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Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox

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Also, check out the following links for more on Susannah’s journey into Rebel Health — STAT Q&A: A scholar of the patient “revolution” tracks the arc from powerlessness to influence Harvard Public Health magazine Q&A: The patient-led care revolution and follow #RebelHealth on your social channels.

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#LoveThyNeighbor – A Faith-Based Call for Vaccination

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CHA launched a portal on the act of love , featuring lots of science-based articles and features to bolster health literacy on the topic of vaccines, vaccinations, and public health. Interviewed in the Jesuit magazine America in August 2021, Sister Mary was quoted to say , “I do believe that we need to mandate the vaccine.”

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How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health

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For most young people, the public health crisis has been more about that social distancing from friends, a collective sense of isolation, and mental and behavioral health impacts. ” And here is another mainstream media take on Melissa’s “secret battle with depression” in People magazine, 22nd March 2021.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal, Day 2 – Letters “F” through “J”

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I added in an image from an old magazine ad for a microscope, and then printed out an Instagram-sized photo of a pin from a member of the “Dr. ” [A note of pandemic pop culture: Dr. Fauci has become something of a science rock star for some people, making the cover page of In Style magazine ]. Anthony Fauci Fan Club.”

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 4 of 5, Letters “P” through “T”

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The photo is an illustration I cut out of a magazine of people wearing m asks from different walks of life and demographics. The general theme here is that the pandemic is a global phenomenon, and that we humans are very small actors in a very big public health crisis. Q is for quarantine.

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Vaccinations, Art and Labor Day: Learning from Diego Rivera and Edsel Ford

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Walgreens announced appointment scheduling for the boosters, and CVS Health discussed the plans for the updated vaccine administration on their website as well. As Science magazine’s coverage of this public health event noted , “Omicron booster shots are coming — with lots of questions.”

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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

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The high-deductible health plan design in fact prevents many people from seeking preventive care or testing: uninsured patients could pay at least $500 for a test, and a 10-day hospital stay can tally $75,000 according to Gerard Anderson , professor of public health at Johns Hopkins.