Mayor Brandon Scott speaks to Midday about the recent death of DPW employee Ronald Silver II.

Mayor Brandon Scott speaks to Midday about the recent death of DPW employee Ronald Silver II.

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.

Mayor Brandon Scott responds to DPW employee's death

On Midday Healthwatch, our monthly conversations about public health with Dr. Leana Wen, we ask about the uptick in COVID-19 cases in Maryland and across the country. Should we be avoiding gatherings of people inside? Is it time to return to the precautious behavior from earlier in the pandemic?

Plus, how to manage hypertension, the ‘silent killer’ disease, which can be exacerbated by exposure to extreme heat.

Wen is one of America’s most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts, and she has been a regular guest on our show since her time as the Baltimore City Health Commissioner, from 2015-2018. Today, the emergency physician serves as a research professor of healthy policy and management at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health.

Wen is also a columnist for the Washington Postand the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health.

On <a href="https://www.wypr.org/tags/midday-healthwatch" data-cms-ai="0">Midday Healthwatch</a>, our monthly conversations about public health with <a href="https://drleanawen.com/" data-cms-ai="0">Dr. Leana Wen</a>, we ask about the uptick in COVID-19 cases in Maryland and across the country. Should we be avoiding gatherings of people inside? Is it time to return to the precautious behavior from earlier in the pandemic?
Plus, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/01/hypertension-medications-cardiovascular-disease/" data-cms-ai="0">how to manage hypertension, the ‘silent killer’ disease</a>, which can be exacerbated by exposure to extreme heat.
Wen is one of America’s most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts, and she has been a regular guest on our show since her time as the Baltimore City Health Commissioner, from 2015-2018. Today, the emergency physician serves as 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" data-cms-ai="0">Milken Institute School of Public Health</a>.
Wen is also a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/leana-s-wen/" data-cms-ai="0">columnist for the Washington </a><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/leana-s-wen/" data-cms-ai="0">Post</a> and the author of <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250186249/lifelines" data-cms-ai="0">Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health</a>.

Healthwatch with Dr. Leana Wen: COVID summer wave, and watch out for extreme heat!

The power to take a life, professor and social commentator Roxane Gay writes, receives greater constitutional and culture value than a women's right to the pursuit of happiness.

Gay is the author of the New York Times best-selling books Bad Feminist and Hunger. Her latest work includes the essay Stand Your Ground: A Black Feminists Reckoning with America's Gun Problem.

From the firearms invention in more than 500 hundred years ago, to the writing of the 2nd Amendment in 1787, to America's current epidemic of gun violence, Gay follows the social forces that shaped our current reality. The piece is personal, describing Gay's thoughts about owning a gun, and what gun ownership means to Black feminism.

(Photo by Reginald Cunningham)

The power to take a life, professor and social commentator Roxane Gay writes, receives greater constitutional and culture value than a women's right to the pursuit of happiness.
Gay is the author of the New York Times best-selling books Bad Feminist and Hunger. Her latest work includes the essay Stand Your Ground: A Black Feminists Reckoning with America's Gun Problem.
From the firearms invention in more than 500 hundred years ago, to the writing of the 2nd Amendment in 1787, to America's current epidemic of gun violence, Gay follows the social forces that shaped our current reality. The piece is personal, describing Gay's thoughts about owning a gun, and what gun ownership means to Black feminism.
(Photo by Reginald Cunningham)

Roxane Gay's got a gun: black feminism and gun ownership

Host Tom Hall speaks with Dr. Julia Marciari-Alexander, who for the past eleven years has been the Executive Director and CEO of the Walters Art Museum. Walters Art Museum named two interim co-directors to replace Marciari-Alexander as the organization seeks a new leader.

Marciari-Alexander announced she is set to leave next month to take a new position as the President of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in New York.

Host Tom Hall speaks with Dr. Julia Marciari-Alexander, who for the past eleven years has been the Executive Director and CEO of the <a href="https://thewalters.org/">Walters Art Museum</a>. Walters Art Museum named two interim co-directors to replace Marciari-Alexander as the organization seeks a new leader.
Marciari-Alexander announced she is set to leave next month to take a new position as the President of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in New York.

Mayor Brandon Scott responds to DPW employee's death

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