The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is working to build a Culture of Health.
Since 1972, RWJF has supported research and programs to uncover the many factors that impact health, and enable people and communities to be as healthy as possible. Working alongside public health leaders, entrepreneurs, research scientists, policymakers and community leaders, the Foundation is committed to ensuring that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to achieve better health where we live, learn, work and play.
Delaying or politicizing the CDC Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report would be a breach of public trust that could undermine the nation’s efforts to fight coronavirus, particularly in communities of color, says RWJF President and CEO Richard Besser.
RWJF President and CEO Richard Besser talks about how for many of the nearly 28 million people in America without health insurance, complying with the CDC guidelines to stay home when COVID-19 symptoms are present is an impossibility, especially for people of color or those in low-wage jobs.
RWJF Executive Vice President Julie Morita highlights the urgent need for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to take the lead in activating and coordinating the nation’s COVID-19 vaccine planning.
RWJF stands in solidarity with those speaking out against, and working to end, anti-black racial violence and other forms of interpersonal and structural racism, and seeking racial justice in America.
Melissa Blair
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation media@rwjf.org or (609) 627-5937
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8 million people may get a piece of $2.7 billion in health insurance rebates
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