Apr 19, 2021
FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) The number of physicians in preventive medicine is unlikely to match the population needs in the United States, according to a study published in the May/June issue of the
Journal of Public Health Management & Practice.
Thomas C. Ricketts, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues analyzed the supply of preventive medicine physicians using data derived from board certification files of the American Board of Preventive Medicine and self-designation data from the American Medical Association Masterfile for 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
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FAU Study: Florida’s COVID-19 Infection Rate for Younger Residents Among the Highest in U.S. .
Florida Atlantic University College of BusinessApril 16, 2021 GMT
BOCA RATON Fla., April 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Florida ranked among the states with the highest COVID-19 infection rates for younger residents in 2020, putting the state’s large elderly population at an increased risk for the coronavirus, according to a study from a researcher at Florida Atlantic University.
Florida counties with younger populations experienced higher COVID-19 infection rates among residents under 25 years old, with a 4.3 percent infection rate last year that was 33 percent higher than national averages, said Patrick Bernet, Ph.D., an associate professor of health administration in FAU’s College of Business.
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Florida COVID-19 Infection Rate for Young People Among Highest in 2020
Florida ranked among the states with the highest COVID-19 infection rates for younger residents in 2020, putting the state’s large elderly population at an increased risk for the coronavirus, according to a study from a researcher at Florida Atlantic University.
Florida counties with younger populations experienced higher COVID-19 infection rates among residents under 25 years old, with a 4.3 percent infection rate last year that was 33 percent higher than national averages, said Patrick Bernet, Ph.D., an associate professor of health administration in FAU’s College of Business.
In addition, the study, published in the
As students return to Chicago schools, educators face battle against Democrats and the CTU
To prevent the reopening of schools, Chicago educators must organize independently of the CTU through the formation of an Illinois Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee, which will unite educators, parents, students and the broader working class, to prepare strike action to close all schools and nonessential workplaces. We urge all those who want to join this struggle to
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and officials at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) continue their aggressive push for in-person learning in the face of widespread opposition among educators and parents. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), far from opposing the public health disaster that will occur if schools are reopened before widespread vaccination is available, has simply demanded that union officials be brought in as junior partners in managing schools.