Category: Podcast

America’s Fragmented Healthcare System & COVID-19

    Featuring Dr. Philip Verhoef, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii and ICU physician: How has our fragmented healthcare system affected our ability to perform basic public health functions? What lessons can we learn from other countries with nationally-centralized electronic health […]

Racism, Health Care and Coronavirus in America

    Featuring Dr. Tony Iton, Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at The California Endowment: Why does the U.S. lack a universal, Medicare-for-All-type healthcare system like many other developed countries have? And what are the consequences? In this fifth and final episode of a […]

COVID-19: Crisis & Opportunity

    Featuring Dr. Tony Iton, Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at The California Endowment: How does the lack of universal sick leave and health care affect America’s ability to respond to pandemics?  In this fourth in a series with host Brenda Gazzar, Dr. […]

Pandemic: Preparing for a new normal

    Featuring Dr. Tony Iton, Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at The California Endowment: Learn how deforestation and climate change are increasing the likelihood of future pandemics and what America can do to prepare for them. In this second of a podcast series […]

Coronavirus: America’s Public Health Fail

    Featuring Dr. Tony Iton, Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at The California Endowment: Find out how the erosion of America’s public health system undermined our response to the deadly coronavirus pandemic. In this first of a podcast series, Dr. Iton explains how […]