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After the Fact

After the Fact is a podcast from The Pew Charitable Trusts that brings you data and analysis on the issues that matter to you—from our environment and the sciences, to larger economic trends and public health. Experts from Pew and other special guests discuss the numbers and trends shaping some of society’s biggest challenges with host Dan LeDuc, then go behind the facts with nonpartisan analysis and stories.

Event Rebroadcast: Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams on the Opioid Epidemic

Sep 18, 2019

Stat: 130. Opioid use disorder is responsible for approximately 130 overdose deaths a day in America.

Story: One of the biggest health threats facing Americans today is opioid use disorder, with an overdose-related death occurring every 11 minutes. In this rebroadcast of a conversation at Pew with Surgeon General...

Scientists at Work: Why Do Mosquitoes Bite You?

Sep 4, 2019

100 million—The number of people infected each year by a disease transmitted through a mosquito bite.

Story: In our latest “Scientists at Work” episode, 2015 Pew biomedical scholar Lindy McBride discusses her research on one of the peskiest and deadliest insects on the planet: the mosquito. Listen in as we learn...