Listen: Healthbeat staff talk vaccinations, bird flu and other public health stories on ‘What the Health’

In a Healthbeat interview, the commissioner shares his perspective on issues like looming cuts to Medicaid, a new public health alliance in the Northeast, how global health affects New York, and how the CDC is “forever changed” in this era he calls the “Great Desensitivation.”

In addition to the hundreds of people in quarantine or isolation for measles, there are likely many more who are unaware they’ve been exposed during the normal course of their lives: Going to work, school, and church, shopping for groceries, dining out.

Reports of ICE raids and deportations don’t just affect the individuals directly targeted. They ripple outward, with real consequences for community health and well-being.

Many of the parents polled cited the belief that it would help improve their children’s academic focus, in-person socializing, and mental and physical health.

A global health expert said that with this move, the United States has 'made itself much more vulnerable to disaster and devastation when the next epidemic or pandemic hits.'

A high number of callers to the 988 crisis line in Georgia hang up or disconnect before reaching a counselor. Many other calls are transferred out of state.