What does the growing use of artificial intelligence in public health mean for the future of the workforce? Host Sophia Meador speaks with Onicio Leal-Neto, PhD, MSc, on how AI is being used in public health, what it means for jobs and what students, educators and practitioners need to know about the technology.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Automating Inequality — Virginia Eubanks, PhD

Weapons of Math Destruction — Cathy O'Neil, PhD

Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines — Joy Buolamwini, PhD

What do falling vaccination rates and growing vaccine exemptions mean for Americans’ trust in public health and science? Host Sophia Meador speaks with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, PhD, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, about what polling reveals about Americans’ views on vaccination, science and public health.

The U.S. is an outlier among high-income countries when it comes to health insurance. Rather than relying on a public system, employer-sponsored insurance is the nation's largest source of health coverage. What does that mean for workers, employers and public health? Host Sophia Meador talks with KFF's Matt Rae, MPH, MPA, about the costs, tradeoffs and history behind employer-sponsored insurance.