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The beginning and end of Monday Morning

Monday Morning

The new dean of the Gillings School, Nancy Messonnier, MD, is the right person to lead now. The pandemic changed the importance and urgency of public health, resources for public health, and how we work. We stood against racial, gender, sexual, and other inequities. These issues are public health.

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Download time: What journalists should know about disappearing federal health data

Association of Health Care Journalists

Datasets related to racial disparities, LGBTQIA+ health and reproductive health were at risk, as were data on racial and ethnic health disparities, climate and environmental justice. Websites such as the NIHs Office of Research on Womens Health were also unavailable Friday.

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After Trump victory, New York officials, experts brace for assault on public health

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. The day after Donald Trump secured a second presidential term, New York officials pledged to protect residents’ reproductive rights and access to health care — and experts braced for a likely assault on local public health systems. “No