Category «Health Care»

Lessons from COVID-19 on Executing Communications and Engagement at the Community Level During a Health Crisis

National Academies: “On May 20, 2021, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual convening of public health and communications practitioners to examine the challenges, opportunities, and lessons they saw while executing effective communications and community engagement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic….Participants in the convening discussed how communicating about COVID-19 to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Medicine

Arctic Report Card: Climate change transforming Arctic into ‘dramatically different state’

“NOAA’s 2021 Arctic Report Card documents the numerous ways that climate change continues to fundamentally alter this once reliably-frozen region, as increasing heat and the loss of ice drive its transformation into a warmer, less frozen and more uncertain future. This year’s Arctic Report Card is the 16th annual volume of original, peer-reviewed environmental observations …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Health Care

How to Spend Your Time Off During the Holidays from HBR

Be Intentional About How You Spend Your Time Off – “…The benefits of proactive recovery are not limited to holidays. In a different survey we asked a sample of 243 workers if they usually have goals for their weekends. Once again, we found that people who set goals for their weekends were 13% happier than …

Subjects: Health Care

We reviewed three at-home covid tests. The results were mixed.

“Over-the-counter home tests for covid-19 are finally here. MIT Technology Review obtained kits sold by three companies and tried them out…Over-the-counter coronavirus tests are finally available in the US. Some are more accurate and easier to use than others…” See also beSpacific –When should I get a Covid-19 test? Here’s a simple guide.

Subjects: Health Care, Medicine

New York Firearm Storage Map

“The Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium at the Rockefeller Institute of Government is launching the New York Firearm Storage Map — an interactive map to provide New Yorkers with over 180 locations for temporary, voluntary firearm storage. This tool provides secure options for gun owners to safely store their firearms outside of the home to …

Subjects: E-Records, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

When should I get a Covid-19 test? Here’s a simple guide.

Vox – “Vaccinated and confused about whether to get tested? We asked four experts for help…the immune protection from vaccines wanes over time, and the rise of variants like omicron stand to erode that shielding further. This leaves even vaccinated people at risk of contracting the virus, sometimes without any symptoms, and potentially spreading it …

Subjects: Health Care, Knowledge Management, Medicine, Transportation

The End of a Return-to-Office Date

The New York Times – “…For many organizational leaders, addressing the anxieties of their work force has been the only constant in the R.T.O. process…Return-to-office dates used to be like talismans; the chief executives who set them seemed to wield some power over the shape of the months to come. Then the dates were postponed, …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Health Care

The lasting images of 2021

The Washington Post Staff: “It was a year of the angry and the rebellious scaling walls, tearing down barriers, rising up to reverse reality. But it was also a year of carefully considered verdicts and hurriedly ended war, of mass migration and candlelight vigils, a year when many millions of people decided to take a …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Education, Environmental Law, Health Care

What Google’s trending searches say about America in 2021

Recode – “Wolf haircuts and Wall Street: What Americans googled this year. Each year, Google puts out lists of top trending searches in the United States, giving readers a tantalizing view into America’s collective id. Rather than simply show what people searched for the most, these lists highlight the words and phrases people are searching …

Subjects: Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management

2021 Global Health Security Index

“The 2021 GHS Index measures the capacities of 195 countries to prepare for epidemics and pandemics. All countries remain dangerously unprepared for future epidemic and pandemic threats, including threats potentially more devastating than COVID-19. Read the report’s findings and recommendations, explore the data, view the country rankings, and learn more about the GHS Index. “

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management

Bruce Mehlman’s Top 2022 Risks Deck

Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti – his 29 slide deck is titled Living in Limbo – Anticipating the Top 2022 Risks in Politics & Policy “Uncertainty, volatility & disruption are the new normal. 2022 will neither be the best of times nor worst of times. COVID won’t magically go away nor kill us all. The …

Subjects: Climate Change, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Health Care, Transportation

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