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New Software Development Initiatives Lead To Second Stage Of Big Data

Smart Data Collective

Whether it’s in the banking sector, health, communication, marketing, or entertainment, Big Data has permeated every aspect of our daily lives. A good example of application software includes data management software, office productivity suites, security programs, and media players. Structured.

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Many undocumented health problems discovered among those exposed to bushfire smoke

Frontiers

The physical and mental burden of prolonged exposure to bushfire smoke is vastly underestimated by official statistics that are based upon admissions into the health system, finds a large survey of residents affected by the widespread bushfires close to Canberra, Australia’s capital city, in the summer of late 2019 and early 2020.

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Mission pharmacy program plagued by high turnover, staffing shortage

NC Health News

The teams supervisor, Andrea Leone, was fired in May 2024 after she commented on social media about the departments lack of staffing. The Watchdog reached out to Mission Health spokesperson Nancy Lindell twice with a list of detailed questions about the medication reconciliation program and its staffing challenges.

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

HEALTHBEAT

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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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. One of the effects of this firestorm of destruction of public health agencies is that we are so busy dealing with the next one, we don’t have time to think about successes from yesterday.

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They're idiots. Why don't they trust us?

Your Local Epidemiologist

This is post 3 of 4 in this mini-series looking back at the public health communication around the COVID vaccines, why trust was lost, and where communication broke down. Social media content bashing antivaxxers is often popular because people who already trust vaccines cheer it on. Where is this frustration coming from?

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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. We built a network of folks who were available to talk to [the] media and share their stories.