Pop Music & Public Health
The name of this Britney Spears song could double as the title of a hazardous materials training.
What is Toxic.
This reality competition involved contestants eating bugs, handling snakes, and definitely violating OSHA standards.
What is Fear Factor?
This Deal or No Deal host is famously open about having severe germophobia and OCD.
Who is Howie Mandel?
This long-running medical drama takes place at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
What is Grey's Anatomy?
This fast-food documentary challenged Americans to rethink nutrition by following one man eating only McDonald’s for 30 days.
What is Super Size Me?
This rapper released the song “1-800-273-8255” to raise awareness about suicide prevention and mental health.
Who is logic?
Keeping Up With the Kardashians helped normalize conversations about fertility struggles through this Kardashian sister’s storyline.
Who is Khloe Kardashian.
This pop singer revealed in 2020 that he had Lyme disease.
Who is Justin Bieber?
This movie became unexpectedly relevant during COVID because it focused on a rapidly spreading pandemic.
What is Contagion?
This basketball player unexpectedly became a public health headline after touching microphones before testing positive for COVID-19.
Who is Rudy Gobert?
Drake released this album title in 2011, which also sounds like excellent advice from a healthcare provider.
What is Take Care?
This reality show gave us roses, dramatic exits, and probably zero healthy communication skills.
What is The Bachelor?
This actor and wrestler became a public advocate for depression awareness after discussing his own mental health struggles.
Who is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
This zombie apocalypse series demonstrates what happens when outbreak containment fails spectacularly.
The Walking Dead.
This Michigan city became the center of a national public health crisis after lead contamination was discovered in the drinking water supply.
What is Flint?
This Frank Ocean song references this numbing medication commonly used at the dentist.
novacane
During a recent season of Love Island USA, fans online joked that the villa needed public health intervention after multiple contestants appeared to spread this common viral infection between castmates.
This is the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases became a prominent, globally recognized figure in epidemiology during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Anthony Fauci
In this Disney/Pixar movie, monsters originally believed human children carried dangerous contamination.
What is Monsters, Inc.,?
This federal insurance program expansion under the ACA became a major health policy debate across many states.
What is Medicaid expansion?
Rihanna asked listeners to “Work, work, work, work, work,” which public health professionals can relate to during this type of emergency response.
What is an outbreak?
Jersey Shore star Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi once blamed President Barack Obama for a federal indoor tanning tax that became jokingly known in pop culture as this nickname.
What is the “Snooki tax”?
This pop star was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, he co-founded Beyond Type 1, a global nonprofit dedicated to diabetes awareness, education, and stigma reduction.
Who is Nick Jonas.
This movie starring Robin Williams as a real-life physician who revolutionizes the medical field by treating patients with humor, compassion, and unconventional therapy.
What is Patch Adams?
This ship became an early COVID-era symbol of quarantine and outbreak management failures after passengers were confined onboard during a major outbreak.
what is the Diamond Princess?