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SUMMARY:Outbreak Week
DESCRIPTION:Harvard’s Global Health Institute leads a series of discussions on the global threat of pandemics. \nOn Sept. 28\, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Director Anthony Fauci will give a keynote discussion at 9:15 a.m. on “Preventing Epidemics in a Connected World.” at Harvard Law School’s Wasserstein Hall\, 1585 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, Mass. \nOther sessions include: \n\n\nConflict and the Global Threat of Pandemics \n\n\nGlobal Disease Outbreaks: Shaping Public Health Infrastructure & Investments \n\n\nEmerging Infections Then & Now \n\n\nMedia in the Age of Contagions \n\n\nScreening of Contagion with a discussion featuring screenwriter Scott Burns & scientific advisers \n\n\nVaccines for Outbreaks in the Modern World \n\n\nFor registration\, click: https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d6z2VhJyzPWsOjP \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/outbreak-week/
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SUMMARY:Seasonal influenza briefing
DESCRIPTION:Sept. 27\, 10 a.m.\, National Press Club \nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases hold the annual media briefing on the upcoming flu season. Among the keynote speakers will be United States Surgeon General Jerome Adams and Dr. Daniel Jernigan\, director of the CDC’s influenza division.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/seasonal-influenza-briefing/
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SUMMARY:Kaiser Health News Discussion on Medical Overtreatment
DESCRIPTION:From duplicate blood tests to unnecessary knee replacements\, millions of Americans – especially older adults – undergo screenings\, scans and treatments that offer little or no benefit every year. Researchers have estimated that 21 percent of medical care is unnecessary – a problem that costs the health care system at least $210 billion a year. Such “overtreatment” isn’t just expensive. It often harms patients. \noin Kaiser Health News on Thursday\, Sept. 27\, from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. ET for an informative and important discussion about overtreatment. It’s an opportunity to learn from experts in the field about what leads to overtreatment – and how we can avoid it. \nPlease come\, ask questions and share experiences. \nKaiser Health News senior correspondent Liz Szabo will moderate a discussion with you and a panel of experts as we explore this issue: \n\n\nDr. Louise Davies\, MD\, MS.Senior faculty of and research fellowship director for the VA Outcomes Group\, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction\, Vermont \n\n\nDr. Saurabh Jha\, MBBS\, MRCS\, MS. Radiologist and associate professor of radiology at the University of Pennsylvania \n\n\nDr. Barnett Kramer\, MD\, MPH. Director of the division of cancer prevention at the National Cancer Institute \n\n\nDr. Jacqueline Kruser\, MD\, MS. Pulmonologist and critical care physician at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine \n\n\nDr. Ranit Mishori\, MD\, MHS\, FAAFP. Associate professor of family medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine \n\n\nRegistration and lunch begin at noon. \nThe event\, in the Foundation’s Washington\, D.C. office\, is open to the public. Feel free to share this invitation with your contacts and colleagues. Register in advance here. It also will be available as a Facebook Live stream. \nThis event is sponsored in part by The John A. Hartford Foundation which supports KHN’s coverage related to aging & improving care of older adults. \nRead Kaiser Health News’ Treatment Overkill series.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/kaiser-health-news-discussion-on-medical-overtreatment/
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SUMMARY:Increasing Fruit & Vegetable Intake Through Accessibility\, Affordability & Demand
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 1 p.m. ET to learn about the impact of health laws and policies on increasing fruit and vegetable intake and making food accessible and affordable. This is the first in a series of webinars about the role of law and policy in helping to achieve Healthy People 2020 objectives. You’ll hear from authors of a new report about using law and policy interventions to increase fruit and vegetable intake and learn how a large city used regulation to improve availability of staple foods\, including fruits and vegetables in retail settings. \nRegister for this webinar.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/increasing-fruit-vegetable-intake-through-accessibility-affordability-demand/
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