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Public Health Pulse Podcast Season 2 Episode 3: Dr. Sal Sandoval and Janhavi Dubhashi

Interview #1Dr. Sandoval will discuss the challenges of protecting essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and climate & environmental crisis that disproportionately impact working class people of color. Sal will reflect on his vast experience and share his vision for a public health infrastructure that truly serves our people. Dr. Sandoval has been involved in […]

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Public Health Pulse Podcast Season 2 Episode 2: Rob Wallace and Lara Jirmanus

Interview #1 We will briefly discuss the current landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications of ending the Public Health Emergency. We’ll look at some practical steps to address the current and likely future pandemics. And finally, we’ll raise the question of what kind of public health and scientific infrastructure could we have and

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Public Health Pulse Podcast Season 2 Episode 1: Cara Page and Edgar Rivera Colón

The inequitable response to the COVID-19 pandemic has heaped more trauma on working class communities especially Black, Indigenous, Latinex, Immigrant and disability & elderly communities. Today’s interview with Cara Page will discuss the definitions, origins, and timeliness of a Healing Justice framework toward the creation of an abolitionist, equitable and transformative system of health and

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People’s CDC Webinar

Communities are our best defense This week marks the first year anniversary of the establishment of the People’s CDC. With the federal government and countries around the world rolling back public health programs for controlling COVID-19, it’s clear such community efforts to shape public policy represent our best defense against a pandemic that continues to

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Wastewater Data FAQs

What is wastewater data?  Wastewater is the used water from our showers, dishwashers, sinks, toilets and washing machines. Samples from wastewater can provide insight into the health of the population by measuring concentrations of viruses like polio and influenza, or identifying geographic hotspots in the opioid crisis.  Similarly, wastewater data can provide a snapshot of

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We Who Remember

A poem by Sam Friedman We, who remember how Presidents spat bile on junkies and fags, said Never Ever Never as they banned syringe exchange, and hid smiles of glee behind crocodile tears as AIDS deaths soared like the stocks of Dow Jones and Big Pharma, we, who remember, we, who cried, while the rich

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