{"podcast":{"title":"Public Health On Call","slug":"public-health-on-call-552177","podcast_index_feed_id":552177,"rss_url":"https://johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://publichealth.jhu.edu/headlines/public-health-on-call-podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/2/c/9/c2c94ebeed659e5c5f2e77a3093c12a1/PHOC.jpg","author":"The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health","episode_count":1171,"summary":"Evidence and experts to help you understand today's public health news—and what it means for tomorrow.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T20:20:56.289482+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-health-on-call-552177"},"episode":{"title":"1056 - An Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa","slug":"1056-an-ebola-outbreak-in-central-africa","published_at":"2026-05-21T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-health-on-call-552177/1056-an-ebola-outbreak-in-central-africa","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-health-on-call-552177","url":"https://podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/1056-an-ebola-outbreak-in-central-africa","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/johnshopkinssph/2026_05_20-PHOC-EP-Emily_Gurley_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1899131","summary":"About this episode: A deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has been declared a global public health emergency by WHO. In this episode: infectious disease epidemiologist Emily Gurley explains why this outbreak is particularly concerning for a region managing existing crises and how public health systems are working to contain transmission and treat patients. Guest: Emily S. Gurley , PhD, MPH, is a professor in Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she focuses on infectious disease and outbreak investigation. Host: Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs . Show links and related content: WHO declares major outbreak of rare Ebola virus species an international emergency —Science US Imposes Ebola Travel Restrictions as CDC Says Risk Remains Low —Newsweek What else to know: The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa will be challenging to control, but decades of experience will help —The Uptake Transcript information: Looking for episode transcripts? Open our podcast on the Apple Podcasts app (desktop or mobile) or the Spotify mobile app to access an auto-generated transcript of any episode. Closed captioning is also available for every episode on our YouTube channel. Contact us: Have a question about something you heard? Looking for a transcript? Want to suggest a topic or guest? Contact us via email or visit our website . Follow us: @‌PublicHealthPod on Bluesky @‌PublicHealthPod on Instagram @‌JohnsHopkinsSPH on Facebook @‌PublicHealthOnCall on YouTube Here's our RSS feed Note: These podcasts are a conversation between the participants, and do not represent the position of Johns Hop…","meta_description":"About this episode: A deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has been declared a global public health emergency by WHO.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":830,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/public-health-on-call-552177/episodes/1056-an-ebola-outbreak-in-central-africa/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-health-on-call-552177/1056-an-ebola-outbreak-in-central-africa.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}