This webcast, presented by Center for Houston’s Future and Leadership Now, focuses on ways to build public trust in communicating about the pandemic and what strategies policymakers and health officials can use to provide fact-based, simple communications to the public about COVID-19. Panelists: Dr. Asaf Bitton, Ariadne Labs Dr. Emily Brunson, Texas State University Christy… Continue reading Center for Houston’s Future Webcast: Building Public Trust in Communications about COVID-19
Dr. Atul Gawande on “assurance testing” and a new vision of what public health really means.
Dr. Daniela Lamas discusses the need for evidence-based treatments, and the risk of haste.
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub on the need for global COVID-19 vaccine initiative.
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub presents on COVID-19 vaccine access at a Health Affairs virtual symposium (begins at 2:22:30).
By Sam Cox COVID-19 has upended all areas of society, but among the populations worst affected are elderly residents of long-term care facilities. Older adults are most vulnerable to serious complications of COVID-19, representing over 80% of COVID-19 deaths in the United States despite making up just 15.6% of the population. Older adults living in… Continue reading Medicaid and Quality of Care: How our Funding Structure Failed Nursing Homes
The Center for Global Development and Ariadne Labs have teamed up to better understand how long it will take to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and manufacture it at scale.
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub and Julie Rosenberg call on companies to support information campaigns promoting vaccines.
Dr. Daniela Lamas writes on the key role that families play in critical care, and on the short- and long-term challenges posed by their absence during the pandemic.