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6 Public Health Numbers That Matter in 2024

Web10 million. The projected gap in health care workers worldwide over the next six years by the World Health Organization (WHO). Although the gap is particularly …

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Why Public Health Matters

WebControl of infectious diseases is the reason public health practices were developed in the first place. Good governance matters. Covid has shown the importance …

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Public Health Progress, In a Perilous Time by Dr. Tom Frieden

WebVisiting a Health and Wellness Centre in Varnasi, Uttar Pradesh. Covid mortality is ebbing, the toll of the climate crisis is growing, war in Ukraine is grinding on, …

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These Five Elements Make Public Health Success Possible

WebMany and perhaps most of the twenty million people killed by the pandemic worldwide would be alive today if public health actions had been more effective. …

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Ending the Tobacco Epidemic. With public health action, we can …

WebCompared with the continued spread of COVID-19 and other pressing health threats, the slow burn of the tobacco epidemic feels less urgent. But ending it can save …

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Understanding Long Covid. We know more now than before, and …

WebOne study found women to be 1.22x more likely to develop long Covid and experience a wider range of symptoms, including ears-nose-throat, respiratory, …

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How Protected Are You From Covid

WebPhoto Credit: Yoav Aziz/Unsplash. The United States is facing yet another rise in Covid cases and many public figures have announced they’ve tested positive in …

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7 Thoughts on This — and Next — Week in Global Health

WebIn the media coverage of the declassified information about whether Covid was the result of a lab leak or animal spillover, the most important issue — reducing the …

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Saving Lives from Preventable Disease: The Progress We’ve Made …

WebCovid caught the world off guard, and we continue to feel the repercussions of being unprepared.Economies are suffering, children are behind in school, and we are …

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WebHospitalizations for Covid, flu and RSV are rising and vaccination rates are lagging

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Don’t Ease Up On the Brakes!

WebAs more people receive vaccines over the next several months, we can’t afford to ease up on the brakes now! Let’s double down on protection protocols (masks, …

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Covid Epi Weekly: New Highs, New Lows by Dr. Tom Frieden

WebMore cases in more places than ever. More people being hospitalized. Sadly, we’re also seeing as much division as ever. There’s been encouraging news on vaccines …

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This Tool Could Be Key to Preventing the Next Pandemic

WebThis gives countries a tool to use to assess and improve their efforts. Concrete goals for public health programs have worked well before, such as the …

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For Many Covid Survivors, the Battle Isn’t Over by Dr. Tom …

WebPhoto: Javad Esmaeili/Unsplash. It’s impossible to predict with certainty how Covid will affect you if you get infected. Many Covid survivors fully recover within weeks …

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Do You Still Need to Wear a Mask

WebPhoto: Gerrie van der Walt / Unsplash. Traveling in the United States just got less safe for immunosuppressed people and others at higher risk of severe illness from …

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A Tough Covid Challenge: Reinforcing Our Wall of Immunity

WebCovid hasn’t gone away, but it also no longer poses the serious threat to most people today it did in the first months and years after its emergence. Vaccination has …

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Covid Epi Weekly: Could Covid Kill 1 Million Americans

WebHealth care workers continue to be avoidably and unacceptably at risk in the US and around the world. Resolve to Save Lives and partners released a report last …

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How We Can Fight Monkeypox Effectively

WebGraphic: CDC 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak Global Map (as of Aug. 5, 2022) E ven as Covid-19 continues to mutate and spread, much of the world is now facing …

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