Sarah DeSilvey: Creating Space for Healing
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Sarah DeSilvey to talk about her career as a rural nurse practitioner and her work to create a shared vocabulary for tracking social determinants of health. Harlan unpacks the research implications of the “big beautiful bill” in Congress, and reports on his new research about the link between state gun laws and deaths among children; Howie discusses the simple steps that can prevent syphilis from being passed from mothers to babies in utero.
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Budget Cuts
“Senators push back on Trump’s proposed $18 billion NIH budget cut”
“H.R.1—One Big Beautiful Bill Act”
“NIH details how Trump budget would cut support for grants, training, and research centers”
“How cuts at the National Institutes of Health could impact Americans' health”
Guns and Kids
Harlan Krumholz: “Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US”
Jeremy Faust: Inside Medicine
Health & Veritas Episode 174: James Dodington: Protecting Kids from Gun Violence
Sarah DeSilvey
CDC: Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
WIC: USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
“Trump Budget Would Slash WIC Fruit and Vegetable Benefits for Millions”
Congenital Syphilis
“Missed Opportunities for Congenital Syphilis Prevention—Clark County, Nevada, 2017–2022”
CDC: Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report
Health & Veritas Episode 1777: Dave Chokshi: Lessons from the Front Lines of the Pandemic
Health & Veritas Epoisode 155: Manisha Juthani: Solving Infectious Disease Mysteries