It’s the Midday Healthwatch, with Dr. Leana Wen.

Much of life has returned to pre-COVID normal. In several of her recent essays in the Washingon Post, Dr. Wen has written about new research into the vexing problem of Long COVID, the decision by the Biden administration to end the COVID state-of-emergency, how to help the immunocompromised, and how to more accurately account for the actual number of hospitalizations and fatalities that have been caused by COVID.

We’ll talk about these topics today with Dr. Wen, who is one of America’s most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts. She is an emergency physician and a former health commissioner of Baltimore. She teaches at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. In addition to writing a health column for the Washington Post, she’s a medical analyst for CNN, a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health.

Dr. Leana Wen joins us on Zoom…

It’s the <a href="https://www.wypr.org/tags/midday-healthwatch">Midday Healthwatch</a>, with <a href="https://drleanawen.com/">Dr. Leana Wen</a>.
Much of life has returned to pre-COVID normal. In several of her recent <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/leana-s-wen/">essays in the Washingon Post</a>, Dr. Wen has written about new research into the vexing problem of <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/02/long-covid-new-research-pandemic/">Long COVID</a>, the decision by the Biden administration <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/31/biden-covid-pandemic-national-emergency-end/">to end the COVID state-of-emergency</a>, how to help the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/12/immunocompromised-covid-pandemic-policies/">immunocompromised</a>, and how to more accurately account for the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/19/covid-pandemic-deaths-hospitalizations-honest-accounting/">actual number of hospitalizations and fatalities that have been caused by COVID</a>.
We’ll talk about these topics today with Dr. Wen, who is one of America’s most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts. She is an emergency physician and a former health commissioner of Baltimore. She teaches at the <a href="https://publichealth.gwu.edu/departments/health-policy-and-management/leana-wen-md-msc_faaem">George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health</a>. In addition to writing a health column for the<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/leana-s-wen/"> Washington Post</a>, she’s a medical analyst for CNN, a non-resident Senior Fellow at the <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/experts/dr-leana-wen/">Brookings Institution </a>and 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 us on Zoom…

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

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>

Midday

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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