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What Cities Need to Know About the End of the Public Health Emergency Declaration

NLC (National League of Cities)

In early 2020, two emergency declarations were issued in support of the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a National Emergency and a Public Health Emergency.

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Big omission in blog series on advance hospital/health and wellness planning, public health planning: addiction services

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But it's also ironic in that my first DC job was for a public health related group, which had an alcohol policies project, and for awhile a program on Hispanic health which included a focus on tobacco consumption. I drink very little, especially now, and I don't use illegal drugs.

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Public Health Initiative Strategy: 10 Local Health Initiatives For Local Governments

GovPilot

In a post COVID-19 world, there is no misunderstanding the important relationship between the public and the proper health health precautions. 2020 very quickly familiarized citizens with new everyday health expectations that they now often do try to live by.

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FIRST AMENDMENT/PUBLIC HEALTH: Freedom of Religion During the COVID-19 Pandemic

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many aspects of our lives have been severely altered and restricted in the name of public health. As of April 24, 2020, there have been close to 900,000 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in America and over 50,000 COVID-19 related deaths. 8, 2020) (last visited Apr. COVID-19 Pandemic.

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What We Learned After Analyzing 5 Months of Active Mobility Responses to COVID-19

The City Fix

In 2020 and into 2021, transportation agencies, companies and advocacy groups acted swiftly in the face of the unique public health crisis and disruption caused by COVID-19. They provided solutions that kept frontline workers, groceries, health services and other critical. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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OMB Outlines Process for Federal Workers to Begin Returning to the Office

FedTech Magazine

After more than three years, the federal government is asking agencies to bring employees back to the office — but is still allowing the option of telework when it improves an agency’s operational health. The public health emergency was declared on Jan.

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A Healthy Dose of Simplification at CDC

GovLoop

Problem statement: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) ability to gather and gain insights from public health data was hindered by wide variability in how that data was being managed at the state and local levels. Daniel Jernigan, Deputy Director for Public Health Science and Surveillance at CDC.