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The Public Health Case Against Gas Appliances

Bill of Health

Oliva Gas appliances’ health impacts pose a grave danger to tenant health and safety. In a forthcoming article , we argue that the mere presence of natural gas appliances in the home renders a dwelling uninhabitable due to their potential health harms. By Heather Payne and Jennifer D.

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Old Dogs and New Tricks: A Case for the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights & Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

One of the most glaring reasons for this failure was that the Kenyan government simply did not know how to do so. They clarify these obligations within the context of public health emergencies and provide clear guidance for States and members of society on how to navigate these emergencies.

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Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jolie Ritzo, VP of Strategy and Network Engagement at Civitas Networks for Health Health data management in 2024 is both intricate and complex. Here are some of the most exciting and challenging aspects of both exchanging and using comprehensive health data this year and ahead.

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Navigating the intersections of population health and precision medicine

Healthcare It News

Patient Engagement Population Health Precision Medicine This is the second article in a series regarding process-based opportunities as the healthcare industry begins to emerge from the challenges of the pandemic. Population health and precision medicine defined. health system.

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Against American Public Health Exceptionalism

Bill of Health

Americans are no doubt conditioned to expect spectacular failure in the face of public health crises. In both contexts, these reporting failures make it difficult to mount a competent public health response to prevent unnecessary mortality. By Jennifer D. Just as COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. While the U.S.

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“We’ve normalized a very high death toll in the U.S.” – How A Trust Deficit Has Infected America’s COVID Outcomes

Health Populi

Trust, or really lack thereof, is a killer app for people’s coronavirus health outcomes. That is the through-line found in a very deep dive into 177 countries’ health data published in The Lancet in a research article on pandemic preparedness and COVID-19. The graph illustrates where the U.S.

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Shaq, Entrepreneurship, and Social Determinants of Health

Bill of Health

But can we manufacture that attitude through public policy? In this article, I will consider potential law and policy-based approaches to promoting entrepreneurial innovation in the realm of health equity. In conclusion, policymakers reading this article need only remember two pieces of wisdom.