Jan 31 2022
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Much of the response to Covid-19 to date has been reactionary. Travel restrictions were implemented after a new variant had already breached the country. The use of higher-quality masks was …
Jan 28 2022
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In Durban, South Africa, scientists led by Dr. Tulio de Oliveira, director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University, were conducting routine genomic surveillance of …
Jan 20 2022
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As 2022 begins, even as another Covid-19 surge sweeps across the globe, there are many reasons to be optimistic. Nothing gives me deeper hope and confidence than the people we …
Dec 21 2021
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When a new public health threat emerges ― like the highly infectious Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus ― detecting the first case before there has been widespread community transmission can be like searching …
Dec 17 2021
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How do you know tax policies are not discriminatory if the IRS doesn’t collect data on race? This question triggered curiosity in Dr. Dorothy Brown, professor of law and author …
Dec 16 2021
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Our Community of Practice is giving public health communicators a place to learn, share and cope with the Pandemic Covid-19 reminded the world just how crucial effective communication is in a …
Dec 15 2021
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Within communities, countries, and continents—it sometimes feels that we are stuck in addressing the world’s big and urgent economic, social, and environmental challenges. Too many of the existing institutions and …
Dec 01 2021
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Technological advancements have made sequencing quicker and more affordable, but collaboration, outreach, and trust are needed to achieve representative samples from underserved populations. The course of the Covid-19 pandemic depends not …
Nov 17 2021
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This month’s annual U.N. Climate Change Conference, or COP26, was held in Glasgow, Scotland at a fraught moment for humanity. For the 26th time, the world came together to respond to …
Nov 09 2021
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Despite ample vaccine supplies, outbreaks among unvaccinated populations in the US and the appearance of the Delta variant promote infection in fully vaccinated individuals. These breakthrough infections must be carefully …