Listen to Dr. David Margolius, Cleveland Public Health director, talk with @danskinner.bsky.social about efforts to ban flavored tobacco and save untold numbers of Clevelanders' lives. Don't miss this sweeping conversation about the struggle of public health & why we can't give up. prognosisohio.com

Listen to Dr. David Margolius, Cleveland Public Health director, talk with @danskinner.bsky.social about efforts to ban flavored tobacco and save untold numbers of Clevelanders' lives. Don't miss this sweeping conversation about the struggle of public health & why we can't give up. prognosisohio.com

It was nice talking with our friend @rickneal.bsky.social. Just a reminder that we CAN and MUST do good in the world, no matter how intractable it all seems.

On the new Prognosis Ohio, @danskinner.bsky.social talks with Dr. Amy Acton, former Director of the Ohio Department of Health, about 2020, learning from COVID19, grieving, and the politics of public health. It's a must-listen. Show notes at prognosisohio.com and wcbe.org.

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On the new Prognosis Ohio, @danskinner.bsky.social talks with Dr. Amy Acton, former Director of the Ohio Department of Health, about 2020, learning from COVID19, grieving, and the politics of public health. It's a must-listen. Show notes at prognosisohio.com and wcbe.org.

We are spending our weekend preparing our episode with Dr. Amy Acton, which drops Monday, and we have to say: it's so good!

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We are humbled to report that this is now our most-listened to episode. It's encouraging to know that there is interest in these kinds of conversations. Maybe, as discussed in the episode, we can actually get Ohioans to "sit around and talk about life expectancy"!

"There are trends that begin in the heartland that extend all across the country" - Washington Post health reporter Dan Diamond on struggling life expectancy outcomes in Ohio

On episode 133 of Prognosis Ohio, @danskinner.bsky.social talks with Washington Post reporters Lauren Weber and Dan Diamond (@ddiamond.bsky.social) about their must-read reporting on life expectancy in Ohio. Read the article and listen to the episode at wcbe.org & www.prognosisohio.com/episodes/wapo

Similar counties in different states have quite different life expectancies. Ohio has much looser public health policies combatting preventable deaths. Here they compare 3 counties in NY, Pennsylvania, and Ohio on Lake Erie.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...

On Prognosis Ohio 132, among other things, Dan Skinner and John Corlett of the Center for Community Solutions talk about poverty in Ohio. Check out this video excerpt, filmed at the WCBE studios. Full episode is at prognosisohio.com.

Must-read piece in the @washingtonpost.com on the impact bad policy is having on life expectancy in Ohio. With quotes from your host, @danskinner.bsky.social.

How red-state politics are shaving years off American lives www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...

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On episode 132 of Prognosis Ohio, Dan Skinner talks with John Corlett of the Center for Community Solutions about the need for an NEO human service chamber; poverty in Ohio; the vulnerabilities of Ohio’s aging residents; #Medicaid, and policy consensus building. Check it out! prognosisohio.com