenges, changes to protocols, and coping with fears about he and his colleagues getting sick themselves. Published April 1, 2020

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Health Equity in COVID-19: Breaking Down Longstanding...

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2020/04/10

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Dr. Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH Equal access to resources, care, and information is a substantial problem for at-risk groups such as older adults, ethnic minorities, or those with low incomes even in the best of times. In this pandemic, where it’s critical to “flatten the curve” among all groups, these barriers cannot be ignored. Dr. Lisa Cooper, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, talks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about what needs to

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How the Experts Are Dealing with COVID-19 in Their...

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2020/04/10

Host: Stephanie Desmon Guest: Keri N. Althoff, PhD Guest: Elizabeth A. Stuart, PhD Like many, epidemiologist Keri Althoff and biostatistician Elizabeth Stuart are juggling different responsibilities and precautionary measures in the “new normal” of COVID-19. They talk to Stephanie Desmon not about their day jobs, but about play dates, community building while social distancing, ordering takeout, and how they’re managing COVID-19 as parents, neighbors, and friends. Published

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Update on Remdesivir, Investigational Antiviral for...

Pulmonary Medicine ·

2020/04/10

Host: Linda Bernstein, Pharm.D. This special episode of The Drug Report provides an update regarding the antiviral Remdesivir, which is the first investigational therapeutic to be studied under an FDA-approved NIH adaptive randomized controlled clinical trial for hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Currently, there are three options through clinical trials for obtaining remdesivir for the treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and pneumonia in the United States, as pharmacist Dr

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How Can We Rapidly Increase Medical Capacity in...

Pulmonary Medicine ·

2020/04/03

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Cyrus Shahpar, MD, MBA, MPH What does it take to stand up a makeshift hospital—and enough people to staff it—in order to address critically ill patients of COVID-19? Dr. Cyrus Shahpar, Director of Prevent Epidemics team at Resolve to Save Lives talks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how to quickly scale up medical responses in a crisis. Published March 30, 2020

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A Doctor’s Perspective from Wuhan

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2020/04/03

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Bin Cao, MD Dr. Bin Cao, Vice President and Director of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, has worked on the frontlines of patient care in Wuhan for the past few months. By closely monitoring the disease, he and his team are beginning to unlock some of its secrets. Dr. Cao talks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how the situation has changed in Wuhan, what we can learn about safeguarding providers,

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Crystal Watson, an Expert in Healthcare Preparedness,...

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2020/04/03

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Crystal R. Watson, DrPH What do we know this week that we didn’t know last week? What’s the status of serologic testing and can it be useful in helping to end social distancing practices? How good is the current evidence on chloroquine? Should COVID-19 patients avoid taking ibuprofen? What happens next if we are successful with social distancing? If you are older but have no chronic illness, are you still at high risk? Published March 27, 2020

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COVID-19 & the 1918 Flu Pandemic: What Can We Learn?

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2020/04/03

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Jeremy A. Green Guest: Graham Mooney, PhD COVID-19 is often compared to the 1918 flu pandemic that claimed millions of lives and caused massive social disruption. But to what extent is the novel coronavirus different and what lessons can we learn from the successes and failures of previous epidemics? Medical historians Jeremy Greene and Graham Mooney talk to Stephanie Desmon about this comparison, the history of quarantines, and what we will

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The Difficult But Important Job of a Forensic...

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2020/04/03

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Judi Melinek, MD Dr. Judy Melinek is a forensic pathologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. She explains the role of autopsies in the public health response to COVID-19 and how her work also plays a difficult but vital role in disposing of remains when health care systems become overloaded. Published March 26, 2020

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Mental Health Support for COVID-19 Healthcare Workers

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2020/04/03

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Albert Wu, MD In the midst of a pandemic, resilience is key for health care workers. Dr. Albert Wu, co-director of RISE—Resilience In Stressful Events—an emotional peer support structure at Johns Hopkins Hospital, talks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the importance of supporting hospital staff and what can be done to mitigate anxiety and stress in this unprecedented situation. Published March 25, 2020

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The Social Side of COVID-19: How Individual...

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2020/04/03

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Stephanie Desmon Guest: Monica Malta MPH, PhD The threat of COVID-19 presents a new challenge for citizens of many countries who are not used to government entities directing their behavior. It’s also an ideological shift for many: Change your individual behavior for the good of the greater community. Monica Malta, an alumna of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School, is a social epidemiologist and a global health researcher at the University of

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COVID-19 Communication: How Facts Fight Fear

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2020/04/03

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Susan Krenn Guest: Stephanie Desmon There are so many unknowns around COVID-19, so how can we find credible sources of information? What is the role of communication in the pandemic, and how can authorities get it right? Susan Krenn, Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, talks to Stephanie Desmon about how communication can combat fear if it’s credible, transparent, timely, and gives people the resources

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FDA’s Fight Against the Novel Coronavirus

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2020/03/27

Host: Linda Bernstein, Pharm.D. As the number of novel coronavirus cases continue to rise on a national and global scale, how is the FDA responding? Pharmacist Dr. Linda Bernstein provides an overview of the FDA’s action plan with the overall goal of collaborating with interagency and international partners, product developers, and global regulators to speed up the development and availability of medical products needed to diagnose, treat, mitigate, and prevent such outbreaks.

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Therapies & Vaccines on the Horizon for COVID-19

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2020/03/27

Host: Linda Bernstein, Pharm.D. Although there are currently no antiviral medicines or vaccines licensed by the FDA for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19, some progress has been made as the first investigational therapeutic is to be studied under an FDA-approved NIH adaptive randomized controlled clinical trial for hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Pharmacist Dr. Linda Bernstein reports on this and other investigational therapies. Published March 27, 2020

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Mental Health in the COVID-19 Pandemic: How to Cope...

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2020/03/26

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD For many, COVID-19 has revealed an anxiety-ridden world of unknowns. Protecting our mental health is just as important as protecting our physical health in this pandemic. But how can we find comfort if we’re inundated with scary messages and physically cut off from people we love? Dr. Monica Schoch-Spana of the Center for Health Security talks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about caring for ourselves and for vulnerable populations

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Jennifer Nuzzo Answers Your COVID-19 Questions, Round 2

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2020/03/26

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Jennifer Nuzzo, MD Why is the response to COVID-19 so much more severe than the response to other outbreaks like H1N1 or SARS? Will a vaccine be more effective than the usual flu vaccine? Has the shortage of available testing been resolved? Are we seeing more cases because of increases in transmission or testing? Why does COVID-19 cause shortness of breath? Can drinking cold water increase your risk of infection? Jennifer Nuzzo of the Johns

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COVID-19 & the Economy: What Can We Expect?

Pulmonary Medicine ·

2020/03/26

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Stephanie Desmon Recent volatility in the financial markets have shaken investors and left everyone asking: Are we currently in a financial crisis? Author and expert on financial crises Kathleen Day of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School talks to Stephanie Desmon of the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs about how the novel coronavirus is affecting local and global economies and what consumers should do right now. Published March

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Considering Human Rights in Restriction Response...

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2020/03/26

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD Guest: Leonard S. Rubenstein, JD What are the human rights considerations in the response to COVID-19? How can societies move to control the spread of the virus in ways that do not create panic or unnecessarily restrict communities? What are critical considerations as governments try to strike the right balance between restrictions and depriving people of the ability to live their lives? Dr. Josh Sharfstein talks to Len Rubenstein, Conflict and Health

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