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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition: Gracious gifts that spread love and beauty -
“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska: An artist’s manual on how to create beautiful Polish pajaki -
“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead: A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Tag Archives: Center for Disease Control
Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic?
The United States (and the world) is lagging in infectious disease readiness
At least every couple of years it seems there’s a big news story about some sort of exotic virus making the rounds far across the globe somewhere. We hear about awful things like Ebola and Bird Flu spreading in other … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Center for Disease Control, epidemics, infectious disease, pandemic, spanish flu
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How a Faulty CDC Study Led to Bad Journalism, False Panic, and Bad Legislation
A Center for Disease Control report on farmers and suicide turns out to be bad data
Here in the United States, we rely on research from many organizations, both private and governmental, to inform us on public health issues and guide our legislators in crafting laws to benefit the public good. This can mean anything from … Continue reading
