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Wastewater Epidemiology (WWE)  
Join hosts Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein as they break down these stories on Episode 49 of the Science Dispatch podcast:
I can’t believe we’re having this discussion in September 2023, just as the fall respiratory virus season commences and we're experiencing a new wave of COVID-19, but the politicizers of COVID won’t let up.
The short report is published in Science.
The study, published in JAMA Network Open, is a retrospective look at patients hospitalized for COVID-19 early in the pandemic, at the height of hospitalization.
Polluted air can acutely affect public health, whether from fires, disasters, or stagnant weather conditions. Such effects are often characterized as premature mortality in terms of body counts, as are accidents and house fires.
Doctors made house calls in the days when they had a small range of medications and therapies to offer and didn’t have immediate access to X-rays or ultrasounds.
Perhaps you’ve seen Hoarders on cable TV and joined in as viewers experienced the trauma of hoarders giving up their possessions.
Hardly a day passes without a report of some new, startling application of Artificial Intelligence.