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The global pandemic might have revealed the importance of robust public health infrastructure, but we still have trouble grasping the vital need to invest in it.

SAN FRANCISCO — California is approaching another summer amid growing anxiety over COVID-19 as outbreaks increase and officials try to determine when this new wave will crest.

There were 56 more Covid-19 fatalities and 7,650 confirmed new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported on Wednesday.

The WA Government is rushing through legislation to extend its pandemic powers for another six months. This is what it means and why it is important.

The federal government provided billions in federal aid to states on the condition that they would not remove people from Medicaid until the public health emergency ends. The temporary measure has extended more than two years.

Rate was highest since 1994, US public health agency says, with 79 percent of all homicides in 2020 linked to guns.

WASHINGTON — Members of vulnerable and hard-to-reach groups could find it more difficult to get treatment for substance use disorders if the end of the public health emergency also brings the end of policies that allow health care providers to prescribe medications through video or audio calls, experts say.

The end of the pandemic may make it harder for vulnerable populations to have access to medication-assisted treatment for drug addiction.

Employee and company resiliency can be enhanced through the opportunity for employees to work remotely during natural disasters and other events that cause workplace displacement, suggests a research team from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health. Read more on Dynamite News: