Public Health Preparedness

Public Health Preparedness
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COVID-19 Options for 2021
Rafiq Dossani
Jan 12, 2021
The RAND Blog
The disorganized public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States helped ensure that the nation led the world in infections nearly from the beginning of the pandemic. With vaccines now becoming available, are we over the problem? Not necessarily.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Voting in a Pandemic, the U.S. Postal Service, Defunding the Police: RAND Weekly Recap
Aug 28, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on Americans' views about voting in the age of COVID-19, what makes the U.S. Postal Service so essential, why some in law enforcement may be open to “defunding the police,” and more.
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Educational Institutions
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To Reopen Schools Safely, Prepare for New COVID-19 Test Capabilities
Peter S. Hussey, John J. Rydzewski
Aug 28, 2020
The RAND Blog
Safely reopening K–12 schools for in-person instruction requires complicated protocols ranging from symptom monitoring to physical distancing, as well as containment of transmission in the community. State policymakers and school leaders could begin planning now to draft, pilot, and evaluate protocols for reopening schools that incorporate rapid testing.
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Public Health Preparedness
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A Stable Blood Supply Is Critical in the COVID-19 Era
Aug 27, 2020
Millions of lives depend on the U.S. blood supply. But no one knows exactly how much blood is in the system at any given time, or whether it's enough to meet demand. The federal government has no way to collect that data, and hospitals don't share it with each other. What can be done to strengthen the system?
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Health Information Privacy
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Mobile Health Surveillance Is Here to Stay, So How Do We Protect Privacy?
Benjamin Boudreaux
Aug 20, 2020
Inside Sources
Mobile phone surveillance can augment public health interventions to manage COVID-19 and might help countries prepare for the next outbreak. But these programs collect sensitive health and behavior data. That raises significant risks to personal privacy and civil liberties.
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Democracy
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Summer Reading List for Congress
Aug 18, 2020
During the August recess Hill staff should have an opportunity to step back from the fast pace of votes and hearing preparation to examine priorities for the fall and beyond. This list of must-read research and commentary covers some policy issues they will likely be addressing after the break.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Is COVID-19 a National Security Emergency?
Louis Klarevas, Colin P. Clarke
Aug 6, 2020
Just Security
Developing an effective national response to COVID-19 could begin with elevating the pandemic from a public health emergency to a national security crisis. The novel coronavirus may not be a threat that the military can defeat, but that doesn't mean the United States shouldn't set it in its sights and go on the offensive against it.
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Health Care Reform
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Out of the Ashes: Forging the Post-Pandemic U.S. Health System
Sydney Fouche, Kaitlyn Entel, Christopher Nelson, Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD, Mahshid Abir
Jul 31, 2020
The RAND Blog
With shifting insights, new problems, and exacerbation of old problems revealed by the pandemic, innovative solutions in the U.S. health system are being adopted where rapid change would normally have been rare. There is both an opportunity and a responsibility to assess how these changes are working and where they can improve health, reduce inequity, and save money.
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China
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China in 2050, Using Mobile Tools to Track COVID-19, Telemedicine: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 31, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on the future of U.S.-China competition, privacy concerns surrounding mobile tools used to track COVID-19, how telemedicine can help patients access specialized care, and more.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Preparing for a COVID Surge, Reducing Police Violence, Media Literacy in Schools: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 2, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on helping hospitals prepare for a surge in COVID-19 infections, an approach to reducing police violence, teachers' concerns about students' media literacy, and more.
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Biomedical Research
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Biosecurity Is the Lesson We Need to Learn from the Coronavirus Pandemic
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein, James Giordano
May 11, 2020
The National Interest
Biological outbreaks have been a fear among experts for decades and human activities present windows of vulnerability. To address this, America needs to have a new approach to biosafety and biosecurity that addresses the full range of biological threats that humankind and the global environment will face in the future.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Planning for the Upcoming Hurricane Season in Light of COVID-19
Aaron Clark-Ginsberg @aclarkginsberg, Gary Cecchine @GaryCecchine, Craig Fugate, Craig A. Bond
May 4, 2020
Vox
What if Hurricane Katrina had hit during a pandemic? Emergency planners can prepare for this scenario by evaluating current response system capacity, evacuation and sheltering procedures, food and supply issues, and more.
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Firearms
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U.S. Gun Policy, Reopening Schools, Prepping for a Hurricane: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 24, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on what scientific evidence says about the effects of U.S. gun laws, how schools may have to change when they reopen, preparing for a COVID-19 hurricane, and more.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Medical Supply Shortfalls, Parenting Through the Pandemic, North Korea: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 17, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on reducing medical supply shortfalls, understanding who's in charge during a pandemic, North Korea's nuclear blackmail, and more.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Who Calls the Shots During a Pandemic, the U.S. Government or States? Q&A with RAND Experts
Apr 16, 2020
The RAND Blog
The tension between the federal government and state and local authorities has highlighted a fundamental challenge of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic: Who's in charge?
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North Korea
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North Korea: Denying COVID-19
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett, Diana Myers
Apr 2, 2020
The National Interest
According to Pyongyang, North Korea has not yet suffered any cases of COVID-19. That would be surprising, since it is a neighbor and extensive trading partner of China. There are signs that this claim is yet another North Korean deception.
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Public Health Preparedness

COVID-19 Options for 2021

Voting in a Pandemic, the U.S. Postal Service, Defunding the Police: RAND Weekly Recap

To Reopen Schools Safely, Prepare for New COVID-19 Test Capabilities

A Stable Blood Supply Is Critical in the COVID-19 Era

Mobile Health Surveillance Is Here to Stay, So How Do We Protect Privacy?

Summer Reading List for Congress

Is COVID-19 a National Security Emergency?

Out of the Ashes: Forging the Post-Pandemic U.S. Health System

China in 2050, Using Mobile Tools to Track COVID-19, Telemedicine: RAND Weekly Recap

Preparing for a COVID Surge, Reducing Police Violence, Media Literacy in Schools: RAND Weekly Recap

Biosecurity Is the Lesson We Need to Learn from the Coronavirus Pandemic

Planning for the Upcoming Hurricane Season in Light of COVID-19

U.S. Gun Policy, Reopening Schools, Prepping for a Hurricane: RAND Weekly Recap

Medical Supply Shortfalls, Parenting Through the Pandemic, North Korea: RAND Weekly Recap

Who Calls the Shots During a Pandemic, the U.S. Government or States? Q&A with RAND Experts

North Korea: Denying COVID-19

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