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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks agoArgentina officially withdraws from World Health Organization, following US
Argentina will continue to promote international cooperation in health through bilateral agreements and regional forums, while fully preserving its sovereignty and its capacity to make decisions regarding health policies.
Coronavirus
Higher education
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks agoFlorida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: This is how authoritarianism works'
Florida sociology professors are maintaining their original curricula despite state guidelines restricting discussions of race, gender, sexuality, and systemic inequality, viewing this as essential to academic responsibility.
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fromNebraska Examiner
3 weeks ago3 states and New York City join global disease response network * Nebraska Examiner
State and local public health departments in California, Illinois, New York, and New York City independently joined WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network after the U.S. federal government withdrew from the WHO.
Public health
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3 weeks ago3 states and New York City join global disease response network * Nebraska Examiner
State and local public health departments in California, Illinois, New York, and New York City independently joined WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network after the U.S. federal government withdrew from the WHO.
Public health
fromMichigan Advance
3 weeks ago3 states and New York City join global disease response network * Michigan Advance
State and local public health departments in California, Illinois, New York, and New York City independently joined WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network after the U.S. federal government withdrew from the WHO.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
3 weeks agoOp-Ed | The Brooklyn Hospital Center is abandoning nurses and patients * Brooklyn Paper
Nurses at The Brooklyn Hospital Center have lost health coverage for 40 days after management refused to contribute to health funds despite a signed contract, while executive leadership remains unaffected.
Public health
fromFast Company
1 month agoDoes the surgeon general nominee actively promote vaccines? Casey Means wouldn't say
Casey Means, a wellness influencer without an active medical license, is nominated as U.S. Surgeon General, prioritizing prevention of chronic disease through the Make America Healthy Again movement.
Public health
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month agoSurgeon general nominee and ally of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., moves to Senate confirmation
Wellness influencer Casey Means, who left medical residency for alternative medicine, faces Senate confirmation as U.S. surgeon general after Trump's initial nominee withdrew due to credential misrepresentation.
Fundraising
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months agoValley Health Foundation's chief believes health care is public good
Valley Health Foundation raises community funds to support, innovate, and advocate for Santa Clara County’s expanding public health system, funding patient care, technology, and wellness.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoWe have a new role': mayors across the world increasingly taking on society's biggest challenges
Mayors are increasingly frontline leaders, implementing bold local policies on housing, mobility, environment, and culture to address global challenges and political backlash.
Healthcare
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months agoBrazil shocked to find that 13,000 students about to graduate from medical school lack basic knowledge to practice medicine
One-third of evaluated Brazilian medical programs fail to prepare students adequately; 25% of students failed Enamed and 13,000 final-year students flunked.
Medicine
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month agoMedical Accreditor Weighs Diluting Health Equities Curricula
Removing explicit structural competency accreditation requirements would reduce training on how social, economic, and political systems shape health and harm patients facing barriers.
fromBusiness Matters
1 month agoEmad Yassa on Building a Career That Spans Healthcare and Global Impact
Emad Yassa is a healthcare entrepreneur and nonprofit founder with more than three decades of professional experience across clinical practice and international philanthropy. Yassa is the Founder and Chairman of Touch of Love International (TOLI), a nonprofit organisation focused on economic empowerment through micro-loans in underserved communities. Born and raised in Egypt, Emad studied physical therapy at Cairo University, graduating in 1985.
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from48 hills
2 months agoThe US fails again to fix the real causes underlying poor health - 48 hills
If you're smoking three packs of cigarettes a day, should you expect society to pay when you get sick?" He added that while Americans would always have the right to "eat donuts all day," nevertheless, "should you then expect society to care for you when you predictably get very sick at the same level as somebody who was born with a congenital illness?
Public health
fromNature
1 month agoAfrican countries must take control of health policy
There is little doubt that this is what African countries need if they are serious about universal health coverage - ensuring that every member of their populations has access to this fundamental human right. But such an approach has never been implemented in Africa. Some of the reasons for this are outlined in a report on health financing by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the continent's public-health agency based in Addis Ababa, published last week (see go.nature.com/3o9wxfc).
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