Johns Hopkins University

April 22, 2013

We know that where you live has a big impact on how long you live, and how healthy you are.  Johns Hopkins University has put together a symposium tomorrow to call attention to such “social determinants of health” – with a focus on going beyond studying the problems to taking actions to solve them.

A new bill in the City Council would require restaurants and bars to post health inspection grades out front. We talk with the lead sponsor of the bill and a representative from the Health Department about how the grading system might work.

Tom talks to author McKay Jenkins, whose new book is about staying healthy in a world where we’re constantly exposed to toxic chemicals, Baltimore artist and Joplin native Rebecca Nagle on the deadly tornadoes and the benefit she’s helping throw Friday night to benefit Joplin’s school system, our social media analysts Nathan Jurgenson and P.J. Rey talk about the role of social media in the next presidential campaign, and the history of public health and the Comstock Center.