2022 Public health stories #25

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 25 of 2022. I. The bright side of the Covid pandemic by Dr Eric Topol II. “While social media has democratized speech, it also permits users to disseminate potentially unverified or misleading information that endangers people’s lives and public health interventions. Characterizing […]

2022 Public health stories #24

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 24 of 2022. I. “The death rate among unvaccinated people is still far higher than that among the vaccinated even though vaccinated people now make up a significant proportion of deaths” How to Compare COVID Deaths for Vaccinated and Unvaccinated People, Scientific […]

2022 Public health stories #23

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 23 of 2022. I. How will we handle future pandemics by Dr Tom Frieden Video link II. Primer on medicare spending in US KFF post from here. III. PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS LEADERSHIP TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES: AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. DAVID A. […]

2022 Public health stories #22

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 22 of 2022. I. NY Times once again paints the most compelling story about how devastating the loss has been from COVID Interactive story from here. II. “Health care prices in the United States are high, highly variable, and a key driver […]

2022 Public health stories #21

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 21 of 2022. I. This was a difficult week as a parent. Dr Sandro Galea offers a much needed perspective “The killing we continue to fail to stop“ II. “The report provides recommendations for specific and actionable solutions for a range of […]

2022 Public health stories #20

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 20 of 2022. I. “Developed in collaboration with the Médecins Sans Frontières Access project, Under Pressure identifies barriers to affordable blood pressure medication in LMICs and underscores the need for a transformation of the global blood pressure medicines market to make life-saving medicines more […]

2022 Public health stories #19

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 19 of 2022. I. Such a heartbreaking moment- US reaches a million COVID deaths NY Times powerful interactive visualization story- How America Lost One Million People II. Detailed Report here III. Publication of the ‘Google Maps’ of human cells is a milestone. […]

2022 Public health stories #18

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 18 of 2022. I. ‘Soda politics’: Yale students explore storytelling and public health II. “From a global social welfare perspective, a life lost is a life lost. At a minimum, equal moral concern should apply to that life no matter where that person […]

2022 Public health stories #17

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 17 of 2022. I. Why we really need to take climate change more seriously A NY Times piece on “Climate Change Will Accelerate Viral Spillovers, Study Finds“ II. Very powerful graphic III. “By completely rewiring the network of animal viruses, climate change […]

2022 Public health stories #16

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 16 of 2022. I. Provisional mortality data from MMWR shows the top 10 leading causes of death in US in 2021. II. How To Demand A Medical Breakthrough: Lessons From The AIDS Fight from NPR. III. “And then there are the things […]