- President Joe Biden told reporters that the current monkeypox outbreak was unlikely to cause a pandemic on the scale of COVID-19. The president said that the U.S. has enough smallpox vaccine stockpiled to deal with the outbreak, but that people should be cautious. Health authorities said they may have found a third case of the monkeypox virus in the U.S. and are running tests on a patient in South Florida to confirm if the person has contracted the disease. (Articles here, here, here, here, and here)
May 23, 2022
Monday, May 23: 2022: Public Health/Prevention
Jordana Choucair
Jordana is the senior vice president of communications and executive advisor. In this role, she collaborates closely with the CEO and president to design and implement policies, practices, and communications plans to help the firm shape a future system that actualizes a sustainable culture of health nationwide. Jordana has over 17 years of health, communications, and strategic planning experience in the private and public sector. She is certified to teach group fitness through the American Council and Exercise and holds a RYT-200 yoga teacher certification.