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We Ran the CDC: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
We have each had the honor and privilege of serving as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, either in a permanent or acting capacity, dating back to 1977. Collectively, we spent more than 100 years working at the C.D.C., the world’s pre-eminent public health agency.
Semelka v. The Univ. of N.C. – CourtListener.com
Semelka v. The Univ. of N.C., 22-831 (N.C. Ct. App. 2023) Court of Appeals of North Carolina Summary of Opinion Collateral estoppel Whistleblower Action June 6th, 2023 Precedential None known 22-831 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA22-831 Filed 06 June 2023 Orange County, No. 21 CVS 1017 RICHARD C. SEMELKA, M.D., Plaintiff, v.
Coordinating our nation's health data will save lives
As the SARS-CoV-2 surge recedes, we need to apply the lessons we've learned during this pandemic to improve our response to the next health emergency. One major obstacle has been the lack of health data needed to track the pandemic and assess its impact across the complex U.S. healthcare and public health ecosystem. This lack of timely, standardized data hampered our ability to respond rapidly and effectively to the pandemic.
Former CDC directors: Coordinating our nation’s health data will save lives
As the SARS-CoV-2 surge recedes, we need to apply the lessons we’ve learned during this pandemic to improve our response to the next health emergency. One major obstacle has been the lack of health data needed to track the pandemic and assess its impact across the complex U.S. healthcare and public health ecosystem. This lack of timely, standardized data hampered our ability to respond rapidly and effectively to the pandemic.
Science, politics, and public health
There is an idea on the part of scientists that politics is dirty, and a companion idea on the part of politicians that science, by its continual qualifications and revisions, is, if not irrelevant, then at least out of touch with the constraints of a democracy: What seems optimal from the perspective of science may be impossible to implement in the political arena.
UNC School of Medicine establishes two regional campuses
Media contacts: Stephanie Crayton, 919-966-2860, scrayton@unch.unc.edu or Tom Hughes, 919-966-6047, tahughes@unch.unc.edu Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine today announced the expansion of its medical school to two regional campuses in Asheville and Charlotte, continuing to fulfill its mission to care for the people of North Carolina. The expansion will help combat the expected shortage of physicians in the coming years.
Health Care Reform: My View
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