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Recession And Health Care Continue To Be A Bad Mix
Daily Kos —
... story references one of two reports to be released today. This one is from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). In a report to be released Tuesday, her group warns that the nation’s system of emergency rooms is in “serious condition.” Dr. Gardner argues that any public discussion of overhauling the current health system must include the nation’s emergency departments. The other important report released earlier today is from Trust For America's Health, which will review the 50 ...
Arizona Gets Failing Marks on Disaster Preparedness Report
Weekly Standard Blog —
... The Trust for America's Health has issued its annual report card on how states are doing in preparing for disease, disaster, and bioterror. Five states earn a perfect 10 out of 10: Louisiana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin. At the bottom of the scale -- earning just 5 out of 10 -- are 6 states, ...
Health Care And Preparedness Report Cards: The System Needs Work
Daily Kos —
... board member and UnitedHealth Group executive vice president and chief of medical affairs. "Without action in these severe economic times, the harsh findings of this report will only be worse next year for our nation, states, communities, families, and individuals. This is a time for urgent and focused action. Our nation’s and our children’s health are too important to do otherwise." Full report: America's Health Rankings 2008 From TFAH: "The economic crisis could result in a serious rollback of the progress ...
Flu And You - Part V
Daily Kos —
... opinion of how far we've come, and where we need to go. His opinion was that there's a "mixed scorecard". While the vaccine picture has certainly improved, with high-tech solutions for mass production on the horizon, and research into adjuvants and other antigen-stretching techniques (making vaccine more efficacious, and allowing more vaccine to be made with the same hard-to-produce antigen) has come a long ways, the "under-exploited" state stockpiling of anti-virals was notable (see Trust For America's Health 2008 Ready or Not? report.) The Biomedical Advanced Research and ...
Flu And You - Part VI
Daily Kos —
... In releasing our 2008 version of Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism we expressed great concern that some of the progress we have measured over the last six years will diminish as states make budget cutbacks and the impact of federal cuts in preparedness funding are felt. We know that states are cutting public health budgets; we know that states are laying off key personnel and leaving vacancies unfilled. This will inevitably have an impact on preparedness. It will take some time to be able to measure ...
