Women In Government Podcast You're Never Too Old: The Importance of Adult Vaccination Vaccines are not just for children. Adults can be protected from 14 deadly diseases - including Hepatitis A and B, Measles, and the Flu. According to the CDC, over 20 years, vaccines will prevent more than 700,000 deaths and 21 million hospitalizations. On this episode of the Women In Government Podcast, our panel discusses how vaccines save lives. They dive into many aspects of adult vaccination - including benefits, consequences, and all the barriers keeping people from getting immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases. ••••• ••••• ••••• MODERATOR: Laura Blake, outreach and development manager, Women In Government FEATURED GUESTS: GUEST #1: Abby Bownas, manager, Adult Vaccine Access Coalition GUEST #2: Adriane Casalotti, MPH, MSW, chief, government and public affairs at National Association of County & City Health Officials ••••• ••••• ••••• For more information, visit www.womeningovernment.org Audio courtesy of OSUCHLUCK Productions - brian@osuchluck.com

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You're Never Too Old: The Importance of Adult Vaccination

Women In Government Podcast Bone Basics About 54 million Americans have osteoporosis, and many don’t even know they’re at risk of developing weak bones. One in two women and up to one in four men age 50 and older will break a bone because of the disease, leaving many with permanent pain and a stooped or hunched posture. There’s a bone health crisis affecting the country tallying up repeat fractures, hospitalizations and long-term care needs resulting in Medicare costs of 52-billion dollars a year. What’s more, many of these cases could have been prevented with scans and appropriate care. On this episode of the Women In Government Podcast, our panel discusses what happens when you or someone you love receives a diagnosis of osteoporosis. We’re going to get back to the basics… the bone basics. ••••• ••••• ••••• MODERATOR: Lucy Gettman, executive director, Women In Government FEATURED GUESTS: GUEST #1: Stacey Guerin, Maine state senator and board chair of Women In Government GUEST #2: Jennifer Longdon, Arizona state representative GUEST #3: Dr. Andrea Singer, associate professor and chief, Division of Women’s Primary Care and director of bone densitometry, in the Department of Obstetrics and Genecology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital ••••• ••••• ••••• For more information, visit www.womeningovernment.org Audio courtesy of OSUCHLUCK Productions - brian@osuchluck.com

Bone Basics: What Happens When You're Diagnosed With Osteoporosis

Women In Government Podcast Don't Hesitate, Vaccinate There are many reasons why people choose to vaccinate their families against preventable diseases. Vaccination promotes good public health and helps avoid a major disease outbreak. That’s something we saw this year, with several measles outbreaks in large communities across the country. Measles may have dominated the headlines, but other vaccine preventable diseases infected people of all ages… chicken pox, whooping cough, and tetanus. The previous flu season even stretched well into the spring. Today, there’s a lot of misinformation circulating about the safety and necessity of vaccines, as well as fears about autism and the number of vaccines administered at once. As a result, vaccine preventable diseases have resurged in the United States, with measles and influenza continuing to be an enormous national problem every year. On this episode of the Women In Government Podcast, our panel discusses vaccine confidence and delivers the important message of, Don't Hesitate, Vaccinate! ••••• ••••• ••••• Moderator: Patti Bellock, served in the Governor's cabinet in Illinois as the director of the HealthCare and Family Services Agency and retired from serving as the first woman in the history of Illinois to be the deputy minority leader in the House of Representatives Featured Guests: GUEST #1: Georgia State Senator, Gloria Butler. Senator Butler is the highest-ranking female in the Georgia Senate GUEST #2: Dr. Deborah Wexler, executive director, of the national nonprofit organization, the Immunization Action Coalition GUEST #3: Elaine O’Hara, chief commercial officer at Sanofi Pasteur GUEST #4: Erica DeWald, director of advocacy at Vaccinate Your Family, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect people of all ages from vaccine preventable diseases ••••• ••••• ••••• For more information, visit www.womeningovernment.org Audio courtesy of OSUCHLUCK Productions - brian@osuchluck.com

Don't Hesitate, Vaccinate

Women In Government Podcast State Opioid Taxes: Economic & Health Policy Implications There's a nationwide public health emergency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds more than 130 Americans die everyday from an opioid overdose. Increasingly, people are using illegal heroin and synthetic drugs, while the improper use of prescription opioids has been relatively flat in recent years. The national economic burden of this crisis is more than $500-billion annually when considering the value of lost lives. The impact of the epidemic varies from state-to-state, leading some lawmakers to propose taxing prescription opioids. Although, these drug bills are most often drafted to punish opioid makers, there are some side effects affecting cancer patient and survivor treatment and pain options. On this episode of the Women In Government Podcast, our panel discusses the impact of the opioid epidemic on the states and potential policy solutions. ••••• ••••• ••••• Moderator: Lucy Gettman, Women In Government executive director Featured Guests: GUEST #1: Alex Brill, chief economic officer, Matrix Global Advisors GUEST #2: Marc Hymovitz, director of government relations, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network ••••• ••••• ••••• For more information and to read the State Opioid Taxes: Economic & Health Policy Implications White Paper, visit www.womeningovernment.org Audio courtesy of OSUCHLUCK Productions - brian@osuchluck.com

How's Your State Handling the Opioid Crisis

Women In Government Podcast Unseen But Heard: State Solutions for Non-Visible Disabilities in the Workplace Did you know only four out of ten working-age adults with disabilities have a job? Less than three years ago, the employment percentage was more than double for those without disabilities, with more than 75% of people in the workforce. This gap needs to be addressed and policies need to be developed to help improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities. On this episode of The Women In Government Podcast, powered by the State Exchange on Employment & Disability or (SEED) initiative, our panel of policymakers discusses helping people with “invisible disabilities,” those that go undetected by the naked eye. Join Moderator and Hawaii State Representative, Lauren Matsumoto, as we find out what our states' leaders are doing to help people living with invisible disabilities get back into the workforce and continue to succeed and thrive in their jobs. ••••• ••••• ••••• Moderator: Hawaii Representative, Lauren Matsumoto Featured Guests: GUEST #1: Illinois State Senator, Mattie Hunter GUEST #2: Maryland Delegate, Sheree Sample-Hughes GUEST #3: Member of South Dakota Board of Education Standards (and former State Representative of South Dakota and former Women In Government Board Member), Educator, Jacqueline Sly ••••• ••••• ••••• Full Transcript: http://bit.ly/Transcript-Unseen-But-Heard For more information, visit www.womeningovernment.org Audio courtesy of OSUCHLUCK Productions - brian@osuchluck.com

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