Abdul and Katelyn discuss the week in public health, which includes:

Former CDC Director Susan Monarez’s Senate testimony, where she revealed a series of bombshell revelations about the chaos in the department

This week's ACIP meeting, and how it might affect access to the Hepatitis B vaccine

The good news that private insurers will be covering the cost of vaccines as normal

The Trump Administration’s move to clamp down on pharmaceutical ads

Then Abdul sits down with Dr. Annette Campbell-Anderson, Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, to discuss why more schools across the country are implementing cell phone bans.

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