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Safe Labor, Industry, and Business during a Pandemic
Q&A with Aurora Le
As states in the US slowly reopen their economies, industry and business leaders will need to think about worker safety in new ways, most importantly how to mitigate the spread of infectious disease while still maintaining other basic safety measures specific to their facility. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: 'Micro' Aggressions, Large Lasting Effects
Arline Geronimus featured on PBS SOCAL
People pass micro-aggressions off as comedy or even just natural curiosity, but those who have experienced micro-aggressions can give you a more nuanced way of understanding how damaging these offhanded statements or actions can be. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: How to Address the Coronavirus's Outsized Toll on People of Colour
Enrique Neblett featured in Nature
US scientists say that better data, testing and hospital preparedness are key to erasing inequalities — and to defeating the pandemic overall. Read more
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Surviving the Coronavirus While Black: Pandemic's Heavy Toll on African American Mental Health
Q&A with Riana Anderson
Riana Anderson, assistant professor of Health Behavior and Health Education discusses how COVID-19 and recent racially charged events are affecting the mental health of African Americans during this time. Read more
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5 Steps Employers, Employees Need to Take to Reopen Businesses
Rick Neitzel
Businesses across the nation are preparing to start reopening their workplaces. Rick Neitzel, an expert on occupational and environmental health at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health, outlines five steps that employers and employees can take together to return to work in the safest manner possible. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: There Isn't a COVID-19 Vaccine Yet. But Some Are Already Skeptical About It
Abram Wagner featured in Time
The scientific community agrees that a vaccine is essential to resuming anything resembling normal life. But on a societal level, vaccines only work if they’re widely adopted. Abram Wagner, research assistant professor of Epidemiology, explains. Read more
