Articles for Public Health Professionals

Why Joe Biden Was Wrong to Declare the Pandemic “Over”—and Why He Was Right
2 years, 3 months ago

Why Joe Biden Was Wrong to Declare the Pandemic “Over”—and Why He Was Right

Slate  

On Sunday night, in an interview with 60 Minutes, President Joe Biden said that the pandemic was “over.” Slate’s science editor Shannon Palus thought that this was a completely ridiculous thing to say! COVID is still a big problem, but we’re in a different phase of the pandemic.” That would have felt accurate to me, and not so undermining of …

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Public health need not be led or delivered by doctors alone
2 years, 3 months ago

Public health need not be led or delivered by doctors alone

The Hindu  

It is common for heads of health services at national, state or district levels in India to be orthopaedic or cardiac surgeons or ophthalmologists who have no training in public health. There is also suboptimal representation of public health professionals in State and Central advisory bodies of health. Many doctors and other health professionals work at the grassroots level and …

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One of the original lab leak deniers calls for a 'thorough investigation' into Covid's origin
3 years, 6 months ago

One of the original lab leak deniers calls for a 'thorough investigation' into Covid's origin

Daily Mail  

Dr Peter Palese, a professor of microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, has U-turned after previously supporting a letter denying that COVID-19 could've leaked from a Wuhan lab One of the 27 Covid lab leak deniers who signed a letter denouncing the theory that the virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan has …

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Found Ineffective, Plasma Therapy No Longer Recommended For Covid-19 Treatment
3 years, 7 months ago

Found Ineffective, Plasma Therapy No Longer Recommended For Covid-19 Treatment

News 18  

Days after various studies and expert panels suggested that plasma therapy on Covid-19 patients was found ineffective in reducing the progression to severe disease or death, the treatment protocol has been dropped from the clinical management guidelines, sources said. In the letter, which was also marked to ICMR chief Balram Bhargava and AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, public health professionals alleged …

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COVID-19: Plasma therapy not found effective, likely to be dropped from clinical management guidelines
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19: Plasma therapy not found effective, likely to be dropped from clinical management guidelines

Firstpost  

The present guidelines allows ‘off label’ use of plasma therapy at the stage of early moderate disease, that is, within seven days of the onset of symptoms New Delhi: Plasma therapy on COVID-19 patients has not been found effective in reducing the progression to severe disease or death and is likely to be dropped from the clinical management guidelines, sources …

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Plasma therapy not effective, likely to be dropped from clinical management guidelines on Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Plasma therapy not effective, likely to be dropped from clinical management guidelines on Covid-19

India Today  

Plasma therapy on Covid-19 patients has not been found effective in reducing the progression to severe disease or death and is likely to be dropped from the clinical management guidelines, sources said. In the letter, which was also marked to ICMR chief Balram Bhargava and AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, public health professionals alleged that the current guidelines on plasma therapy …

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The challenge of changing health behaviour
4 years, 2 months ago

The challenge of changing health behaviour

The Hindu  

The role of health behaviour in public health practice needs special attention during an epidemic. Identifying ‘at risk’ sections The real skill of public health professionals during an epidemic is to identify those social groups which can be at greater risk to disease at any given point of time. Comment | The pandemic and the challenge of behaviour change It …

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