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FREE WEBINAR “Anthropology of Policing: The Persistence of Racialized Police Brutality and Community Responses” Thursday, June 11 at 1 p.m EDT Register Today: ow.ly/VsUT50zZhmf
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COVID-19 is highlighting significant racial disparities in our health care system. This USA Today Op-Ed by MPH/MBA candidate Aneta Gasiewska, Prof. Howie Forman and @YaleMed Chief Diversity Officer Darin Latimore discusses how things must change. ow.ly/cg7i50zVzi2
"Pathways to COVID-19 ‘community protection’" in the #IJID #COVID19 ijidonline.com/article/S1201…
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Global #COVID19 total passes 6 million (@lisaschnirring has the latest in US and worldwide #coronavirus #pandemic news) ow.ly/fzGu30qL7OE
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Restaurant workers who are out of jobs can be put to work to distribute food during disasters, says @WCraigFugate. #COVID19conversations
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Dealing with response and recovery from a disaster in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic raises new and unsettling questions. #PreventionSavesLives bit.ly/2Wd7Edx
Webinar: Summer of #COVID19: Mitigating Direct and Indirect Impacts in the Coming Months @APHA @theNAMedicine covid19conversations.org/web…
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Earthquakes don't stop just because we're in the middle of a pandemic. Leaders need to plan for multiple hazards hitting a community at once. #PreventionSavesLives bit.ly/3d3moCG
Grieving the loss of a loved one during the #COVID19 pandemic can be extra difficult. CDC released information to help plan and hold funeral services as safely as possible during this time — Funeral Guidance for Individuals and Families ⁦@CDCgov⁩ cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco…
Infectious Diseases Society of America members, Jasmine Marcelin, M.D. and Damani Piggott, M.D., PhD discuss the disparate impacts of COVID-19 by racial, socioeconomic and geographical factors. Listen now. @IDSAInfo soundcloud.com/idsociety/cov…
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Routine vaccinations for U.S. children have plummeted amid the pandemic statnews.com/2020/05/08/chil…
Remember, it only takes one storm to change your life & community--Prepare! weather.gov/safety/hurricane #HurricanePrep #ItOnlyTakesOne #HurricaneStrong
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TODAY, 2PM ET - @DrNLouissaint will join current US Representative @RepShalala, former Deputy Secretary of HHS @TeviTroy, & Chief Science Officer for @Co_Diagnostics Dr. Brent Satterfield for a virtual @BioCommission meeting discussing @supplychain response to #COVID19.
TODAY AT 2PM ET - We hope you can join us when we will premiere a virtual meeting of the Commission, #COVIDー19: Forewarned, But Not Forearmed, which will focus on the ongoing response. The meeting video will be released on the following page: buff.ly/2VFnZZm
Can the blood of recovered patients be used to protect others from #COVID19? "Humanity is going to need layered defenses," says @JHU_BDPs @ACasadevall1, chair of @JohnsHopkinsMMI. "But I do believe that we're going to beat this."
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Government report predicts coronavirus cases will surge to 200,000 a day by June 1 - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/health/go…
Several states are seeing outbreaks of #COVID19 in meat and poultry processing facilities. Employees in these facilities fill critical and essential roles. Read what CDC and affected states have learned from responding to these outbreaks in @CDCMMWR: bit.ly/MMWR5120b
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If you missed last week's DRJ Town Hall – "Fostering Resilience and Energy During the COVID-19 Pandemic" with @heidihanna and @paulosincup hosted by @VanessaVMathews – you can catch up On-Demand at: attendee.gotowebinar.com/rec…
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Pandemic could last two years, researchers say washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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The coronavirus pandemic could stretch on for two more years with recurring spikes until roughly two-thirds or more of the population is immune, researchers estimate in a new report.
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In the report released Thursday by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), researchers warned that the US should prepare for a dip in cases followed by a sharp resurgence this fall or winter that is even more severe than the current spike. @CIDRAP