The Healthcare Leadership Council issued the following news:
Experts from across healthcare have identified specific policy and regulatory recommendations to improve the nation s ability to prepare for and respond to future health crises. The recommendations are part of a new report released by the
Healthcare Leadership Council and
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and result from collaboration with more than 100 private-sector, nonprofit, and government organizations and stakeholders to assess the response to COVID-19 and the nation s existing disaster preparedness infrastructure.
The recommendations include some temporary steps taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic, which have proven beneficial and should be made permanent going forward, the experts say. These include making it easier for public and private organizations to work in partnership, prioritizing supply chain readiness before crises arise, streamlining regulations that allow providers to practice medicine whe
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Feb 05, 2021
A Powerful Conservative Coalition Is Fueling The State-Level Push To Hamper COVID-19 Restrictions
ALEC and other groups that fomented anti-lockdown protests are now pushing bills to curb the powers governors have used to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Major conservative groups backed by some of the Republican Party’s wealthiest donors appear to be helping fuel a massive GOP state legislative push to limit the emergency executive powers governors across the country have wielded in an effort to combat the nation’s COVID-19 crisis.
For months, Republican legislators in several states have pushed bills to limit such powers, which have been used to implement restrictions on businesses, restaurants and public gatherings, as well as measures meant to slow the spread of the virus that has killed more than 450,000 Americans.
4 feb 2021
Skipta Donates Critical Online Media Support to U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Education Campaign
Contribution will help the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative amplify their national education effort for healthcare professionals in the U.S. around COVID-19 vaccine safety and effectiveness
NEW YORK, Feb. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Skipta, part of Informa Pharma Intelligence and the leading social network of specialized online medical communities for verified healthcare professionals (HCPs), today announced its contribution to the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative’s national COVID-19 vaccine education effort. Skipta will donate in-feed and eNewsletter promotion of educational videos to the initiative to help strengthen vaccine confidence among healthcare providers throughout the United States.
By ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News
(NEW YORK) When Rev. Miniard Culpepper, the senior pastor of Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Boston, rolled up his sleeve last month alongside several other faith leaders, he wanted to be a role model and encourage people in his majority-Black community to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Due to a combination of historically rooted mistrust of the medical system, vaccine hesitancy and often, a lack of access, many Black Americans, who have been disproportionately impacted by the virus, are being vaccinated at rates concerningly lower than white Americans. Vaccines are such a critical piece of getting us out of COVID and cutting down the number of deaths in our community, Culpepper told ABC News. It s our responsibility to help educate our people, and to be a role model and getting the vaccine first. I think it s a trust issue. People trust the pastors, to lead them in the right direction.
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New data out this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that just 5.4% of Americans who have been vaccinated for COVID-19 are Black. Health experts say that number should be much higher considering that Black Americans make up 13% of the U.S. population.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks about some of the reasons for the shortfall with