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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

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A precondition of sustaining these partnerships is sustained investment in state and local public health capacity. Funding for state and local health departments decreased 17 percent between 2009 and 2019, while experts estimate that an additional $4.5

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How a National Emergency Can Bring the Monkeypox Outbreak Under Control

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Grossly-underfunded and overwhelmed public health agencies are not able to conduct proper surveillance and face vast shortages of testing services, vaccines, and treatment. HHS’ PHE declaration was coupled with President Biden’s appointments last week of Robert Fenton Jr. So why are so many Americans unable to access vaccines?