2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #37

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 37 of 2021. I. Amazing feature on the history of mRNA vaccines. Read the Nature article from here. II. Brilliant data viz showing the impact of non-vaccination and its price. “This is a tragedy, because the vaccines are a miraculous achievement, and […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #36

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 36 of 2021. I. “We can now finally diminish COVID-19. We have all the tools. Vaccines. Testing. Improved ventilation. Masking. It is incumbent on all of us to commit to action on each.” The Covid Cavalry Has Arrived, The Boston Globe II. […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #35

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 35 of 2021. I. “Compared with other highly vaccinated countries, large parts of the United States have many vulnerable seniors, helping spur hospitalization and death.” II. “While health care spending plummeted early in the pandemic, recent analysis show that health care spending is rebounding. Overall […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #34

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 34 of 2021. I. Health inequity under a zoom lens especially with COVID vaccinations. II. “Vaccines are effective against the Delta variant, but transmission risk remains elevated among unvaccinated persons in schools. In addition to vaccination, strict adherence to multiple nonpharmaceutical prevention […]

2021 Public Health Stories #33

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 33 of 2021. I. This is a long read, but an important read. Data are the life-blood of any effective public health system. Read about the state and local health officials struggles and challenges in reporting out pandemic data. Politico’s “Inside America’s […]

2021 Public Health Stories #32

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 32 of 2021. I. “What we must now change is the cycle of panic and neglect of public health in response to health threats. Doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results may or may not be a good […]

2021 Public Health Stories #31

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 31 of 2021. I. I am a parent too and this had been weighing heavily in my mind for the past days. As Schools open, how can we protect our kids? Dr Tom Frieden writes about it here. II. Behavior is often […]

2021 Public Health Stories #30

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 30 of 2021. I. “The vaccines not only prevent people from getting sick; they also cut down on transmission by those who get infected after immunization” The Crucial Vaccine Benefit We’re Not Talking about Enough from the Scientific American. II. This NY […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #29

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 29 of 2021. I. A thought provoking report from India showing how rapid antigen tests can be exceptionally helpful in managing the pandemic when used at scale. Read the article “Optimizing testing for COVID-19 in India” from here II. A timely editorial […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #28

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 28 of 2021. I. A very good summary of important lessons learnt on long COVID — a must read communications brief The teachings of Long COVID II. “Two states. Two different paths in responding to covid-19. Together, they offer invaluable lessons about […]