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How US media threaten the health of all
28 minutes Posted Mar 24, 2026 at 7:07 pm.
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Public health expert Dr. Stephen Bezruchka discusses the role of the major US media, including social media, in threatening the health of all.
Bezruchka is professor emeritus from the University of Washington School of Public Health with multiple publications including books translated into several languages. He holds an MD degree from Stanford and a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins.
His recent books include the following focused especially on public health including the impact of the media in creating public health problems for the US:
(2022) Inequality Kills Us All: COVID-19's Health Lessons for the World (Routledge).
(2026) Born sick in the USA : improving the health of a nation (Cambridge University Press).
He also maintains a blog on Substack as @stephenbezruchka.
Dr. Bezruchka is interviewed by Spencer Graves.
More on this is available in the Wikiversity article on, “How US media threaten the health of all“.