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This is Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer of public health on call. There's a lot of speculation

in the media about what Trump's second term might mean for health and health policy. To bring

some context to the headlines,

I talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein, who served in a number of political roles in his career,

including as the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health, the principal deputy commissioner

of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as Commissioner of Health for Baltimore City, and as a

Congressional Health Policy Advisor. Let as a congressional health policy advisor.

Let's listen.

Josh Jarsstein, thanks for joining us on Public Health on call.

We're glad to have you.

The reason we have you here, by the way, not in your purview as a co-host today, but because

you have worked in government at different levels for many years.

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