Covid surge is gripping New York City ahead of the holidays: 'We've never seen this before' : Rashtra News Groups of people line-up to get tested for Covid-19 in Times Square on December 05, 2021 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesCovid-19 test positivity rates in New York City have doubled in just three
/PRNewswire/ Today, the Common Health Coalition: Together for Public Health announced a bold new set of commitments that will better equip U.S. health care.
Chelsea Cipriano , Kushal Kadakia , and Dave Chokshi argue that the US must end its collective amnesia about public health disasters and act collaboratively to strengthen services
Throughout American history, leaders have stood up in the aftermath of disasters and committed to honoring the past by investing for the future. For example, the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 led NASA to overhaul its safety culture and attracted new partnerships that are paving the way to America’s return to the Moon.1 Likewise, after a multistate blackout that same year, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation was charged with ensuring nationwide reliability of the power grid through an innovative multistate model of standardized sharing of data, staffing, and resources among power companies.2
Yet when it comes to public health disasters, the US has consistently chosen to forget instead of futureproof. Consider the repeated cuts to core public health agencies and programs, including
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