article thumbnail

As California Taps Pandemic Stockpile for Bird Flu, Officials Keep Close Eye on Spending

KFF Health News

According to the state, the current stockpile includes 101 million face masks, 26 million more than the 90-day supply recommended by the state’s pandemic preparedness guideline. Yet, health officials nationwide have struggled to track bird flu transmission. Republican Gov. Learn more about KFF.

article thumbnail

What is Public Health? Advancing our Profession in Uncertain Times

Better Health For All

campaign, we will continue to advocate for public health policies and practices that are inclusive, evidence-based, and support better health for all. Public health must remain a central pillar of global health, particularly as we navigate increasingly complex issues like climate change, inequality, and pandemic preparedness.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The beginning and end of Monday Morning

Monday Morning

Messonnier is eminently qualified by virtue of her training, including the Epidemiologic Intelligence Service, her more than 20 years’ experience of leadership in infectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and her recent leadership of pandemic preparedness and health systems at the Skoll Foundation.

article thumbnail

Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

A resilient, well-funded, and equitable public health infrastructure is essential to addressing health disparities and improving overall health outcomes for urban populations nationwide. An equity approach to federal health policy and funding decisions should be data driven and designed for targeted and universal impact.

article thumbnail

Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate

HEALTHBEAT

CDC right now is not reporting influenza data through the WHO global platforms, FluNet [and] FluID, that theyve been providing information [on] for many, many years, Maria Van Kerkhove, interim director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness at the WHO, said at a Wednesday press briefing.

article thumbnail

Urgent CDC Data and Analyses on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks Escalate

KFF Health News

. “CDC right now is not reporting influenza data through the WHO global platforms, FluNet [and] FluID, that they’ve been providing information [on] for many, many years,” Maria Van Kerkhove, interim director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness at the WHO, said at a Feb. 12 press briefing. Learn more about KFF.

article thumbnail

Clearing up confusion on drug price rules and revisions

Association of Health Care Journalists

The topics covered in Trumps orders ranged from future pandemic preparedness to withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. a health policy professor at Vanderbilt University, who spoke with NBC News. Dusetzina, Ph.D., 1, remain unaffected by Trumps executive actions.