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This week, the White House posted an executive order which details the administration's intent to stop ‘dangerous gain-of-function research'. We talk to Gigi Gronvall, an immunologist and biosecurity expert at Johns Hopkins University who fears the timing and added bureaucracy could stop all sorts of important biosciences unnecessarily, and that the order is somewhat ideologically driven.Also, Nasa's Juno mission has provided data on the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded, which took place on the planet Io, one of Jupiter's moons. Hellish Io, squeezed as it is by the immense gravity of Jupiter, has not been observed from its poles before in this manner. Last week at EGU25, Science in Action got to speak with the mission's principal investigator, Scott Bolton of Southwest Research Institute.Still on Jupiter's moons, we also ask whether there could there be life on Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa? Scientists believe their glaciated oceans may harbour conditions suitable for life. Also at the EGU meeting were Jonathan Lunine, chief scientist at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab, and Athena Coustenis, director of research at the Paris Observatory in Meudon.Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Alex Mansfield with Tabby Taylor-Buck Production co-ordinator: Josie Hardy(Photo: Clinical support technician extracts viruses from swab samples. Credit: Jane Barlow/Getty Images)

Outdoor air quality is a major concern but what about the safety of the air we breathe indoors in public spaces like schools and offices? Dr. Gigi Gronvall of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security returns to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about the threats of poor indoor air quality including spreading infectious diseases and particulate matter, and a new framework for states to consider how to mandate clean, filtered air in public spaces to keep people safe. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/regulating-indoor-air-quality

Does America need an industrial policy to compete in biotech? Today I'm joined by two guests, Ryan Fedasiuk (@RyanFedasiuk) and Gigi Gronvall (@ggronvall). Ryan is a fellow currently on leave from Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). Gigi is a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. We discuss: The growing uses of biotechnology Biotech security in China and the US How biotech students can be better supported Whether Dwight Schrute was right about the value of beets all along Outro music: 发现美的耳朵 by 马思唯 and 也是福 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaJHDriJGPE I HAVE A NEWSLETTER! Check it out! https://www.chinatalk.media/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does America need an industrial policy to compete in biotech? Today I'm joined by two guests, Ryan Fedasiuk (@RyanFedasiuk) and Gigi Gronvall (@ggronvall). Ryan is a fellow currently on leave from Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). Gigi is a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. We discuss: The growing uses of biotechnology Biotech security in China and the US How biotech students can be better supported Whether Dwight Schrute was right about the value of beets all along Outro music: 发现美的耳朵 by 马思唯 and 也是福 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaJHDriJGPE I HAVE A NEWSLETTER! Check it out! https://www.chinatalk.media/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new report confirms the origins of SARS-CoV-2 as a spillover event from a seafood market in Wuhan, China. Biosecurity expert Gigi Gronvall returns to the podcast to talk with Lindsay Smith Rogers about what we now know happened, why it took so long to pinpoint and confirm COVID's origins, and why this information is crucial for research and preventing future pandemics. Read the report here.

Amy Nauiokas, Co-Founder and Co-CIO at Anthemis, discusses funding trends for female venture capital founders. Dr. Gigi Gronvall, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses the latest on monkeypox and covid-19. Bloomberg Crypto Reporter Olga Kharif talks about the crypto market. And we Drive to the Close with Cole Smead, President and Portfolio Manager at Smead Capital Management.Hosts: Tim Stenovec and Katie Greifeld Producer: Sara LivezeySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amy Nauiokas, Co-Founder and Co-CIO at Anthemis, discusses funding trends for female venture capital founders. Dr. Gigi Gronvall, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses the latest on monkeypox and covid-19. Bloomberg Crypto Reporter Olga Kharif talks about the crypto market. And we Drive to the Close with Cole Smead, President and Portfolio Manager at Smead Capital Management.Hosts: Tim Stenovec and Katie Greifeld Producer: Sara LivezeySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

First: An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, TX. We'll cover the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook, and the debate over what it will take to stop another classroom massacre. Next: As Oklahoma passed the most restrictive abortion law in the US this week, we spoke to an abortion provider to learn how she's thinking about the future reproductive care in a post-Roe America. PS: theSkimm is tracking the state of abortion rights.  ICYMI: Analysts are saying Wall Street is on the cusp of a bear market. But what does it mean when stocks head into hibernation season? We'll explain what a bear market is, and what it means for your wallet...in 60 seconds. Later: Have you been wondering WTF monkeypox is? Same. We talked to an expert to understand how it spreads, what symptoms to look out for, and whether or not we need to be concerned.  Finally: This year's AAPI Heritage Month theme is advancing leadership through collaboration. And we want to know: how are millennial women in the AAPI community bringing that theme to their work and lives? To find out, we spoke to the founders of Heart of Dinner, an org that provides food for the Asian elderly in NYC. On this episode, you'll hear from:  Dr. Gigi Gronvall, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health Andrea Gallegos, executive administrator, Tulsa Women's Clinic Yin Chang and Moonlynn Tsai, co-founders, Heart of Dinner Want more Skimm?  Sign up for our free daily newsletter Email us your questions about what's going on in the news right now  Subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts Skimm'd by Alex Carr, Will Livingston, and Blake Lew-Merwin. Engineered by Andrew Callaway and Elie McAfee-Hahn, with help from Ko Takasugi-Czernowin. TheSkimm's head of audio is Graelyn Brashear.

Russia has claimed that the US and Ukraine were working on bioweapons in labs across Ukraine, dangerous disinformation being used in part to justify the Russian invasion. Biosecurity expert Gigi Gronvall returns to the podcast to talk with Lindsay Smith Rogers about the dangers of this disinformation, the attempted cover-up of a 1979 bioweapons anthrax accident in Russia, why biosecure labs are so critical to public health, and the potential impacts of this disinformation campaign.

Lab accidents have caused disease outbreaks before, and accidents are more common - and kept more secret - than you think. We Meet: Alison Young, journalism professor, Missouri School of Journalism Gigi Gronvall, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and associate professor Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health   Links: Biolabs in your backyard, USA Today The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function Debate, Michelle Rozo & Gigi Gronvall, ASM Journals Influenza: Old and New Threats, Peter Palese, Nature Medicine Credits: Curious Coincidence was produced as part of MIT Technology Review's Pandemic Technology Project, which is supported in part by a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation. The series was created by Antonio Regalado and Jennifer Strong and produced by Anthony Green, Luke Robert Mason and Lindsay Muscato, with help from Emma Cillekens. The executive producer is Golda Arthur. Theme music was composed and recorded by Jacob Gorski, with Ben Tolliday on cello and Ben Haeuser on woodwinds. The episodes contain original scoring and sound design by Garret Lang. Art direction by Eric Mongeon with illustration by Selman Design. The series was edited by Michael Reilly, David Rotman and Jennifer Strong, with fact checking by Matt Mahoney.

Gigi Gronvall, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses some states dropping mask mandates. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Financial Investigations Reporter Zeke Faux share the details of Zeke's Businessweek Magazine story The Loan Shark Trump Freed From Prison Is Lending Money Again. Mark Quiroz, Vice President of Marketing for the Display Division at Samsung, talks about providing technology solutions at SoFi Stadium for the Super Bowl. Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz discusses fourth quarter earnings and new licensing ventures. And we Drive to the Close with Emily Hill, Founding Partner Bowersock Capital Partners. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Gigi Gronvall, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses some states dropping mask mandates. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Financial Investigations Reporter Zeke Faux share the details of Zeke's Businessweek Magazine story The Loan Shark Trump Freed From Prison Is Lending Money Again. Mark Quiroz, Vice President of Marketing for the Display Division at Samsung, talks about providing technology solutions at SoFi Stadium for the Super Bowl. Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz discusses fourth quarter earnings and new licensing ventures. And we Drive to the Close with Emily Hill, Founding Partner Bowersock Capital Partners. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, we speak with Johns Hopkins Professor Gigi Gronvall, a leading biosecurity expert who has tracked and monitored the scientific response to COVID-19, in addition to having served on and led varying government sponsored committees/groups advising the Defense Department on varying global health issues. Professor Gronvall discusses the response to COVID-19, asserting that the now years-long crisis isn't a failure of the imagination -- but rather a problem of attention and funding. Professor Gronvall compares the U.S. response to the pandemic to that of other countries, while also dispelling common myths about the virus. Professor Gronvall provides her take on the misinformation that has circulated around the pandemic, talks about the pandemic's uncertain origins, and what future concerns for further mutations currently look like. We also evaluate China's Zero-COVID policy, in addition to framing COVID-19 as a national security issue, applying some of the lessons learned to future preparation for both pandemics and purposeful biowarfare.Here is Professor Gronvall's paper on the origin of SARS-CoV-2.

Beware Of Fake Pop-Up COVID Sites In recent months, mobile COVID-19 testing tents and vans have sprouted on urban sidewalks and street curbs as demand has skyrocketed in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant. Some of the sites run by private companies offer legitimate, timely and reliable results, but others are more like weeds. High demand and scarce supply opened the door to bad actors, and officials in some states are having a hard time keeping up their oversight amid the proliferation. And they are sounding the alarm that by visiting the pop-up industry's sometimes makeshift tents, desperate patients could be putting their health, wallets and personal data at risk. “These conditions change so rapidly,” said Gigi Gronvall, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security who leads the COVID-19 Testing Toolkit, which provides guidance to employers and others. “It's not a surprise that these conditions were totally ripe for consumers to be gouged and to get fraudulent tests.” Consumers seeking testing — either a rapid antigen test that provides results in under an hour or a polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test that generally takes longer but is more accurate — may think all testing sites are created equal, but they're not. Unfortunately, telling the good from the bad is not always easy. Read the rest at sciencefriday.com.   Understanding The Cannabis-Body Connection With Exercise As a person gets ready for a long run, there are a few things they need: keys, cellphone, earbuds. But what about a weed gummy? It may not fit the stereotype of the stoner locked on the couch eating chips. But as cannabis is legalized in an increasing number of states, anecdotal evidence points to a growing community of people mixing cannabis with exercise. In fact, a 2019 study from the University of Colorado Boulder found 80% of users in states where marijuana is legal use it as part of their workout routine. Prior research suggests there's a good reason for this, especially for endurance athletes: the notorious feeling of “runner's high,” which has been described as euphoria and tied to pain relief, appears to be connected to the body's endocannabinoid system. Despite its different legal status in various states, marijuana is still classified federally as a Schedule I drug, putting it in the same category as heroin and meth. That affects the research able to be done with cannabis. Guest host Miles O'Brien talks to two people involved in the first human study of how cannabis and exercise interact: Laurel Gibson, PhD candidate in psychology and neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, and ultramarathoner and study participant Heather Mashhoodi, also based in Boulder.   Are Electric Planes Finally Ready For Takeoff? You've probably had the experience of your flight landing, and as you wait your turn to deplane, seeing the ground crew running up to refuel the plane from a tanker of jet fuel. But could that tanker one day be replaced by a charging station, at least for some types of flights? Electric aircraft offer the potential of cleaner flight, with fewer emissions, as well as a quieter ride. Last week, Rolls Royce announced that a flight last November by their experimental electric propellor-driven aircraft “Spirit of Innovation” had officially beaten the world zero-emission speed record at 345 miles per hour. And on a more practical level, the company Eviation is set to test its nine-passenger electric commuter plane, named Alice, in the weeks ahead. Omer Bar-Yohay, the CEO of Eviation, and Mark Moore, the CEO of electric plane start-up Whisper Aero, join guest host Miles O'Brien to talk about electric aviation technology—and what it might take to bring battery-powered planes to an airport near you.  

Now that every American household can sign up to get four at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government for free, we're talking all about COVID testing. We're answering some top questions about when to use each type of test, their accuracy, and their availability. Our expert today has been tracking the development of COVID-19 tests throughout this pandemic: Dr. Gigi Gronvall is an immunologist and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University. She's clearing up misconceptions about at-home testing, sharing her take on the CDC's latest isolation guidelines, and more. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp.com/newsworthy and Seed.com/newsworthy Get ad-free episodes and support the show by becoming an INSIDER: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider 

The Maryland State Health Department is reporting nearly 8,900 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 68 fewer people are currently hospitalized for COVID, knocking that number below 3,000 for the first time in a while. Positivity rates that were closer to 30% a couple of weeks ago are now reported to be 18%. We've been reporting these findings for two years. How accurate are the numbers that the Health Department collects, and if they are understated, as most experts assert that they are, how should they be used to shape public policy around issues like testing, mask mandates, and vaccine authentication?And what should we make of the heated political rhetoric that still surrounds the debate about the origins of the Coronavirus? We're pleased to welcome back to the show Dr. Gigi Gronvall, an immunologist and Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. She recently published an article in the journal Survivalwith recommendations about what governments and scientific institutions should do to address uncertainties about the origins of the COVID-19 virus. We'll discuss those possible origins, and her policy recommendations, as Dr. Gigi Gronvall joins us on our digital line from Baltimore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Gigi Gronvall, a leading international expert on tests, kindly joined us for a spirited tour d'horizon. People need tests for multiple purposes on a continuous basis: You “can't just get one test and forget it” since a test is just one moment in time. Sometimes however there are unrealistic, outsized expectations that tests will peer into the future. Why is the United States so prone to stumbling on tests? In 2020, responsibilities were thrown to the states, and antibody tests in the early days, approved by the FDA, were “the wild west” where often you could get a more accurate result “from flipping a coin.” In 2021, “a supply and demand market model” for antigen tests predominated, and when demand collapsed, Abbott destroyed millions of doses. More recently, since September of 2021, and accelerating under the pressure of Omicron, things are improving -- but “turning the ocean liner” is slow. The $3 billion investment in affordable antigen supply and accelerated development of new tests is showing results. The more recent commitment by President Biden to provide 500 million antigen tests through the mail to Americans has promise. “People want health information about their own bodies … people want access to tests. They know it is possible.” "Perhaps that progress can be extended in the future to home flu tests.” Dr. Gronvall also shared her thoughts on the Covid-19 controversy: put a focus on animal health and cleaning up live animal markets. And yes, we should cooperate with the Chinese: “You could get people together to exchange baseball cards and it would be productive.” So why not focus on vaccinating the world? On widespread, pernicious misinformation: “cut off the poison” immediately at its source and invest in long-term education. Dr. Gigi Gronvall is a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

In this episode, I share my thoughts about COVID while we are in the season of Advent, a time to look for hope in the darkness. I also provide some resources on what to consider for your holiday gatherings. Happy Holidays! Will be back in 2022! To Do: 1- Encourage loved ones to be vaccinated. For more on the science behind vaccines, listen to Episode 3 with Dr. Gigi Gronvall. For more on how to have those conversations, listen to Episode 4 with Destiny Aman and a behavioral science perspective. 2- Think about the 4D's of safe shared air- Density, Distance, Duration and Dilution. For more information, listen to Episode 8 of this season with Ken Martinez. 3- Consider a rapid home test for COVID on the same day of planned gatherings with family. They are helpful at catching folks most likely to be spreading virus. 4- Please donate to the American Lung Association. They do great work on clean air, education, and COVID19 safety. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit blog post for more information, or go to airhealthourhealth.org. Follow and comment on Facebook page and Instagram. Record a question or comment on the Anchor podcast site or send an e-mail via the website. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/airhealthourhealth/message

Bill Dudley, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist and Former New York Fed President, expects a few more surprises from the next Fed meeting. Steve Major, HSBC Global Head of Fixed Income Research, says it's really difficult to believe that rates are going to get anywhere near the levels reached in the last cycle. Dean Curnutt, Macro Risk Advisors Founder & CEO, is seeing signs of chaos in the risk-free asset class. Gigi Gronvall, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Senior Scholar, says a third Covid vaccine dose is looking increasingly more important. David Rubenstein, Carlyle Group Co-Founder Co-Chairman and Host of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations," discusses his interview with Hilton President & CEO Chris Nassetta. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Guests: Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the US House of Representative, On to discuss his book "Beyond Biden." Gigi Gronvall, Immunologist at Johns Hopkins, On to discuss the Omicron COVID variant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Covid testing expert believes surveillance testing in schools with unvaccinated children can help keep the virus in check and reassure parents its safe for kids to head back to class. In Auckland primary schools can head back to face to face classes tomorrow - although some are staggering days and limiting attendance to maintain social distancing. And some will be teaching in the open air or with open windows and door to make sure classes are well ventilated. Dr Gigi Gronvall is from Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and has been tracking Covid testing throughout the pandemic, while she thinks NZ's vaccination rates are pretty high she believes there's still a place for Covid survelliance testing.

After months of scrutinizing data from clinical trials, the FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children 5-11. Many parents and guardians are eager for their child to be first in line but what do those who might feel hesitant need to know? Dr. Gigi Gronvall, parent and immunologist at the Center for Health Security, returns to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about the importance of vaccinating kids, why it's not worth it to wait for the “adult” dose for kids who are 11, and why authorization took longer for children than for adults. 

Dr. Gigi Gronvall, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, shares her thoughts on the FDA approving the mixing of Covid vaccines. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Personal Finance Editor Ben Steverman talk about Ben's Big Take story Hidden Ways the Ultrarich Pass Wealth to Their Heirs Tax-Free. Bloomberg News White House Correspondent Josh Wingrove explains how President Biden is tackling the supply-chain crisis. Bloomberg News Finance Reporter Jenny Surane discusses PayPal's ‘Super App' ambitions with their pursuit of Pinterest. And We Drive to the Close with Chris Zaccarelli, CIO at Independent Advisor Alliance. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Dr. Gigi Gronvall, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, shares her thoughts on the FDA approving the mixing of Covid vaccines. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Personal Finance Editor Ben Steverman talk about Ben's Big Take story Hidden Ways the Ultrarich Pass Wealth to Their Heirs Tax-Free. Bloomberg News White House Correspondent Josh Wingrove explains how President Biden is tackling the supply-chain crisis. Bloomberg News Finance Reporter Jenny Surane discusses PayPal's ‘Super App' ambitions with their pursuit of Pinterest. And We Drive to the Close with Chris Zaccarelli, CIO at Independent Advisor Alliance. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Testing remains one of the most confusing elements of the pandemic for many people. In this Toolkit, Andy talks to diagnostics expert Mara Aspinall and immunologist Gigi Gronvall to answer your questions about rapid antigen tests – when people should get tested, how accurate they are, why they're in short supply, and much more.   Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt.    Follow Mara @MaraAspinall and Gigi @ggronvall on Twitter.   Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.    Support the show by checking out our sponsors!   Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/  Throughout the pandemic, CVS Health has been there, bringing quality, affordable health care closer to home—so it's never out of reach for anyone. 

Learn more at cvshealth.com.   Check out these resources from today's episode:  Check out the CDC's Interim Guidance for Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/resources/antigen-tests-guidelines.html Read Gigi's Clinical Chemistry article titled “COVID-19 Testing and a Path out of the Pandemic”: https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/advance-article/doi/10.1093/clinchem/hvab226/6382305?guestAccessKey=42b74d06-49a8-4972-9183-7583cd3edbc1 Watch a video of how to take an at-home test, as Gigi suggests, before administering one on yourself: https://www.webmd.com/coronavirus-in-context/video/covid-home-testing Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/  Order Andy's book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165    Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where are we with testing technology? Why is the demand for testing surging and are there enough tests? When is the best time to use at-home testing given the cost? What's the difference between PCR and rapid antigen tests and how accurate are they in different circumstances? Dr. Gigi Gronvall gives an update on testing and answers questions with Stephanie Desmon. Note: Dr. Gronvall references the Center For Health Security's Testing Toolkit resource, which you can find here https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/covid-19TestingToolkit/.

Today I am releasing the first of two podcasts about COVID19 vaccination on the day before World Lung Day 2021. I talk to two experts in their fields, Dr. Gigi Gronvall PhD and Destiny Aman. Dr. Gronvall studies the immune system and is a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and on the editorial board of the journal Health Security. She is a biosecurity and bioterrorism expert and has served as a member of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee providing the Secretary of Defense with independent advice and recommendations on reducing risk to the United States, its military forces and allies. Destiny Aman is a behavioral science and risk communications expert running JPoint Collaborative with over 20 years of experience translating science into practical solutions to improve resilience at individual, community, and national levels. Her research has centered on developing and promoting creative adaptations to environmental risks, including natural hazards like wildfires and flooding, and now the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. She provides essential help with how best to understand the concerns people have around vaccines and how to best communicate. I found this conversation so helpful, and hope you do too! To Do: 1- Get your COVID 19 vaccine if you haven't done so yet. Learn more about the COVID19 vaccines at the American Lung Association, and find where you can get your vaccine here. 2- Reach out to your loved ones about the importance of vaccination- feel free to share this podcast or share what you've learned, especially in how to communicate more effectively. 3- Learn more about why there may be very legitimate hesitancy about the medical community, vaccines and scientific research by learning about the history of the Tuskegee experiment, Henrietta Lacks, and more. Medical Apartheid is a vital read for all in healthcare. 4- Consider a donation to the American Lung Association here, who is trying to help share accurate information about COVID19 vaccination and fund research and advocacy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit blog post for more information, or go to airhealthourhealth.org. Follow and comment on Facebook page and Instagram. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/airhealthourhealth/message

With so much news about the Delta variant and calls for many vaccinated people to mask up again, Gigi Gronvall of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security talks with Stephanie Desmon about what we know right now about breakthrough COVID-19 infections and how worried the vaccinated should be about getting sick from COVID-19. "The more people who get vaccinated, the fewer chances the virus that causes COVID-19 has to mutate into an even deadlier virus," Gronvall says.

Randy Kroszner, University of Chicago Booth School Professor of Economics and Former Fed Governor, says inflation pressures may last about six months. Seema Shah, Principal Global Investors Chief Strategist, says it's difficult to go long bonds at current levels. Steve Ricchiuto, Mizuho Securities Chief U.S. Economist, explains why the Fed's balance sheet should continue to grow. Dr. Gigi Gronvall, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Senior Scholar, says don't fear the Covid-19 variants. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi discusses the company's second-quarter earnings report and outlook as Covid-19 cases rise across the U.S. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Randy Kroszner, University of Chicago Booth School Professor of Economics and Former Fed Governor, says inflation pressures may last about six months. Seema Shah, Principal Global Investors Chief Strategist, says it's difficult to go long bonds at current levels. Steve Ricchiuto, Mizuho Securities Chief U.S. Economist, explains why the Fed's balance sheet should continue to grow. Dr. Gigi Gronvall, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Senior Scholar, says don't fear the Covid-19 variants. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi discusses the company's second-quarter earnings report and outlook as Covid-19 cases rise across the U.S. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Den ledande teorin om coronavirusets ursprung är att det kommit från fladdermöss och förändrats i ett annat djur, så att det blivit smittsamt för människor. Men hur ser andra teorier ut? Fortfarande vet ingen exakt varifrån corona-sars2 kommer. Någonstans i södra Kinas skogar har man hittat nästan samma virus, men bara nästan. Någon mellanvärd har man ännu inte hittat, och hur viruset tagit sig från fladdermössens grottor till Wuhan, där pandemin tog sin början, är oklart. Det är viktigt att ta reda på virusets väg till oss, anser många forskare, eftersom det kan hjälpa oss att hålla kontroll på farliga virus om och när de utvecklas på ett liknande sätt i framtiden. Det finns också kritiska röster som inte utesluter att viruset av misstag har läckt ut från ett laboratorium. Hur vanligt är det? Det har hänt ett antal gånger, visar det sig. Med: Richard Ebright, professor molekylärbiologi Rutgers University NJ USA, Gigi Gronvall, senior forskare Johns Hopkins University MD USA, Farshid Jalalvand, forskare infektionsmedicin Lunds universitet, Ali Mirazimi, professor virologi Karolinska Institutet Stockholm. Programmet är en repris från 10 maj 2021. Programledare Tomas Lindblad Producent Peter Normark peter.normark@sverigesradio.se

For 10 days in a row, the state of Maryland has been reporting more than 100 new cases per day of COVID-19. As we heard WYPR's Nathan Sterner report this morning, the state health department announced that Maryland has confirmed 244 new cases of the coronavirus since yesterday. The last time the state recorded more than 200 new cases in a single day was on May 30th. Maryland's average testing positivity rate has ticked up to 1.65 percent, about where it was at the end of May. The state's positivity rate is still low compared to many other states, but it continues to creep upwards. State health officials say the highly contagious delta variant of the virus accounts for most of the new cases. Nationwide, it accounts for 85% of all new cases. In June here in Maryland, all of the deaths from COVID 19, 95% of the new cases and 93% of hospitalizations due to the virus were for patients who had not been vaccinated. Today on Midday, we begin with an interview Tom Hall conducted last week (July 12) with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases and President Joe Biden's senior medical advisor. The video of the interview has been posted on our website, but this is the first opportunity we've had to include it on a Midday broadcast. When Tom and Dr. Fauci spoke a week ago Monday, Dr. Fauci thought that he and other government medical officials would be meeting with executives from Pfizer the following day to discuss the need for those who have received two vaccine doses to get a third, booster shot. That meeting actually took place, on-line, a few hours after Dr. Fauci's Midday interview. Tom also mentioned Dr. Fauci's past disagreements with Sen. Rand Paul of KY. Just yesterday, Dr. Fauci and Sen. Paul had a particularly heated exchange during a Senate hearing, which Tom will discuss later in this program with Dr. Gigi Gronvall of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. In his 15-minute interview, Dr. Fauci describes the dangers posed by the Delta variant and other mutations of the COVID-19 virus that are spreading rapidly in the United States among large unvaccinated populations. While he urges all Americans to get their COVID shots, Dr. Fauci concedes the difficulties of a federal vaccine mandate, and calls instead for local institutions, local businesses, schools and travel enterprises to develop ways to encourage, or mandate, that their patrons be vaccinated. Dr. Fauci also says federal health authorities are studying whether booster shots for those already vaccinated might become necessary, based on new scientific data. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom's next guest today is Dr. Gigi Gronvall. She's an immunologist and a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Gronvall discusses the reasons for the rising COVID infection rates and the urgency of the campaign to persuade unvaccinated Americans to get their shots. She also addresses a technical point raised in the clip we play of a heated exchange between Dr. Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul (R, Ky.) at a Senate hearing yesterday. And the Hopkins scholar notes the growing consensus among epidemiologists and infectious disease experts that the origin of the COVID-19 virus that has killed more than 4 million people in the past 20 months was an infected animal at the Wuhan Seafood Market, and not a Chinese medical laboratory. Dr. Gigi Gronvall joins us on our digital line from her home in Baltimore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Gigi Gronvall, an immunologist and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, addresses concerns about the Delta variant, breakthrough infections, and COVID-19's possible origins. 

When former US President Donald Trump talked about the possibility that the pandemic was hatched in a lab in Wuhan, it was generally dismissed as a conspiracy theory tinged with racism. Now President Joe Biden is asking his intelligence agencies to look into it seriously. Johns Hopkins University immunologist Gigi Gronvall says the “lab accident” hypothesis is much weaker than the “natural introduction” theory, which holds that the virus jumped from animals to humans. Technology and healthcare futurist Jamie Metzl says China should not be afraid to open up and allow researchers to explore every possible scenario without quashing the debate. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

Coming up a little later in today's program, Dr. Gigi Gronvall, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, joins us to discuss the latest news about the coronavirus. But Tom's first guest today is Beth Benner. She's the Executive Director of the Women's Housing Coalition. With the rates of vaccination against COVID 19 slipping across the country, health officials are focusing on the barriers people are encountering when it comes to getting that potentially life-saving jab. The Women's Housing Coalition works with some of our most vulnerable citizens, including low-income and homeless women and families, and they've had some success in getting many of them vaccinated. Beth Benner joins us on Zoom to tell us how that's being accomplished. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom's next guest isDr. Gigi Gronvall, an immunologist and senior scholar with The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, part of the Bloomberg School of Public Health. She joins us to discuss what we know - and what we still need to know - about the origins of the SARS CoV-2 virus. What is the evidence that the virus originated in a lab, instead of passing to humans through animals? And what will it take for scientists to come to a definitive conclusion? Dr. Gronvall has been studying and writing about a number of issues related to the COVID 19 pandemic for these last many months. Dr. Gigi Gronvall joins us from her home in Baltimore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where are we in terms of technology in testing for COVID-19? What kinds of tests are available now, how accurate are they, and which tests should be used in different circumstances? Will workplaces require testing? What about schools in the fall? How accurate are over-the-counter COVID tests? Dr. Gigi Gronvall from the Center for Health Security returns to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about these questions and more on COVID-19 testing. Access the Testing Toolkit mentioned in the podcast here.

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester says policy is in a good place right now.. Claudia Sahm, Jain Family Institute Senior Fellow & Former Federal Reserve Economist, says people will tolerate inflation at a moderate level as long as wages are rising. Michael Nathanson and Craig Moffett, MoffettNathanson Founding Partners & Senior Research Analysts, discuss the streaming wars as Disney reports a miss in streaming user growth. Dr. Gigi Gronvall, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Senior Scholar, discusses the CDC lifting mask guidance for vaccinated individuals. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester says policy is in a good place right now.. Claudia Sahm, Jain Family Institute Senior Fellow & Former Federal Reserve Economist, says people will tolerate inflation at a moderate level as long as wages are rising. Michael Nathanson and Craig Moffett, MoffettNathanson Founding Partners & Senior Research Analysts, discuss the streaming wars as Disney reports a miss in streaming user growth. Dr. Gigi Gronvall, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Senior Scholar, discusses the CDC lifting mask guidance for vaccinated individuals.

Manipulation av virus kan ge oss kunskap om hur de smittar. Men gör man ett virus farligare i ett labb, finns risken för läckor. Ska sån forskning vara tillåten? Det finns en mängd olika virus ute i naturen som smittar mellan djur till exempel fåglar eller fladdermöss. Forskare försöker medvetet förändra de här virusen i laboratoriet för att se vad som krävs för att de ska börja smitta mellan människor. På så sätt kan man hålla koll på dem och se om och när de börjar bli farliga. Men den här forskningen betraktas som oansvarig av kritiker. Ett förändrat virus skulle kunna läcka ut och skapa en pandemi, betydligt värre än något vi sett hittills, menar de. Vad är rätt? Att skapa farliga virus under kontrollerade former för att öka vår säkerhet, eller förbjuda en verksamhet som riskerar att leda till sjukdomsutbrott? Meningarna går isär. I programmet medverkar Richard Ebright, professor i molekylärbiologi vid Rutgers University, USA, Gigi Gronvall, assisterande professor och seniorforskare vid Johns Hopkins University, USA, och Ali Mirazimi, professor i virologi vid Karolinska Institutet med uppdrag vid Folkhälsomyndigheten. Programledare Tomas Lindblad Producent Peter Normark peter.normark@sverigesradio.se

In the third episode of our new series, SWSP x Girl Security, host Beverly Kirk is joined by Girl Security scholar Sruthi Katakam and Johns Hopkins University health security scholar Dr. Gigi Gronvall. The group discusses the holes in U.S. biological policy revealed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the role of dual-use biotechnologies in strategy and policy.

Gigi Gronvall, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses the latest on the coronavirus, vaccines and variants. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Financial Investigations Senior Writer Stephanie Baker talk about the story “Inside Pfizer's Fast, Fraught and Lucrative Vaccine Distribution.” Bloomberg News Technology Reporter Kurt Wagner walks through Twitter's plan to fact-check tweets. And we Drive to the Close with Brian Jacobsen, Multi-Asset Strategist at Wells Fargo Asset Management. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Doni Holloway. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Gigi Gronvall, Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, provides a coronavirus and vaccine update. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Businessweek Economics Editor Peter Coy talk about the story “Big Business Backs Away From Trump's Party But Longs for Old GOP.” Bloomberg Businessweek Businessweek National Correspondent Josh Green shares his insight on Liz Cheney's bold bet on impeachment. And we Drive to the Close with Bloomberg News Wall Street Reporter Sonali Basak. She discusses Wall Street visionaries providing chilling views on next big risks. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Doni Holloway. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com