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🌍✨ Exciting developments in public health! In our latest blog post, we explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help advance health equity by providing targeted insights, improving access, and optimizing resource allocation. However, we also acknowledge challenges to using AI in public health, including data bias and privacy concerns.🛡👀 We outline five of these challenges and suggest possible approaches to address them. Together, we can build a healthier future for all! Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gGJDmQVv #HealthEquity #PublicHealth #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #LutherConsulting

We all have a lot of choices when it comes to how we get information. For our public health connections, here’s one online option to consider: our own monthly e-newsletter, Public Health Matters. Public Health Matters features recent stories in public health, curated especially for an audience interested in communicable diseases, including HIV and STIs; a calendar of monthly public health “awareness days” and other relevant dates of interest; a selection of upcoming learning opportunities, both in-person and online; Luther Consulting‘s own updates; and more. To read our most recent issue, go to https://zc.vg/Jxyb0?m=0 For more about Public Health Matters, including past issues, visit https://lnkd.in/gDX_WXx2 #publichealth #PublicHealthMatters #NewsYouCanUse

🚨 Despite a growing public health crisis, Congress is considering cutting funding for vital STI & HIV prevention initiatives. Public health workers are on the front lines, doing their best with limited resources, but, as Emily McCloskey Schreiber from NASTAD points out, with stagnant funding, every cut hurts more. 😤💢 NASTAD and allies are calling for increased funding—now is the time to support those on the front lines of the STI & HIV epidemic and advocate for more robust investment in prevention and care! Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gk3eFaG3 #PublicHealth #FundHIV #HealthEquity

The Olympics may be over, but we have a few more jokes to brighten up your #FlashbackFriday today ✨

New to working in public health? Explore this new training plan from CDC that introduces you to state, tribal, local, territorial, and other governmental public health agencies and how they operate: bit.ly/3WnoWVs

Applications for CDC’s Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program (PHIFP) are now open! Centers for Disease Control and Prevention #DataDetectives help local, state, & international #publichealth agencies solve public health informatics & data science challenges. Apply today! bit.ly/datadetective

Are you up-to-date on public health news? Test your knowledge with this week's news quiz from The Nation's Health! Which recent outbreak has been declared a public health emergency? https://lnkd.in/ekm5UT_a #newsquiz

As we face a new international mpox public health emergency, mainly from the more dangerous clade I, in the DRC and other countries in Africa, it is vital we continue to strengthen capacity and awareness around #mpox in the United States. Read more here: https://ow.ly/rjOw50SYoza

Join us on Thursday, September 5th at 1 pm CST/2 pm EST for the third webinar in our "STI Awareness Webinar Series: Gaps in Sexual Health Practices and Diverse Testing Needs" series titled "Bridging the Gap: Inclusive Practices for Gender-Affirming STI Testing." NCSD and Hologic, Inc. are pleased to have Dr. Aniruddha (Anu) Hazra and Taylor Rae (they/them) joining us to share their experiences and highlight an overview of recent climate/impact on the trans and non-binary community, review implementing trauma-informed practices and why language matters in testing, and emphasize the importance of accessibility and inclusivity of testing. Register: https://bit.ly/3YDBn0X

Keeping our communities healthy starts with us. Tomorrow, our esteemed faculty will be discussing the current state of #mpox in the U.S. and globally. Tune in to our webinar tomorrow at 12PM Eastern to learn where we go from here. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ehqcXp_F