EPISODE · Jun 14, 2022 · 5 MIN
199: Juneteenth Webinar Examines Racism, Health Equity Link
from Public Health Review Morning Edition · host ASTHO
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, will host a discussion featuring comments from Miss Opal Lee known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, as part of a Juneteenth webinar on Thursday; Genny Grilli, Epidemiologist Supervisor at the Minnesota Department of Health, discusses food-related hepatitis outbreaks amidst reports that some strawberries are contaminated with hepatitis; and ASTHO examines legislative and legal actions focused on religious exemptions to vaccination laws as well as Congressional efforts to address the disturbing rise in child suicide cases in a pair of new blog articles. ASTHO Juneteenth Webinar: Commemorating Juneteenth A Journey to Equity ASTHO Blog Article: Youth Suicides and the Mental Health Crisis: What Congress Is Doing ASTHO Blog Article: Courts Consider Whether State Vaccination Laws Must Include a Religious Exemption
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Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, will host a discussion featuring comments from Miss Opal Lee known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, as part of a Juneteenth webinar on Thursday; Genny Grilli, Epidemiologist Supervisor at the Minnesota Department of Health, discusses food-related hepatitis outbreaks amidst reports that some strawberries are contaminated with hepatitis; and ASTHO examines legislative and legal actions focused on religious exemptions to vaccination laws as well as Congressional efforts to address the disturbing rise in child suicide cases in a pair of new blog articles. ASTHO Juneteenth Webinar: Commemorating Juneteenth A Journey to Equity ASTHO Blog Article: Youth Suicides and the Mental Health Crisis: What Congress Is Doing ASTHO Blog Article: Courts Consider Whether State Vaccination Laws Must Include a Religious Exemption
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