Tasha Golden, PhD

THANK YOU for your incredible support for the displaced and injured animals of Los Angeles. All donations to @PasadenaHumane have been matched and multiplied by us 5-1. Please continue to share this far and wide so we can reach maximum matching! facebook.com/donate/8953929…

As we enter a new year, many of us feel pressured to perform cheery optimism. But doing so may get in the way of our goals. My latest for @PsychToday shares how challenging emotions offer the keys to creativity & change. Read it here: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/think-…

Learn how the #artsonprescription model can be part of your 2025 #wellness plan mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episod… @goldenthis @artsandmindlab @UFCAM @masscultural @artsinhealthUS @ufhealth @j_artshealthlab @Art__Pharmacy #art #arts #health #medical #community #research #nature #healthcare

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A new study found that during an H5N1 bird flu outbreak in dairy cows in Colorado, use of personal protective equipment (PPE) among workers increased after animals got sick. Supplying PPE to workers and explaining the protections might help increase use. Read more in @CDCMMWR: bit.ly/mm7344a2

Wastewater in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Sacramento, Sunnyvale and Turlock has tested positive for H5 bird flu virus in their latest sample.

If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line, because you have a right to make your voice heard: IWillVote.com

@TravisAllen02 Can confirm. In my polling location, workers used tablets to check voters in. They were functional @ the table for my street/area, but other lines were out the door. Poll workers said “our computers keep shutting themselves off; we keep having to power them back up & start over”

Mike Johnson's asinine admission that he would repeal the CHIPS Act if Republicans and Trump win the election is a complete disaster for thousands of Michigan workers relying on the jobs that this legislation provides. Make no mistake, a repeal of the CHIPS Act would kill thousands of good-paying manufacturing jobs right here in Michigan. The CHIPS Act was a huge win for Michigan workers, our manufacturers, and families’ pocketbooks, because it’s all about bringing a vital supply chain home, creating more good-paying jobs, and lowering costs. Republicans can’t stop attacking Michigan jobs and businesses, and we’ve got to vote them out.

Confident of a big win, Mike Johnson promises he and Trump will abolish Obamacare and bring back denial of insurance for preexisting conditions. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

@M8Void I’ve been using an indoor air quality meter (Aranet4) for the last couple years. Hotel room numbers (varied chains) have been 750 @ highest, & typically below 675. This isn’t a guarantee re safety (& CO2 is a proxy), but—IAQ is far better than I’d expected.

Dear Covid conscious Twitter, how do you find Covid safer motels/hotels? Is there a way to find a place that doesn’t have shared air with another room? How do you find out if there is central heat/air to avoid those places?

Follow the science. The science tells us that we can’t make the blanket assumption that a #COVID infection will be “harmless” or “mild”, even if it feels that way in the acute stages. Unmitigated constant reinfections is not a plan. When will @CDCgov and @CDCDirector speak up?

We have partnered w/@Uber to provide Floridians free rides to & from shelters in counties evacuating for #Milton. Get a ride: 📲 Open the Uber app 👤 Tap Account on the bottom right & tap Wallet ✅ Add promo code MILTONRELIEF Find a state-approved shelter: FloridaDisaster.org/Shelter-Status.

The get ahead of the "There've always been heart attacks in young people" crowd. They were rare. Now they're not. This is a public health emergency. “There are definitely more younger people coming in with heart attacks. There’s data to back that up." today.com/health/causes-…

It’s National Arts & Humanities Month! “Arts Engagement is a Health Behavior,” is new research that shows how the arts can support mental health AND reduce mental health inequities at all levels. This recent work is now OPEN ACCESS and FREE to download: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Congratulations, @jerichobrown. Great to see this news.

Happy 1-year anniversary to the Arts on Prescription Field Guide! This evidence-based guide offers a roadmap for creating programs that formally integrate arts, culture, and nature resources into local health and social care systems. arts.ufl.edu/sites/creating… More below ⬇️

@chrislhayes @nberlat The response to his mentions of the border should just be: “If he actually cared about border safety, he wouldn’t have killed the border bill just to keep this talking point.” Regardless how one views that bill, his work against it proves that his crime rhetoric is theater.

It’s genuinely the only thing he’s focused on.

@YouGovAmerica @YouGov @masscultural @goldenthis @ONOP_2024 Learn how to activate #ArtsOnPrescription in your community- access our field guide today: bit.ly/ArtsOnPrescrip… 📸: Erin Beardslee #SocialPrescribing #ArtsInHealth #ArtsInPublicHealth #ArtsInMedicine #ArtsInHealthCare #Epidemiology #ArtsInHealthResearch #ArtsInCommunity

“The whole language of writing for me is finding out what you don’t want to know.” This week, to celebrate James Baldwin’s life and legacy on the occasion of his one hundredth birthday, we’ve unlocked his Art of Fiction interview from our archive. buff.ly/3dC4FD5