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Pictures of health: Photos help East Point show community’s challenges, but also joys

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Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Can a photograph improve public health? A recent exhibit at the city’s Arts Xchange shared photos and comments illustrating how the people of East Point view health in their community. Department of Health and Human Services.

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RSV, Covid, flu cases are on the rise in New York

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Sign up for Your Local Epidemiologist New York and get Dr. Marisa Donnellys community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. Last week, I had the privilege of attending a White House convening of public health communication and advocacy experts. Science isnt finished until its communicated.

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New York public health successes: overdose death decline, paid prenatal leave, air quality in schools

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Marisa Donnellys community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. Before we take on the (numerous) health challenges of 2025, Id like to reflect on the many health successes in our state over the past year. Together, we are making big strides to build a healthier and safer community.

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“Remember Every One” Memorializing the More Than 1 Million Lives Lost to COVID-19 in the US

BU School of Public Health Blog

Public health communications and advocacy have been Keeves’ bread and butter since her days at SPH when she served as a teaching assistant for the Strategies in Public Health Advocacy course. Under the program, kids who have lost a parent to COVID will have $4,500 set aside for them to access once they turn age 18.

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COVID-19 in 2025: ‘A Constant Threat, but a Manageable One’

BU School of Public Health Blog

March 8, 2025 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Five years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the virus has largely receded from public conversation and daily routinesand when it does arise, its often referenced in the past tense. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.