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Countercyclical Aid Is Not Enough to Fix the Broken US Approach to Public Health Financing

Bill of Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s failed responses to COVID-19, ranging from “testing to data to communications,” have prompted a call to reorganize the agency. Yet restructuring the CDC will have little effect on pandemic preparedness if the decentralized American approach to health finance remains in place.

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The Burden of Depression in the Pandemic – Greater Among People With Fewer Resources

Health Populi

symptoms of depression were three-times greater in April 2020 in the COVID-19 pandemic than in 2017-2018. adults during the coronavirus pandemic compared with pre-COVID-19, and what are the risk factors associated with depression symptoms? In the U.S., population. population.

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Most Americans Concerned About Coronavirus Impact on Economy & Families, and Not a “Hoax”

Health Populi

Seven in 10 Americans are concerned about the coronavirus outbreak’s impact on the economy, and 6 in 10 people worried about someone they love getting sick from COVID-19. Public health is a real “thing,” I’ve been tweeting and writing about since before the advent of COVID-19.