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Anna Kramvis – A big job in a small world

Frontiers

In line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good health and well-being , we discuss the progress of hepatitis B research and the challenges faced, including the COVID-19 pandemic, lack of funding, and low vaccination rates. Frontiers is a signatory of the United Nations Publishers COMPACT.

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Public Health community approach to climate. Our carbon footprint or our narrative?

Sheffield DPH

Often the focus of action on climate and health centres on the role of individuals, yet the role of fossil fuels in driving climate change is undebatable. We cannot stop or reduce the scale of climate change without addressing the powerful fossil fuel industry. It is the industry preferred solution. And thus policy.

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Why Kaiser bet on Cone Health for its N.C. expansion

NC Health News

One factor driving that change: Cone Healths expanded network of urgent care facilities , including locations near the main hospital on Greensboros N. Church Street and Elmsley Court, as well as in Winston-Salem, Burlington, and Asheboro. health care. Right now, people in Greensboro wonder what it will mean for them.

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The “Comstockery” of Justice Clarence Thomas

The Health Care Blog

By his own account, prior to his untimely death on September 21, 1915, he had prosecuted 3600 defendants, seized 160 tons of obscene literature, enjoyed the active support of industry, the AMA, and the Catholic Church among others, and sparked equally restrictive and intrusive legislation in 24 states – one of those being Connecticut.

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Trump, GOP expected to undo Biden's divisive nursing home rule

The Hill

The move would come as a relief for the nursing home industry, which has argued the mandate doesnt appropriately address current workforce challenges. But consumer advocates and public health experts who have fought to protect the rule fear repealing it will harm residents and long-term care facility workers alike.