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Shopping for 2027 #Medicare coverage?
@BrownHSPP Professor @djmeyers2 warns that insurance brokers may or may not be acting in the best interest of beneficiaries. nytimes.com/2026/10/17/busin…
STUDENTS! Is your team set for the 2026 Hack for Humanity? You have until 10/21 to register.
Head to the link to learn about this year's theme, the @Watson_School @BrownCHRHS and the $3,000 seed grant prize! chrhs.watson.brown.edu/educa…
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From a comic about Providence’s former Chinatown to tenant advocacy work, Aidan Choi ’26 uses art to drive change. Now pursuing a dual MPA/MPH degree through the Watson School and @Brown_SPH, he’s building toward a career in public service.
Learn more: ow.ly/2fI150ZUGaR
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Attention Brown Community 📣
Join us 11/11 at 12 PM for a conversation and Q&A with former Africa CDC Director and global health pioneer Ambassador (ret.) John Nkengasong, co-led by Senior Adviser @BethCameron_DC & Horizon Fellow Oluwatosin Akande.
events.brown.edu/public-heal…
ALT Poster for “Lessons from the Frontlines of Global Health Security,” featuring John Nkengasong and hosts.
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I joined @CNN today to talk about the ongoing Ebola outbreak in DRC and the incredible sacrifice of my colleagues who are battling this on the ground and in the treatment centers.
“Cases like this are deeply troubling," Professor @Ateevm says, "but they should be viewed as outliers rather than representative of telemedicine more broadly.”
@BrownHSPP
@CAHPR_BrownSPH
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🦠 PA investigating possible a possible 6th death due to #measles in the state.
🇺🇸 The US 2026-2027 #FluSeason has begun with low activity.
🇯🇵 Japan #flu levels continue to rise, spiking earlier than seen last year.
Subscribe for weekly updates: mailchi.mp/brown/tracking-re…
ALT Map titled “2025–2026 Total Measles Cases in the US by State,” with darker gold and brown indicating higher case counts.
California, Rhode Island, Oregon and Delaware are testing different ways to control healthcare spending.
In a new opinion, Professor @CM_Whaley & Senior Research Scientist @dan_arnold_ of @CAHPR_BrownSPH say each approach comes with tradeoffs.
medpagetoday.com/opinion/sec…
“As Rhode Island’s only school of public health, we have a responsibility to respond to urgent public health challenges like this one,” Dean Beaudoin told @wpri12 about #BrownSPH efforts to assist residents impacted by changes to Medicaid.
wpri.com/health/new-initiati…
SPH READS 📖
Join us next week for a free webinar with author @brian_goldstone & Dean Francesca Beaudoin on Goldstone's Pulitzer Prize-winner, There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America.
Live Q&A following the conversation!
RSVP at the link bit.ly/3TCHnY1
ALT This image is an advertisement for an event titled "SPH Reads." It features a conversation with authors Brian Goldstone and Dean Beaudoin. The event is set for October 20, 2026, from 4 to 5 p.m. and will be held as a Zoom webinar. The book cover shown is "There Is No Place For Us: Working and Homeless in America" by Brian Goldstone. The book is noted as a Pulitzer Prize winner and a New York Times Critics’ Top Book.
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Join our next Game Changers Seminar on 10/23
Joyce Fati Masvaya will lead a panel on strengthening health emergency workforces; covering capacity, surge preparedness & leadership lessons
Featuring @agogo_immanuel, Valentin Disashi, & Dr. Dinah Nasike
brown.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
ALT A flyer for an upcoming seminar shows 4 guests and a QR code with information provided. Titled "Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness"
This is a sad day for public health.💔
Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69. trib.al/3bBswKg
"Obviously, climate change is terrifying," says Rachel Gaither Ph.D.’24, a @Brown_Epi research scientist, "but we can adapt. People and communities are very resilient."
Read the Q&A 🌍⬇️
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Professor @ml_barnett has found that amid the explosion in training programs for our expanding #nursepractitioner workforce, nearly 1 in 3 new NPs is being educated by a for-profit program.
Dr. Barnett's reasons for concern at the link: brown.edu/news/2026-10-08/pr…
ALT Three nurse trainees in blue scrubs work on a dummy in a clinical setting.
ALT Smiling headshot of Dr. Michael Barnett.
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From classroom notes to an illustrated comic exploring the history of Providence's Chinese communities, Brown graduate Aidan Choi uses art to bring research to life.
Now pursuing a dual master's degree at Brown, Choi is preparing for a career in public service. buff.ly/dVGXnOU
“Something is not adding up about this situation,” Professor Jennifer Nuzzo says.
@pandemiccenter
@Brown_Epi
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As Burlington, VT struggles to open an overdose prevention center, Professor Brandon Marshall, who's studying the impact of #OPCs in Providence and NYC, says he's finding that the centers are hubs for healthcare & recovery, and neighbors remain supportive.sevendaysvt.com/news/opioids…
As the US escalates its request for information on the death of a Russian laboratory technician, America’s ability to handle a new public health response “is severely diminished,” Professor @JenniferNuzzo says. “We are talking about a very depleted system."cnn.com/2026/10/06/politics/…
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Via @the_herald: Born under South African apartheid, Wilmot James brings a unique background and forward-looking perspective to his role as Director of the @Watson_School Africa Initiative, building a space for research & collaboration.
browndailyherald.com/article…
Dr. @Craig_A_Spencer spoke to @democracynow about the fastest-growing #Ebola outbreak ever.
"In the past, we would have sent people to be on the ground in the middle of these communities that are most affected. Right now the US is not doing that," he says.democracynow.org/2026/10/6/d…
