Senator blunt the appropriation subcommittee on labor, health and Human Services, education and related agencies will come together. Im glad to be here this morning with my colleagues, some offices or from some other location. This is the first appropriations hearing being held in person and virtually and want to thank chairman shelby and his staff for letting us try this and see how this kind of information gathering works for appropriators. Its not a markup. There will be no voting today, but were going to get some really important information. Yesterday, the new coronavirus cases passed 50,000 for the first time, making it a single day record. This morning, 128,000 americans have died and nearly 2. 7 million have tested positive for covid19. Of course, the thoughts of myself and everyone on this committee are with those individuals and those families whove been affected. I called this hearing really to look at an update on the efforts that the administrations put together and, frank
Grim milestone tonight, 15,000. We are hearing details about a san jose woman who appears to be the nations first coronavirus victim. Reporter friends tell me they cant believe it. A southbay mother and wife who has now become the nations first covid19 death. That was 12 days earlier than the previous case. Patricia dowd of san jose was 57 years old when she died february 6th. This week, a new wave of grieving as many learned their friend tested positive after her death from covid19. ; was absolutely shocked, speechless. Reporter s be steve banner worked with her at research. Her linkedin page shows she was there for 27 years. She was a wonderful friend and colleague. She was warm, engaging, friendly. She was a great teammate, both at lam research and even after work. She was one of those people you like to be around. Reporter friends tell ktvu she was a graduate of st. Francis high school in mountain view, a wonderful, caring person. She became sick in late january with flulike sympto
Careening in this room for us and i know that the congresswoman couldnt be here today, i want to thank her for being a true champion for Public Health. Also want to thank the American Academy of pediatrics for being such a great partner to us as we start this event. So, Big Cities Health Coalition was founded i was a former leaders for Health Departments to Exchange Strategies and address issues to promote and protect the health and safety of the residents. There we have of pediatrics will do a Measles Outbreak one oh one and why immunization is so important. The American Academy of pediatrics is a nonprofit professional organization with more than 67000 pediatricians we are dedicated to the health and safety and wellbeing of children and adolescents and young adults we publish recommended elimination schedules with the cdc American Academy physicians and gynecologist so lets go back to the history of measles in 1953 it was licensed in a 1968 the vaccine began to be over the country it
Good morning everybody thank you for coming. The executive director of the bigcity Health Coalition want to say a special thank you to Representative Office for securing the space for us and while i know the congresswoman could not be here today i want to thank her for being a true champion for Public Health also the American Academy of pediatrics for being such a great partner as we planned this event. The Health Coalition started in 2002 is a forum for leaders of the largest metropolitan Health Department for strategies to jointly address issues to promote and protect the health and safety of the residents we have those jurisdictions whose Health Department serves nearly 62 million or one out of five americans well have two jurisdictions here today. You have bios in front of you i will not take up time i want to introduce the panel that i will turn it over to them. The order in which they are presenting doctor kraft is the immediate precedent of aat the commissioner of health in new
So, good morning, everybody, thank you for coming. Im the executive director of the big Cities Health coalition. I want to start by saying a special thank you to representative roy allards office for securing this for us. While i know that the congresswoman couldnt be here today. I want to thank you her for being a true champion for Public Health and thank the American Academy of pediatrics for being such a great partner to us as we started this event, planned this event. So, the big Cities Health coalition was founded in 2002 and is a forum for leaders of americas largest metropolitan Health Departments who have changed strategies and jointly address issues to promote and protect the health and safety of their residents. We have nearly 30 we have 30 members whose Health Department serve 62 million or one in five americans and we luckily have two of our member jurisdictions here today. So you all have bios in front of you so im not going to take up too much time, but i want to introduc