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The US’ Withdrawal from the WHO Will Increase Death Rates and Threatens Global Security

July 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Consortium of Universities for Global Health, johns hopkins school of nursing, WHO, World Health Organization

President Trump’s decision to withdraw the US and its financial support from the World Health Organization is grossly irresponsible at any time but particularly so during a pandemic.

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WashU Expert: America gains nothing by leaving WHO

July 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, COVID-19, Trump, WHO, World Health Organization

President Donald Trump’s recent announcement to suspend U.S. funding to, and withdraw from, the World Health Organization is “counter to our interests in addressing our needs to save the lives and further the health of Americans, as well as an abandonment of America’s position as a global leader,” says the director of Washington University in St.

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WashU Expert: WHO withdrawal may not be legal

July 9, 2020 sarah Jonas WHO, World Health Organization

President Donald Trump announced July 7 that the United States has officially begun to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). Trump may or may not have the authority to do so, says an expert on health law at Washington University in St. Louis.“It’s not clear that the president can unilaterally withdraw the United States from membership in the WHO,” said Rachel Sachs, associate professor of law and a renowned expert on health policy and drug law.

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Americans face greater risks if U.S. pulls from World Health Organization, say WVU health and policy experts

July 8, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, COVID-19, Executive Order, Health Policy, World Health Organization

The Trump administration’s plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, effective July 6, 2021, could reshape global diplomacy and weaken public health efforts at home, particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to West Virginia University experts in health and public policy.

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Defunding and Departing from the WHO: A Threat to Global Security and Also the United States

June 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, johns hopkins school of nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Patricia Davidson, United Nations, World Health Organization

In the midst of the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic, President Trump’s announcement that the US will defund and depart from the World Health Organization (WHO) poses a clear and present danger to all Americans and the international community. Infectious diseases do not recognize national boundaries nor a person’s politics. Our responses to them cannot either.

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Tulane University librarians help provide critical information to WHO teams

April 13, 2020 sarah Jonas covid 19, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Univeristy, World Health Organization

Tulane University faculty member Dr. Lina Moses, a seasoned epidemiologist and disease ecologist in the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, was deployed to Geneva where she worked on the COVID-19 response over the past two months. Receiving daily publication reports, Moses is charged with rapidly distributing the most impactful scientific information to the World Health Organization (WHO) operational response teams. This involves the daily appraisal of a vast amount of critical literature on all aspects of the novel virus relevant to the prevention of infection and the treatment of those infected.

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How can we be more sure social media posts about coronavirus are accurate?

March 26, 2020 sarah Jonas Anxiety, CDC, Centers For Disease Control, Conspiracy Theories, Coronavirus, COVID-19, disinformation campaigns, politics and anxiety, Social Media, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville, WHO, World Health Organization

As COVID-19 has increasingly isolated us from each other, we’re relying more and more on social media for a sense of connection and as a source of information about the virus and it’s spread. But how can we be more confident that what we’re seeing is accurate?

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Biophysical Society Statement on COVID-19

March 4, 2020 sarah Jonas Biophysical Society, BPS, CDC, Centers For Disease Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Coronavirus, COVID-19, novel coronavirus, WHO, World Health Organization

.ROCKVILLE, MD – As concern continues to grow concerning the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, so does the opportunity for misinformation to spread as the public searches for reliable information on infection and means of protection.