Podcasts by Healthy Communities News
All across the United States, people are banding together to create a healthier future. State by state, city by city, and street by street, visionary local leaders strive to solve the nation's most persistent health challenges. Each month, we’ll bring you an inside view of a different community-based health initiative — an honest look at the challenges communities face and the outstanding solutions they’ve found to address them.
Melissa Eagan is the host of the Healthy Communities News podcast, a seasoned audio producer and storyteller, Melissa was a journalist in Rhode Island before joining public radio, where she executive produced talk shows like New York
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The Special Challenges of Women’s Heart Health from 2023-02-20T03:00
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women. In fact, 1 in 5 deaths among women is due to a cardiovascular issue. But many people don’t fully appreciate the particular risks women face...
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Project Power Tackles Childhood Diabetes with Fun from 2023-01-13T12:42:56
Reports from the CDC of a potential future surge in the number of young people with type 2 diabetes by 700%, and of type 1 diabetes by 65% over the next four decades is alarming. But there is c...
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Feeding Families in Denver -- The Power of Food from 2022-12-13T08:00
Fewer families in Denver, Colorado will be going to sleep hungry at night now! That’s thanks to amazing new Goodr pop-up grocery stores that opened recently to service the Denver Public School s...
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The Joy of Being Able to See from 2022-10-17T12:29:39
Some 350 people came to the Metropolitan Baptist Church’s facility in Newark, New Jersey over the course of a three-day vision clinic recently. They left, not only with a new prescription, but s...
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Introducing Dr. Khaldun, Our First Chief Health Equity Officer from 2022-07-27T04:00
Dr. Khaldun will lead the strategy to advance health equity for patients, members, providers, customers, and communities, having served as the Chief Medical Executive for the State of Michigan a...
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Suicide Prevention Goes “988” from 2022-07-13T12:36:46
Reaching out to help prevent suicide will be a lot simpler – starting July 16th – when anyone across the country can just dial “988” to receive lifesaving counsel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. ...
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The Story Behind Charity's House from 2022-05-26T10:37:29
A four-story, 36-unit apartment complex that will provide affordable housing is going to be built in the booming Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. And Melissa tracks down the story ...
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A New Normal? from 2022-04-21T03:00
As mandates are being lifted across the country after over two years of pandemic waves, it feels like we’re all coming back to life again. But how do we go about finding a new normal? And what ex...
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America’s first suicide prevention center in Culver City, California from 2022-02-24T09:00
If suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in America, why aren’t more people talking openly about it? Melissa does just that, with staff members of the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center, th...
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COVID-19, kids&Dr. Kangaroo! from 2022-02-16T03:00
Melissa speaks with Dr. Nitin Gupta, the founder & CEO of Rivertowns Pediatrics in New York, about protecting his community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as his own health challenge...
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2021: Our year in health from 2021-12-17T03:00
While 2021 has certainly been a rollercoaster year, Melissa finds hope throughout this past year’s coverage on the podcast. She shares some of her favorite moments where people across the country h...
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The First Wave from 2021-12-08T09:16
What went on inside hospitals during the height of the pandemic? Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman had exclusive access to one of New York’s largest and hardest-h...
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Chasing a dream… and a cure! from 2021-11-03T17:53:51
Cory Greenberg had a promising career as a professional bicycle racer ahead of him when he was confronted with inflammatory bowel disease, and suddenly didn’t know if he’d ever be able to ride a bi...
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PapaPals: Family On-Demand from 2021-09-23T03:00
COVID-19 may have exposed the cracks in our social networks, but an organization called Papa has been filling in — especially for those who are older and isolated. It’s an on-demand service to p...
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Bringing change to Pittsburgh with WITC, Part 2 from 2021-08-27T03:00
Now that a new Workforce and Innovation Talent Center (or WITC) has opened in the Hill District community of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, host Melissa Eagan speaks with some of those who will make ...
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Bringing change to Pittsburgh with WITC from 2021-07-29T13:35
Melissa speaks with John White, Senior Advisor, Workforce Initiatives for CVS Health, and Vincent Campbell, Senior Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church about the WITC launching in Pittsburgh’s hist...
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National HIV Testing Day — Ending the Epidemic by 2030 from 2021-06-24T11:35:19
Melissa speaks with Joel Helle, Vice President of Physician Services about the feasibility of reaching the CDC’s goal of decreasing HIV infections 90% by 2030. She speaks to Marco Benjamin, Nati...
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Making Hope Possible in Baltimore, MD from 2021-06-16T03:00
We speak with Stephen Fontz, CVS District Leader, as well asBishop Donte Hickman from the South Baptist Church, which has stood firm against what he calls, “the suburban flight and the urban bli...
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Hospital heroes: Mental health in the pandemic from 2021-03-22T09:00
In this episode of Healthy Communities News, we speak in even greater detail with Randy Phelps, as well as Dr. Jonathan Wiesen, a pulmonary physician and critical care specialist who ru...
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Educating a new generation of health care leaders from 2021-02-17T10:00
People of color represent more than 25 percent of the total U.S. population, but only 10 percent of the country’s health care professionals. A new scholarship funded by the CVS Health Foundation...
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Vials of hope: COVID-19 vaccinations are rolled out from 2021-01-19T12:00
With two COVID-19 vaccines now authorized by the FDA for emergency use, we’ve stepped up to help administer vaccinations across the country. So, for our first 2021 podcast, we’re taking you behind-...
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2020: A year like no other from 2020-12-23T09:30
As we look back on 2020, we’ll take you from Atlanta’s Westside, where its civil rights history still inspires today’s movements; to Boston, where a gutsy nonprofit that’s been using food as medici...
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San José Clinic: Serving Houston for 98 years, and going strong from 2020-11-10T13:45
In this episode, we head to Houston to learn about the integral role this small clinic has been playing in the community for almost a century. When the pandemic hit, the staff quickly adapted to en...
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Branches in Miami supports students and their families amid COVID-19 from 2020-10-09T11:30
The coronavirus has touched all of our lives in one way or another. Children, in particular, are in an ongoing state of flux. Many classes in schools and colleges across the country have been up...
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Community Servings Boston: The astonishing power of food from 2020-09-02T09:30:47
Community Servings in Boston, Massachusetts, started in 1990 as a program to feed a small group of AIDS patients suffering from malnutrition. It has turned into a community hub that provides thousa...
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ADA turns 30: Abilities in Abundance from 2020-08-03T11:00
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which is more important now than ever before. Recent national unemployment rates for individuals with disabilit...
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The importance of testing, the power of community from 2020-07-08T11:01:15
In the podcast, we explore these topics even more deeply with Breanna Lathrop. We also caught up with Dr. Bill Warren, the visionary who founded Good Samaritan some 21-and-a-half years ...
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Teaming up to fight the pandemic in New Orleans from 2020-05-29T13:00
New Orleans is no stranger to adversity, and relies on its deep community roots to unite residents as they band together to respond to the pandemic. In this month’s podcast episode, we spoke to ...
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Leading cause of death in women: Taking a deep dive into heart health from 2020-02-25T11:00
You can be young, look and feel healthy and still be at risk for a heart attack or stroke. Surprised? Healthy Communities News spoke with Dr. Mosca, a volunteer medical expert with the ...
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Miami’s vibrant Little Havana community teams up for better health from 2020-01-29T05:00
To really know what a community needs, you have to live there. Talk with your neighbors over the back fence. See the issues with your own eyes. That’s what makes the Live Healthy Little Havana prog...
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A look back: 2019 Healthy Communities News podcast from 2019-12-18T04:00
Workforce training that takes a single mom of five from homeless to hopeful in Cleveland. Students debating how to go tobacco-free on a Philadelphia campus. These are two of the exciting stories we...
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Cutting hair and hypertension at Nashville barbershops from 2019-11-19T08:00
In Nashville, Tennessee, there’s a low-slung brick building nestled among fast food shops and a gas station on Clarksville Pike. It’s proudly painted red, white, and blue – a comfortable, well-worn...
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Students talk tobacco: Getting real with Temple University and Truth Initiative from 2019-09-24T15:00
Medical services are only part of staying healthy. Your community plays an even larger role: whether you have access to safe streets and fresh food, whether you can breathe clean air and drink unta...
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Workforce Innovation Center’s support takes single mom from homeless to hopeful from 2019-09-12T08:00
Carrie Robinson is a 28-year-old single mom living outside of Cleveland, Ohio. She’s a pharmacy technician – but not too long ago, she and her five kids found themselves homeless. She shared her st...
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A helping hand from someone who’s been there: Gina’s story from 2019-08-12T06:00
Gina is an individual in recovery from opioid use disorder and a former sex worker. Today, she’s a Linkage to Care Coordinator in rural North Carolina, a job funded by an Aetna Foundation grant. Ea...
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Faith begets fitness in Mecklenburg County from 2019-06-23T22:00
Faith leaders, county health officials, the local health system and community groups have proven that it takes a village to address local health issues. The Village HeartBEAT program created a fitn...
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Bridgeport market gives entrepreneurs a jump start from 2019-06-23T22:00
Small businesses can revitalize neighborhoods – so the Bridgeport OIC is lending a hand to local entrepreneurs. We talk to Jeff Nelson of Seeding Knowledge, a start-up that plants and maintains gar...
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New market gives Bridgeport residents access to fresh food from 2019-06-23T20:00
As the economy struggles and poverty rises in Bridgeport, manufacturing jobs are not the only thing leaving town: Residents have had to go farther and farther to find fresh food. But a group of ...
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