Public Health

Dr. Leana Wen joins Midday for our monthly conversation on public health and policy issues. This week, she touches on the public health outlook after election results reshaped the federal government's executive and legislative branches. Plus, the latest on bird flu.

For our monthly visit with Dr. Leana Wen for "Healthwatch" we discuss medical innovations, back to school sickness and recreational marijuana.

We’ll go On the Record with an epidemiologist to talk about the public health threat posed by climate change. Heat waves are getting longer and more intense. Who is most vulnerable? Is air conditioning the answer?

Tom gets the latest health and medical news from expert Dr. Leana Wen.

Tom speaks with the Nutrition Diva Monica Reinagel about healthy eating, and they hear from the Maryland Food Bank about hunger and healthy eating concerns across the state.

We’ll go On the Record with a public health expert to talk about the fallout of discarding regulations for concealed-carry.

People report feeling depressed and irritable during Daylight Standard Time.

The airport is using $55 million to revamp six sets of bathrooms.

Black women are more than three times as likely as white women to die from pregnancy-related causes.

A new report issued by an international group of public health experts is critical of how the United States handled the COVID pandemic.