Breathe This

Public Health Action Network

Breathe This is about the air we breathe and the illnesses that we can get from air that isn't clean. The COVID pandemic has affected millions of people but it's also brought heightened awareness of the need for clean indoor air. We'll talk about COVID and other airborne pathogens along with mitigations and emerging solutions for making sure everyone has access to clean indoor air.

Episodes

  1. APR 22

    Julie Lam, founder of Mask Together America

    Our guest for this episode is Julie Lam, the founder of Mask Together America, a grassroots organization that began in 2020 with a simple but powerful idea: using storytelling, art, and community engagement to promote COVID prevention, support long COVID awareness, and advocate for health equity. She's also a community representative at NIH Recover, a research initiative for recovery from Long COVID. Julie’s background spans advertising, photography, and writing — and she has brought all of those talents into her public health work, creating campaigns that center the experiences of real people while pushing for evidence-based policy and compassionate messaging. Living with autoimmune conditions herself, Julie has a deeply personal perspective on what prevention and accessibility mean, and she has emerged as a leading advocate for layered protection, long COVID support, and federal programs that ensure no one is left behind. Today we’re going to talk about her journey, the mission of Mask Together America, and the future of public health messaging.

    1h 30m

  2. APR 22

    Introduction to Breathe This

    Welcome to Breathe This from Public Health Action Network. The hosts for Breathe This are PHAN's CEO Tarz Ludwigsen, and PHAN communications manager Theresa O'Connor. This podcast is about clean indoor air, airborne pathogens like COVID, how to avoid being infected by airborne pathogens, and how we can prevent transmission of them. COVID can lead to long COVID, which can damage your heart, lungs, kidneys, eyes, brain, and immune system. Clean indoor air for everyone is the key to reducing transmission of airborne pathogens like COVID, colds, flu, RSV, measles, and plenty of other diseases. Until we can get clean indoor air everywhere, we can take mitigations like masking, ventilation, using air purifiers, and avoiding crowded indoor spaces. We'll talk to those who've been affected by COVID and long COVID, public health professionals, healthcare workers, scientists, clean-air technology inventors, and others involved in providing clean air and preventing transmission of airborne pathogens. Join us!

    25 min
  • 2 Episodes

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Breathe This is about the air we breathe and the illnesses that we can get from air that isn't clean. The COVID pandemic has affected millions of people but it's also brought heightened awareness of the need for clean indoor air. We'll talk about COVID and other airborne pathogens along with mitigations and emerging solutions for making sure everyone has access to clean indoor air.

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  • Creator
    Public Health Action Network
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Public Health Action Network
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    Breathe This