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Great news--The University of California, Riverside's School of Public Policy is hiring this fall for an Assistant Professor.

Job ad here: https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01753

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TIL, the International Committee of the Red Cross has its own academic, peer-reviewed journal... https://international-review.icrc.org/about/about-review
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About the Review

Established in 1869, the International Review of the Red Cross is a peer-reviewed, academic journal produced by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and published by Cambridge University Press. The Review's audience includes governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, humanitarian practitioners, academics, the media and all those interested in humanitarian issues.

International Review of the Red Cross
FACT SHEET: White House Launches Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy | The White House

Major General (ret) Paul Friedrichs Will Serve as the Inaugural Director The Biden-Harris Administration has made historic progress on our nation’s ability to manage COVID-19 so that it no longer meaningfully disrupts the way we live our lives. Under President Biden’s leadership, the Administration has taken significant steps to ensure all individuals have continued access…

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New paper on income and health by David Brady, Michaela Curran, and me in Demographic Research...

A test of the predictive validity of relative versus absolute income for self-reported health and well-being in the United States
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https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol48/26/

Demographic Research - A test of the predictive validity of relative versus absolute income for self-reported health and well-being in the United States

Volume 48 (2023) - Article 26 | Pages 775–808

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We Want Them Infected: How the failed quest for herd immunity led doctors to embrace the anti-vaccine movement and blinded Americans to the threat of COVID

New, important book, covering a very ugly, enduring element of the COVID pandemic that has spillover to other current and future public health issues...
https://redhawkpublications.com/We-Want-Them-Infected-p547021769
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We Want Them Infected

On sale! We Want Them Infected How the failed quest for herd immunity led doctors to embrace the anti-vaccine movement and blinded Americans to the threat of COVID Jonathan Howard MD “...Based in New York City, Dr. Howard served on the front lines in Covid’s first wave. He witnessed a lot of preventable death and suffering. And then he watched, with growing incredulity, as influential scientists

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Interesting batch of slides/charts on US racial/ethnic health disparities, great for presentations and lectures. https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/report/key-data-on-health-and-health-care-by-race-and-ethnicity
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Key Data on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity | KFF

This chartpack examines how people of color fare compared to White people across a broad array of measures of health coverage, access, and use; health status, outcomes, and behaviors; and social determinants of health to provide insight into the status of racial disparities in health and health care.

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Confronting anti-vaccine activism with life-saving narratives: Health policy experts call for concerted public outreaches that stress that vaccines save lives
https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2023/03/01/confronting-anti-vaccine-activism-life-saving-narratives
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Confronting anti-vaccine activism with life-saving narratives

Health officials, public policymakers and community leaders should team up to disseminate accurate narratives about the life-saving benefits of vaccines.

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Confronting the evolution & expansion of anti-vaccine activism in the USA in the COVID-19 era
Pleased to share this new article co-authored w/ my wonderful colleagues on @thelancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, & Demand in the USA
Open access for a short time: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1gg-1V-4XL0aO
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Good read...
What’s standing in the way of wastewater data becoming a more mainstream public health tool
https://www.statnews.com/2023/01/11/wastewater-data-biobot-health-covid19/
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What's standing in the way of wastewater data becoming a more mainstream public health tool

When case counts suggest Covid-19 is in check, the truth is in the toilets.

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