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Health Disparities and the Risks of Social Determinants for COVID-19 – 14 Months of Evidence

Health Populi

Within just a couple of months of COVID-19 emerging in America, it became clear that health disparities were evident in outcomes due to complications from the coronavirus. The rate of vaccinations against the coronavirus, too, significantly varied by race and ethnicity as of March 11, 2021. In the U.S., population).

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Employers and the Future of Public Health

Bill of Health

By Sharona Hoffman As state and federal public health authority erodes, employers may increasingly find themselves playing a central role in promoting public health. In the future, they may frequently take the lead in implementing public health measures. Sharona Hoffman is the Edgar A.

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The Years of Magical Thinking: Pandemic Necrosecurity Under Trump and Biden

Bill of Health

No other country has recorded as many total COVID-19 casualties as the United States — indeed, no other country comes close. From early moments in 2020, the concept of a right to health — and indeed, even a right to life — has been discounted in American policy, discourse, and practice. This situation is not happenstance.

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Trust in Healthcare is Under Stress in the US and Globally, Edelman Finds

Health Populi

You’re stressed, I’m stressed; most of us have felt stress in the COVID-19 era which began in the U.S. Nearly eighteen months later, a 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer update finds that consumers’ trust in the health care industry is under stress, too — in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2020.

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

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In the 19th and 20th centuries, segregated black hospitals were emblematic of separate but unequal health care,” begins the editorial introducing an entire issue of JAMA dedicated to racial and ethnic disparities and inequities in medicine and health care, published August 17, 2021. than on white people.

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The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

Health Populi

adult 18 and over in April 2021 to gather data for this annual report. CTA tracked consumers’ use of technology throughout the pandemic, and the first chart illustrates important findings that illustrate the digital transformation of people through COVID-19. CTA conducted an online survey among 2,409 U.S. consumers.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

All those activities, couched in safety and hygiene — being protected from the tricky COVID-19 virus, which meant keeping a clean home environment in terms of air, surfaces, and hand-hygiene. Joining Peloton in connected fitness at CES 2021 was NordicTrack, which recently announced its purchase of Precor.