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Vander Hart: Moving the Goalposts on COVID-19

Shane Vander Hart: “Flatten the curve” has become “crush the curve” and “slow the spread” has become “stop the spread.” And the COVID-19 goalposts are moved.

Shane Vander Hart
April 30, 2020
4 minute read

Krutsinger: With COVID-19, The Data Is Not All In

Dr. Dustin Krutsinger: There is data that supports social distancing and data that supports opening things up. Anyone who says they know the answer for certain is naive.

Dustin Krutsinger
April 23, 2020
3 minute read

Episode 96: Dr. Dustin Krutsinger Discusses COVID-19

Shane Vander Hart discusses COVID-19 with Dustin Krutsinger, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Caffeinated Thoughts
March 19, 2020
1 minute read

Let’s Each Do Our Part to Protect Our Seniors and Fellow Iowans

Joni Ernst: Taking calm, commonsense steps to limit the spread of COVID-19 is the least we can do to help ensure that our loved ones live their lives fully.

Joni Ernst
March 12, 2020
2 minute read

Should We Panic over the Measles Outbreaks?

Dr. Jane Orient: Outbreaks have occurred in populations with a near-100 percent vaccination rate. Was it vaccine failure?

Dr. Jane Orient
May 7, 2019
3 minute read

The Children, the Caravan, and Health

Dr. Jane Orient: Thousands of migrants are crammed together in Tijuana, many outdoors, and about a third of them are already sick.

Dr. Jane Orient
December 4, 2018
4 minute read

Setting National Health Priorities: Trump and Climate Change

Dr. Jane Orient: President Trump’s initiatives on energy and climate challenge medical and public health authorities to prove their anti-carbon case.

Dr. Jane Orient
December 19, 2017
3 minute read

New Hampshire Abortion Statistics Bill Gets Another Look

New Hampshire legislators continue to study what might become the state’s first law to mandate collection of abortion statistics.

Ellen Kolb
September 16, 2015
1 minute read