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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

Bill of Health

Importantly, most of the commitments made under the Open COVID Pledge were designed to expire at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as determined by the World Health Organization (WHO) or January 1, 2023, whichever occurs first (the 2023 date is now in the process of being extended). Moderna’s Pledge.

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Telehealth Is Just Healthcare Now – One Post-COVID Certainty, Three Reports

Health Populi

As we wrestle with just “what” health care will look like “after COVID,” there’s one certainty that we can embrace in our health planning and forecasting efforts: that’s the persistence of telehealth and virtual care into health care work- and life-flows, for clinicians and consumers alike and aligned.

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The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

Jane Sarashon

We’ve seen more financial and money-focused media bringing health care cost stories under their mastheads. So have investment banks, ratings agencies, and large financial services companies, as the pandemic has cast every industry’s eyes to public health and health spending.

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Bolstering Health Literacy in a Little Book: Burn Prevention and Care With “The Family Oops”

Jane Sarashon

About 180,000 deaths are attributable to burns each year, according to the World Health Organization. This mighty little book, all of 28 pages and measuring 5.5 This mighty little book, all of 28 pages and measuring 5.5 Non-fatal burns are a leading cause of morbidity.

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Health Citizenship in the America. If Not Now, When?

Health Populi

On March 11 th , the World Health Organization called the growing prevalence of the coronavirus a “pandemic.”. My new book, Health Citizenship: How a virus opened hearts and minds , launched this week. You can access my book on Amazon Kindle here. In it, I track these events and the many forces transforming U.S.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 4 of 5, Letters “P” through “T”

Health Populi

The “P” word was uttered by the Secretary General of the World Health Organization on March 11, confirming that the coronavirus was, technically, a pandemic. The general theme here is that the pandemic is a global phenomenon, and that we humans are very small actors in a very big public health crisis.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 5 of 5, Letters “U” through “Z”

Health Populi

That’s public health, for you. X is for Disease “X” In their research into pandemics, the World Health Organization (WHO) has a list of the worst of them ; these include. I used this paper series for a mini-book I made about my mom’s career, so I really do love the series. Lassa fever.