Health Populi

JANUARY 8, 2021

“The virus is the boss,” Austan Goolsbee, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama, told Stephanie Ruhle this morning on MSNBC. Goolsbee and Jason Furman, former Chair of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, tag-teamed the U.S. economic outlook following today’s news that the U.S. economy lost 140,000 jobs — the greatest job loss since April 2020 in the second month of the pandemic.

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Center for Health Progress

JANUARY 4, 2021

This post was written by Sarah McAfee, a former member of our team. 2020 was the longest decade of my life. Time lost all meaning as the days, weeks, and months ran together into a distressing, depressing sludge of death counts, crises, neverending elections, and isolation. For ten months we held our breath, literally and figuratively, waiting for a new year to bring us something, anything that was better than what we were living through.

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PDC Healthcare

JANUARY 4, 2021

Driving Confidence and Compliance Similar to Flu Shot Stickers, using COVID-19 Vaccine Stickers can help healthcare facilities promote employee vaccinations while also encouraging patients to get vaccinated. The CDC published a full COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit, which includes sticker templates, to help build confidence about the COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare teams and other staff.

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The Beryl Institute

JANUARY 7, 2021

The scenes of this week have burned in lasting memories for all of us. The very principles at the heart of our work to ensure the best for our fellow human beings were challenged. Acts of violence, inspired by proven falsehoods, cost all of us and leave a stain on all we know is possible. Democracy is not an ideal tied simply to one nation; it is a principle grounded in centuries of social thought and action.

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Michele Late

JANUARY 6, 2021

Everything’s better with friends. That’s true for getting prepared for emergencies – and for the animal friends in our new calendar! Plan with the Pack! APHA’s 2021 Get Ready Calendar is full of 12 months of colorful photos of critters of all kinds. Every image was selected from more than 100 entries in the Get Ready 2020 photo contest. Each month also includes preparedness tips, so you and your herd can take action to make yourselves healthier and safer in case of emergencies.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 5, 2021

The first year of the coronavirus pandemic in America was a kind of stress test on the U.S. health care system, revealing weak links and opportunities for bad behavior. “These are not just about individual instances or bad apples,” Dr. Vikas Saini, President of The Lown Institute, explained, referring to them as “cautionary tales” of the current state of U.S. health care.

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