Public Health Posts
A Model for Medical Education and Care Management Expands
This lack of access to specialty care prompted Dr. Arora to create Project ECHO, a collaborative model of lifelong medical education and care management that connects specialists at academic medical centers with primary care clinicians in underserved communities to treat patients with complex, common conditions.
How Healthy Is Northern Virginia?
A new report from the Northern Virginia Health Foundation (a Burness client) tells us that residents of Northern Virginia may not be as healthy as you think.
Changing the Way Doctors Are Paid
According to a report from the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform, a Burness client, changing the way doctors get paid is the first step to fixing our health care system. The report details 12 sweeping recommendations aimed at reining in health spending and improving quality of care.
Living, Working, Learning, Healing… Serving Together
The Mental Health Association of Montgomery County (a Burness client) launched the Serving Together website. The website is the first online home in the county coordinating local resources for service members, veterans and their families to help them stay healthy, find local jobs and transition to civilian life.
Join Us in Signing the CEO Pledge to End Travel Restrictions for People Living with HIV
Did you know that 45 countries around the world impose travel restrictions on people who are HIV positive? Andy Burness, president of Burness Communications, has joined a group of CEOs from companies such as GBCHealth, UNAIDS, and Levi Strauss & Co. who oppose restrictions on the freedom of movement for people living with HIV.
Another Reason to Be Wary of Snakes: They Harbor a Deadly Brain-Swelling Virus
For years, scientists and public health officials couldn’t figure out how the deadly mosquito-borne Eastern Equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) survives the cold mosquito-killing winters in the Northeastern U.S. But a new study offers a missing piece to the puzzle: snakes. According to researchers who wrangled and tested snakes (mostly Cottonmouths) in the Tuskegee National Forest, the reptiles harbor the virus in their bodies throughout hibernation.
Challenging Rabies’ Killer Reputation
Rabies has been thought of as one of the world’s deadliest infections, and exposure to it—usually through the bite of a rabid animal—an automatic death sentence unless immediately treated with a series of painful injections. But according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers have uncovered a pocket of people in a remote area of the Peruvian Amazon who show a natural resistance to the disease.
Nice Save: The Unexpected Benefits of Federally-Funded Health Research
One of the overlooked stories in biomedical research is the story of unintended consequences. Or, more accurately, the story of unintended benefits. That’s the story that we wanted to tell through the new advertising campaign designed by Burness Communications for Research!America.
Accessing Health Care as a Young Adult
More young adults have insurance coverage now than before the health care overhaul took effect--3.1 million more, according to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services showing that the proportion of insured adults ages 19 through 25 has increased to nearly 75 percent. That’s in large part thanks to the Affordable Care Act, which requires insurers to allow young adults to remain on their parents’ family plans until they turn 26.
Map Aims to Help Health Officials Take a Bite Out of Lyme Disease
After sizing up more than 5000 ticks, researchers have created a detailed map of the Eastern United States pinpointing where humans are at highest risk of contracting the disease.
