The Biden administration can apply what we’ve learned about the intersection of health, society and the economy from COVID-19 and the national reckoning on race and social justice. NASDOH has 8 recommendations for a bold leadership agenda on SDOH. nasdoh.org/wp-content/upl…

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Social distance makes the heart last longer. #healthpolicyvalentines

Today, #NASDOH releases our commentary identifying long-term and short-term challenges and other vaccine rollout implications related to SDOH and inequities that impact the country’s most vulnerable populations.  Read commentary:bit.ly/3axSHLp

Next up – VACCINES! Activate GOTV networks to reach and schedule priority groups as supply grows. They have data; tech platforms; messaging know-how; & large volunteer networks. GOP=65+, Dems=workers and BIPOC. Andy Slavitt Archived Leana Wen, M.D. Bechara Choucair CDC Director Bechara Choucair Archived 😷

This rare conviction of a police officer may come to be seen as a defining moment in America's collective reckoning with issues of race and justice. axios.com/derek-chauvin-…

Chauvin conviction may be a start. Only 99.999999999% of the real work remains to be done now.

Needed proof of our dog’s vaccinations before the groomer would take him today. I know dogs are more deserving than us, but seems like we might take a lesson.

Tagging some of our amazing authors Ed Hunter Dr. Gail C Christopher Monica Valdes Lupi @ColleenBridger Ron Nirenberg Catherine Patterson Shelley Hearne Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Joshua Sharfstein Kendall Stagg Jake Williams Emily #ProMasker #ProVaxxer Holubowich @SLP4publichlth Rex Archer, M.D., M.P.H. Dan Malloy de Beaumont Foundation APHA APHA Press

We have to think beyond #COVID19 & do a real overhaul if we are going to be the healthiest APHA Scott Burris PublicHealthLawRsrch Rich Besser Ed Hunter @simsaveslives @JHSPH_HPM Lerner Center for Public Health Advocacy thehill.com/opinion/health…

NEW: Two years into the pandemic, a lot of us are wondering how the CDC became so politicized. In my latest for Slate, I wrote about why that’s the wrong question. The CDC can’t be apolitical. The question is what kind of politics it should embrace. slate.com/technology/202…

If the parents and politicians that mobilized to keep masks out of schools could bring the same passion to keeping guns out of schools, maybe we’d get somewhere.

In #RaisingtheBar we show how health care can use ALL of its powerful roles to advance #healthequity. Proud of the work of NASDOH Alliance and its partners did with support from RWJF, and input and inspiration from many who give, get, and pay for healthcare.

Discover how healthcare leaders can engage CEOs and Boards to advance #HealthEquity efforts. Registration is now open for the 7/26 Raising the Bar webinar hosted by RWJF, NASDOH Alliance, and National Partnership: bit.ly/RTB-July26

Healthcare orgs have so much untapped areas where they can address #SDOH & improve #healthequity, incl. community partnerships Health Equity Relies on Healthcare Orgs as Anchor Institutions buff.ly/3prkrbg by Sara Heath via PatientEngagementHIT CC: Ed Hunter NASDOH Alliance

Join the last of our five great Raising the Bar webinars! And check out recordings of the previous four at lnkd.in/ehK2QdcN.

An excellent recap of the “Raising the Bar” framework for how healthcare can advance equity and excellence. Also check out our webinars featuring healthcare leaders taking action - rtbhealthcare.org/events/ healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/for…

Love that CNN coverage of GOP in disarray comes with statue of Will Rogers in the background - who famously said “I’m not a member of any organized political party, I’m a democrat. ⁦Jake Tapper 🦅⁩ Manu Raju

Knowing that Elmo cares.

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The warning signs are flashing red. It’s not just the CDC that is at risk, it’s all of us. nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opi…