All Sides with Amy Juravich

This episode originally aired on May 19, 2020. From the plague to the present day coronavirus pandemic, disease outbreaks have shaped everything in society from politics to personal relationships. Yale medical historian Frank Snowden explores this theme in his recent book, Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present.

This episode originally aired on July 15, 2020. Nearly one in five adolescents has a diagnosable mental health disorder, and nearly one-third of them show signs of depression. That’s according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, using data compiled before the pandemic.

President Trump last night announced he is demoting his campaign manager, Brad Parscale, and replacing him with longtime political aide Bill Stepien. The shakeup comes as Trump faces flagging poll numbers and a resurgence of the coronavirus that has now infected more than 3.5 million people in the United States and caused more than 137,000 deaths.

This episode originally aired on July 14, 2020. The history of medical experimentation and the Black community is fraught with exploitation and abuse. But with the COVID-19 virus infecting and killing Black patients at disproportionately high rates, many experts in the medical field are calling for their inclusion in the first vaccine trials.

Fears and uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus pandemic have many people saying things like “You’ve got this!” and “This too shall pass.”

Nearly one in five adolescents has a diagnosable mental health disorder, and nearly one-third of them show signs of depression. That’s according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, using data compiled before the pandemic.

The history of medical experimentation and the Black community is fraught with exploitation and abuse. But with the COVID-19 virus infecting and killing Black patients at disproportionately high rates, many experts in the medical field are calling for their inclusion in the first vaccine trials.

Millions of people around the world are relying on virus-tracing apps to alert them to close-calls with the coronavirus. But, many of the apps don’t work as advertised. Human rights advocates also warn the apps as designed can put countless people at risk for stalking and identity theft.

This episode originally aired on July 2, 2020. Sales of seeds and gardening supplies soared worldwide this spring as people turned to the earth for food, flowers and a measure of calm. Burpee & Co., the nation’s largest seed company, logged the most sales in its nearly 140-year-history and saw traffic to its advice web page jump by 75% as the pandemic took hold.

Four months into the pandemic, after 3,000 Ohio deaths, the state is mandating people wear face masks in public to slow the spread of coronavirus. Franklin, Pickaway and Fairfield counties in central Ohio are among the 12 counties now under the order, but so far Gov. DeWine has stopped short of a statewide mask mandate.