Harvard Forum Questions Former CDC Directors About How To Fix The Agency CNN Asks Similar Questions To Current & Former Senior Level CDC Officials Five former CDC directors (Bill Foege, Bill Roper, Tom Frieden, Julie Gerberding, and Robert Redfield) serving as far back as 1977 and as recently as 2021 were questioned about the failures and challenges observed at the CDC during the pandemic and asked for their views about how to fix the agency.
part of a Harvard School of Public Health year long series entitled Public Health On The Brink. According to Harvard, the series will examine the urgent challenges facing public health today and explore the most promising ideas for rebuilding and revitalizing the field.
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On The Light Side April Deadline Nears To Enter New Haiku Contest Read Sample Entries Below Our latest haiku contest to bring forth some of the insights and observations about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on epidemiology and/or on epidemiologists has received multiple entries. As intended with haikus, many of the poems say a lot with few words. Many are wise or humorous or witty.
of the entries received to date. The deadline for entering the contest is April 30. Winners of the cash prizes of $500, $300, and $200 will be announced in the May issue. As described in previous issues, our goal is to capture both positive and - Haiku cont'd on page 2
Readers can enjoy below a sample April 2022
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