Public Health At a Crisis Point
Table of Contents
Public Health Issues
Vaccinations
Public Health Issues
POLICY
Preparing for the Next Pandemic — The WHO’s Global Influenza Strategy | NEJM –posted 01/06/20
https://www.nejm.org/action/showFullText?downloadfile=showFullText&query=TOC&doi=10.1056/NEJMp1905224&loaded=true
A Mechanism to Reduce Medical Supply Shortfalls During Pandemics – RAND –posted 04/16/20
by Elizabeth Hastings Roer, Isla Globus-Harris
Research conducted by RAND
https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Ab2405985-cc0a-4b93-998b-3e97c801e2e1
Reshoring Supply Chains: A Practical Policy Agenda – American Affairs Journal – posted 06/12/20
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2020/05/reshoring-supply-chains-a-practical-policy-agenda/#.XuOBFjAnHK8.facebook
Politicians Shunt Aside Public Health Officials – PEW – posted 06/18/20
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2020/06/18/politicians-shunt-aside-public-health-officials
The Strategic National Stockpile and COVID-19 – Rethinking the Stockpile – RAND – posted 06/25/20
by Daniel M. Gerstein – RAND
Testimony presented before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 24, 2020.
https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:af470438-aaea-4079-b506-ca7e152935bb
Hollowed-Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus – Route Fifty – posted 07/01/20
https://www.routefifty.com/health-human-services/2020/07/hollowed-out-public-health-system-faces-more-cuts-amid-virus/166594/
Politicians and Business Interests Pushed Health Officials Aside to Control Reopening. Then Cases Exploded. – Route Fifty – posted 07/22/20
https://www.routefifty.com/health-human-services/2020/07/politicians-and-business-interests-pushed-health-officials-aside-control-reopening-then-cases-exploded/167096/
States Raid Fund Meant for Needy Families to Pay for Other Programs – Route Fifty – posted 07/24/20
https://www.routefifty.com/finance/2020/07/states-raid-fund-meant-needy-families-pay-other-programs/167172/
The Pandemic Response That Wasn’t | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine – posted 07/26/20
https://magazine.jhsph.edu/2020/pandemic-response-that-wasnt
With Testing Delays And Cases Surges, Contact Tracing Is Stymied In Some States : Shots – Health News : NPR – posted 07/31/20
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/07/28/894858475/pandemic-is-overwhelming-u-s-public-health-capacity-in-many-states-what-now
Many health departments losing race to warn contacts of COVID victims – Reuters – posted 08/04/20
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-coronavirus-tracing/
Why the Pandemic Is So Bad in America – The Atlantic – posted 08/04/20
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/
N.Y.C. Health Commissioner Resigns After Clashes With Mayor Over Virus – The New York Times – posted 08/04/20
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/nyregion/oxiris-barbot-health-commissioner-resigns.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20200804&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta®i_id=128245862&segment_id=35179&user_id=2cff5f50bd1b4e8ce999973940a36191
California Under-Reporting Virus Cases Due to Technical Issue – CBS San Francisco – posted 08/04/20
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/04/california-under-reporting-virus-cases-due-to-technical-issue/
California’s public health director resigns amid questions about coronavirus test data – Los Angeles Times – posted 08/09/20
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-09/california-public-health-director-resigns-in-wake-of-questions-about-coronavirus-test-data
Health officials are quitting or getting fired amid outbreak – Erie News Now | WICU and WSEE in Erie, PA – posted 08/10/20
https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/42477050/health-officials-are-quitting-or-getting-fired-amid-outbreak?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Erie_News_Now
Politics slows flow of US virus funds to local public health – AP – posted 08/17/20
https://apnews.com/33228796a8a66a50546c9e3ddacfef1b?utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Facebook
CONTROL
Tick surveillance and control lagging in US, study shows | EurekAlert! Science News – posted 06/18/20
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/esoa-tsa060920.php
The Study
Survey of Tick Surveillance and Control Practices in the United States | Journal of Medical Entomology | Oxford Academic – posted 06/18/20
https://academic.oup.com/jme/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jme/tjaa094/5858062
Mosquitoes flying free as health departments focus on virus | WBFF – posted 07/16/20
Public Health Triage by Doc Wes 