Tag: health care
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Essay – Quick, Name the Secretary of HHS
Our country and world are in the worst health crisis in a century, and the U.S. cabinet secretary with the word “health” in the title is missing in action.
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Foundation Backing Expanded Pandemic Surveillance
A population genomics company is receiving foundation support for expanding its detailed surveillance of respiratory disease outbreaks in the U.S.
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Infographic – Not Ready for Next Pandemic
The Global Health Security Index for this year shows the world as a whole is not taking meaningful steps to prepare for future health emergencies.
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Patent Awarded for Opioid Risk System with Geographic Data
A company analyzing public health data by geography and social factors received a patent for its system identifying likely opioid addiction hot spots.
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Infographic – Unvaccinated Driving New Covid-19 Cases
Data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show new Covid-19 infections are concentrated largely among unvaccinated people.
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Book Review – The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
As the world struggles to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, author Michael Lewis tells how the U.S. first struggled to identify and contain the virus.
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Health Journals Call for Emergency Climate Action
An editorial published in more than 200 journals calls for governments worldwide to take immediate action to mitigate climate changes affecting public health.
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Infographic – Most of World Waits for Vaccines
The global Covid-19 pandemic requires a global response, but so far delivery and administration of vaccines are spread unevenly across the world.
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Infographic – Vaccination Rates in Developed World
As most the world’s countries struggle to vaccinate their citizens against Covid-19, rates of fully vaccinated people in developed countries vary widely.
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Biotechs Partner on Synthetic Plant-Based Drugs
Two biotechnology companies are designing new processes to produce ingredients much like those found in drugs made from plants for essential medicines.