In this week's episode of The Public Health Report, our host Melissa Palafox shares the news on:

-The phenomenon of public health harrassment

-Resistance to airborne transmission

-The effectiveness of art therapy for mental health

-The updates on international spread of monkeypox

References:

Fraser, M. R. (2022). Harassment of health officials: A significant threat to the public’s health. American Journal of Public Health, 112(5), 728–730. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2022.306797

Jimenez, J. L., Marr, L. C., Randall, K., Ewing, E. T., Tufekci, Z., Greenhalgh, T., Tellier, R., Tang, J. W., Li, Y., Morawska, L., Mesiano‐Crookston, J., Fisman, D., Hegarty, O., Dancer, S. J., Bluyssen, P. M., Buonanno, G., Loomans, M. G., Bahnfleth, W. P., Yao, M., … Prather, K. A. (2022). What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the covid ‐19 pandemic? Indoor Air, 32(8). https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.13070

Shukla, A., Choudhari, S. G., Gaidhane, A. M., & Quazi Syed, Z. (2022). Role of art therapy in the promotion of Mental Health: A Critical Review. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28026

Thornhill, J. P., Barkati, S., Walmsley, S., Rockstroh, J., Antinori, A., Harrison, L. B., Palich, R., Nori, A., Reeves, I., Habibi, M. S., Apea, V., Boesecke, C., Vandekerckhove, L., Yakubovsky, M., Sendagorta, E., Blanco, J. L., Florence, E., Moschese, D., Maltez, F. M., … Orkin, C. M. (2022). Monkeypox virus infection in humans across 16 countries — April–June 2022. New England Journal of Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2207323

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