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Psychedelic Inequities and Unexplored Risk: Colonization, Commercialization, and Regulation

Bill of Health

Both Robert and Valentina Wasson published sensational magazine articles in Life! Regulatory Process Ideally, a novel therapy will undergo a translational process through which efficacy is determined and the therapy is adapted for delivery in diverse health care settings.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 4 of 5, Letters “P” through “T”

Health Populi

The “P” word was uttered by the Secretary General of the World Health Organization on March 11, confirming that the coronavirus was, technically, a pandemic. The photo is an illustration I cut out of a magazine of people wearing m asks from different walks of life and demographics. P is for pandemic.

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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

Health Populi

The high-deductible health plan design in fact prevents many people from seeking preventive care or testing: uninsured patients could pay at least $500 for a test, and a 10-day hospital stay can tally $75,000 according to Gerard Anderson , professor of public health at Johns Hopkins.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 5 of 5, Letters “U” through “Z”

Health Populi

That’s public health, for you. X is for Disease “X” In their research into pandemics, the World Health Organization (WHO) has a list of the worst of them ; these include. Posting homemade breads on Instagram became a thing for millions of people around the world. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.

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How Social Media Can Get Public Health So Wrong

Jane Sarashon

This week, public health truths have collided with social media, the infodemic, and health citizenship. First, I read in Becker’s Health IT on February 16 that the peer-reviewed policy journal Health Affairs was prevented by a social media outlet from promoting its February 2022 issue themed “Racism and Health.

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The Elevator, Trust and the Data Commons: Bart de Witte Makes the Case for Open AI for Health at WHO/Europe

Health Populi

“I’m in Berlin, and we don’t like walls,” Bart De Witte responded in a concluding Q&A session yesterday at the 2 nd Symposium on the Future of Health Systems, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Porto on 5 th September.

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Considerations from Argentina on the Judicial Control of Public Health Policies

Bill of Health

By María Natalia Echegoyemberry and Francisco Verbic This article looks at the COVID-19 pandemic response in Argentina, with a particular focus on the judicial control of public health policies. There, too, single judges decided on important social and health issues.