Category: COPEWELL

In Case You Missed It: Top 10 Posts From 2017

In honor of the New Year, we are rounding up the blogs that were most viewed by you, our readers, in 2017. America’s Hidden Health Crisis: Hope for Those Who Suffer from ME/CFS Public Health Matters recognized the 25th anniversary of International Awareness Day for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia. Between 825,000 Read More >

January 8, 2018 by Blog Administrator2 Comments

Flu, Injury, natural disasters, preparedness, prevention

chronic disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, college, contact lens, COPEWELL, diarrhea, disease detective, drug overdose, epidemiology, flu, Foodborne, healthy and safe swimming week, Heart disease, John Snow, kit, Norovirus, opioid, pets, preparedness, public health, swimming, Waterborne

Predicting Community Resilience and Recovery After a Disaster

After 9/11, I was asked by the Baltimore City Health Commissioner to help prepare the city for a radiation terrorism event, because my entire career up until that point had been in radiation-based medical imaging. I didn’t know anything about public health preparedness at the time, but I found it very fulfilling to work with Read More >

August 7, 2017 by Jon Links, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health11 Comments

natural disasters, preparedness, response

community, community ressilience, COPEWELL, disaster recovery, Johns Hopkins Center fo Public Health Preparedness, preparedness, preparedness research, preparedness science, public health, resilience