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Consortium to Examine Ways to Bolster Public Health Workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed a public health infrastructure already underfunded and understaffed—the field has lost up to 20 percent of its practitioners since 2008.
CMS Announces Resources and Flexibilities to Assist with the Public Health Emergency in the State of Florida
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced additional resources and flexibilities available in response to Hurricane Ian in the State of Florida.
Columbia at COP26: Climate Change and Public Health
Many of the world’s leading climate experts gathered recently in Glasgow, Scotland to discuss the state of our planet’s environment at the 26th Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).
Number of Californians living with Alzheimer’s projected to double by 2040
The number of Californians 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s disease is projected to more than double by the year 2040, according to new data released by the California Department of Public Health in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s Association.
The Bridge Between Public Health Education and Government Workforce Needs Fixing
The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered long-term underinvestment in the public health workforce, including staff losses and underfunding for public health education, according to a new paper in the American Journal of Public Health. For training of individuals in health departments to succeed, we must assess needs, increase access to education for future public health professionals, and invest in the existing public health workforce, according to Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health authors Heather Krasna and Dean Linda P. Fried.
