It’s another edition of theMidday Healthwatch, our monthly conversations about public health with Dr. Leana Wen.

Today, we'll discuss the continuing controversy surrounding theories about the origins of the COVID 19 virus. Plus, some new research about the problem of child obesity. And has Sen. John Fetterman’s hospitalization for clinical depression helped to remove the stigma from mental health treatment? We’ll talk to Dr. Wen about these and other public health issues.

Dr. Leana Wen is one of America’s most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts, and we are proud and grateful that she has been a regular guest on our show for many years. The former Baltimore City Health Commissioner is an emergency physician and a research professor of healthy policy and management at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. She’s a columnist for the Washington Post and a medical analyst for CNN, and a non-resident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. And she's the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health

Dr. Leana Wen joins Tom on Zoom...

It’s another edition of the<a href="https://www.wypr.org/tags/midday-healthwatch"> </a><a href="https://www.wypr.org/tags/midday-healthwatch">Midday Healthwatch</a>, our monthly conversations about public health with <a href="https://drleanawen.com/">Dr. Leana Wen.</a>
Today, we'll discuss the continuing controversy surrounding <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/02/china-covid-pandemic-what-does-accountability-mean/">theories about the origins of the COVID 19 virus.</a> Plus, some<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/26/childhood-obesity-guidelines-crucial/"> new research about the problem of child obesity</a>. And has<a href="https://www.fetterman.senate.gov/"> Sen. John Fetterman</a>’s hospitalization for clinical depression helped to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/21/john-fetterman-hospitalization-depression-public-health/">remove the stigma from mental health treatment</a>? We’ll talk to Dr. Wen about these and other public health issues.
Dr. Leana Wen is one of America’s most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts, and we are proud and grateful that she has been a regular guest on our show for many years. The former Baltimore City Health Commissioner is an emergency physician and a research professor of healthy policy and management at the George Washington University's <a href="https://publichealth.gwu.edu/departments/health-policy-and-management/leana-wen-md-msc_faaem">Milken Institute School of Public Health</a>. She’s a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/leana-s-wen/">columnist for the Washington </a><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/leana-s-wen/">Post </a>and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/health/covid-19-myths-vaccine-wellness/index.html">a medical analyst for CNN</a>, and a non-resident senior fellow at <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/experts/dr-leana-wen/">The Brookings Institution</a>. And she's the author of <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250186249/lifelines">Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/DrLeanaWen">Dr. Leana Wen</a> joins Tom on Zoom...

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at <a href="mailto:midday@wypr.org">midday@wypr.org</a>

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine.  We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org.

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