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

HEALTHBEAT

Last week, I had the privilege of attending a White House convening of public health communication and advocacy experts. Hearing stories from people across the country healthcare workers, teachers, community leaders, pastors, caregivers, and many others was profoundly inspiring. Science isnt finished until its communicated.

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

BU School of Public Health Blog

Since 2020, the school community has studied and highlighted the broader lessons this global crisis has taught usincluding the need for greater investment in public health infrastructure; clear, consistent, and tailored health communication and messaging; and a rebuilding of trust in science , largely fractured by an ever-increasing partisan divide.

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

Association of Health Care Journalists

Most of the pages on the National HIV Surveillance System also were inaccessible and require Internet Archive. The National Center for Health Statistics Data Query System appeared to be functional. If any pages go down within HIV.gov , these can also be accessed through the Internet Archive.