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1 event,This year’s theme is “Shared Responsibility: Strengthening Results for an AIDS-Free Generation.” The annual observance is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988. |
1 event,A conference co-sponsored by The Constitution Project and Global Lawyers and Physicians at Boston University School of Public Health. Participants will include physicians, medical ethicists and others. Discussions will examine obstacles said to impede physicians’ ability to deliver medical care to Guantanamo detainees. The conference will be held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. |
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The Association of Health Care Journalists’ DC Chapter Annual Holiday Networking Party The gathering will be 6-8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at The National Journal offices at The Watergate (600 New Hampshire Ave. NW). At this critical juncture, this Forum at Harvard School of Public Health event will assess where the U.S. stands in the health care law rollout and the resulting health policy implications. |
1 event,The CDC will host a media briefing to discuss the renewed spike of measles in the U.S. and its continued threat to health security. Speakers will include CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H.; the World Health Organization’s Peter Strebel, M.B.Ch.B., M.P.H.; Alan Hinman, M.D., M.P.H., from the Task Force for Global Health; and Samuel Katz, M.D., of Duke University Medical School. Reporters who can’t attend in person can call in to the briefing. |
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1 event,With so much health news dominating the headlines from the Affordable Care Act to the launch of new drugs, The Paley Center for Media is gathering experts to explore the crucial role of media in providing the public with accurate and useful information. |
2 events,The Atlanta chapter will gather to greet the 2013-14 Regional Health Journalism Fellows, who will be in town visiting the CDC as part of the fellowship program. Susan Dentzer, senior policy adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — and on-air analyst for the PBS NewsHour — will convene an informal, media-only discussion on state Medicaid reforms. |
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2 events,Policy forums bring together a cross-section of EBRI sponsors, congressional and executive branch staff, benefit experts, and representatives from academia, interest groups and labor to examine public policy issues. The forums are roundtable discussions featuring verbal and written exchange among speakers and participants.
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3 events,NASHP and the Urban Institute are co-hosting a panel discussion of state officials and national experts to highlight successful state enrollment strategies. The National Center for Health Statistics will release data on “Adverse Experiences With Physician Availability” and estimates of coverage. Featuring two Kaiser Family Foundation experts, Larry Levitt and Jennifer Tolbert, this webinar will touch on some of the major questions as people start using ACA coverage and the end of open enrollment period approaches. |
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1 event,Dec. 23 is the last day consumers who do not have Medicare or employer-sponsored insurance have to enroll for health insurance online if they expect to be enrolled in a plan under the Affordable Care Act on Jan. 1, 2014. |
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1 event,Health benefits under the Affordable Care Act become available. People still have until March 31 to sign up to avoid the mandate. |
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