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Denise Herd is a Professor of Public Health at UC Berkeley. Herd’s scholarship centers on racialized disparities in health outcomes, spanning topics as varied as images of drugs and violence in rap music, drinking and drug use patterns, social movements, and the impact of corporate targeting and marketing on popular culture among African American youth. In addition to her extensive scholarship in public health, Herd has also served as associate dean at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health for seven years.
PhD – Medical Anthropology, UC San Francisco, 1985
MA – Anthropology, San Francisco State University, 1978
BA – Anthropology, UC Berkeley, 1972
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Will you stop wearing a mask outdoors? Here s what 4 COVID experts say they re doing
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Pedestrians were face coverings on Mission Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, February 17, 2021.Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle
With California’s new pandemic regulations and guidance, mask-wearing might be heading toward a sea change in the state.
After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask-wearing mandate for vaccinated people, California followed suit. As of Monday, those who have been fully inoculated against COVID-19 are no longer required to wear masks outdoors, except in crowded settings like performances, sports events and festivals.
Panelists discuss how far-right groups used COVID-19 to achieve goals
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During a virtual panel sponsored by the Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley, panelists discussed far-right groups in the United States. The panel was moderated by Phi Nyuyen, litigation director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta. (TapTheForwardAssist, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to divide opinions across the nation, panelists discussed the ways in which white supremacists have used the pandemic to further their agendas during a Thursday event sponsored by UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute.
The panel was held live online and included panelists from California, Georgia and Michigan. According to Denise Herd, professor at the School of Public Health, multiple actors have contributed to the movement against public health measures. These included federal government leaders, such as former president
Volunteers and health care workers carry out a mass vaccination campaign at the former site of a Sears department store in a partnership with San Diego County, the city of Chula Vista and Sharp HealthCare. (Courthouse News photo/Barbara Leonard)
LOS ANGELES (CN) The race to get a Covid-19 vaccine in Los Angeles is cutthroat and most people don’t even know they’re in the competition.
Over the last year, South Central and East LA have weathered the brunt of the pandemic as more Black and Latino residents died from the virus than any other groups in the county. A recent overview map from public health data shows underserved communities are alarmingly passed over in the vaccination rollout despite the best efforts from health agencies.