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• covid-19

  Dimensional Insight

  Social Determinants of Health, Covid-19, and Racism in Healthcare: Smarter Healthcare Podcast Episode 8 Takeaways — interview with Dean Sandro Galea

  Published on August 4th, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, healthcare, infectious disease, racism, social determinants of health

• coronavirus

  WBUR

  Mass. Positive COVID-19 Case Rate Inches to Highest Level Since Mid-June — interview with Davidson Hamer, professor of global health 

  Published on August 4th, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease

• coronavirus

  US News & World Report

  Gaps in COVID Data Remain Months Into Pandemic — quotes Eleanor Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology

  Published on August 4th, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, data, infectious disease

• coronavirus

  JPHMP Direct

  For Combating COVID-19, Collaboration Is Key — opinion by Ruby Barnard-Mayers, research assistant in the Department of Epidemiology

  Published on August 4th, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease

• guns

  StudyFinds

  Raising Legal Age for Handgun Sales to 21 Could Prevent Hundreds of Teen Suicides — refers to study co-authored by Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management; Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences; Michael Ulrich, assistant professor of health law, ethics & human rights; and Dean Sandro Galea

  Published on August 3rd, 2020 Tagged adolescents, firearm, firearms, gun violence, guns, suicide, teenagers

• coronavirus

  AZFamily

  Health Experts Say Extreme Heat in Arizona Could Increase Coronavirus Risks — quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health 

  Published on August 3rd, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease

• coronavirus

  Washington Post

  Birx Says U.S. Has Entered a ‘New Phase’ of Pandemic as Cases, Deaths Rise — quotes Eleanor Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology

  Published on August 3rd, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, death, infectious disease

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  PolitiFact

  What’s Missing From Florida ‘5 Times Better’ Claim on COVID-19 Death Rates — quotes Brooke Nichols, assistant professor of global health 

  Published on August 3rd, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, death, infectious disease

• racism

  KXAN

  Austin City Council Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis That Is ‘Killing Black and Brown People’ — quotes Dean Sandro Galea

  Published on July 31st, 2020 Tagged dean, determinants of health, discrimination, health disparities, racism

• coronavirus

  Boston Globe

  BPS Nurses, Teachers, Bus Drivers Rally Against Reopening Schools Without Proper Safety Measures — quotes Helen Jenkins, assistant professor of biostatistics

  Published on July 31st, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease