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Hope and camaraderie are stronger than fear

Your Local Epidemiologist

During the last two weeks, we’ve seen an avalanche of policies directed at dismantling our already hurting infrastructure for public health. With permission from some respondents, stories were also shared through media. In trying times like these, sharing your story is your superpower.

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

HEALTHBEAT

Photovoice uses photography and storytelling rather than the typical public health methods that use statistics and surveillance. It shows that art can be an essential tool for public health, said Douglas and exhibit curator Monica Ponder, an assistant professor of health communication at Howard University.

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Trump’s data purge: What to know about federal infectious disease sites

Association of Health Care Journalists

Jessica Valenti, author of the newsletter Abortion, Every Day , is hosting these guidelines and related resources on contraception, antiretroviral drugs, substance use, intersex health, intimate partner violence, and LGBTQ youth reports. The report was first published on July 1, 1960.