Follow the science and other principles of Biden s pandemic response plan
Two Bloomberg School of Public Health alums now members of President-elect Biden s coronavirus task force share the incoming administration s strategies for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic By Katie Pearce / Published Jan 15, 2021
Entering the White House at the height of a global pandemic, President-elect Joe Biden s administration plans to respond by ramping up and simplifying the vaccination process, tackling equity issues, and, above all, following the science, according to two members of Biden s COVID-19 task force. From vaccines to therapeutics, to diagnostics, to other public health recommendations, everything is going to be informed by the science, said task force member and infectious disease specialist Céline Gounder during a webcast hosted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on Thursday.
A moment of truth for public health in America
The 2020 Bloomberg American Health Summit examines COVID-19 s far-ranging impact on existing health challenges in the U.S. By Katie Pearce / Published Dec 10, 2020
When asked on Wednesday to describe the state of public health in America today, a group of leading U.S. policymakers and experts chimed in with some encapsulating words: Crisis. Fragmented. Inequitable. Precarious.
As philanthropist Michael R. Bloomberg said during the virtual 2020 Bloomberg American Health Summit, the present is a moment of truth for the field of public health. No crisis has exposed the fault lines of American health like COVID-19, said Bloomberg, former New York City mayor and founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies.