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Facility-based blood pressure measurement and treatment

The Lancet | Dr. Tom Frieden and co-authors argue that facility-based WHO HEARTS programs —...

New Disease Threats Follow Trump Administration’s Health Program Cuts

KFF Health News reports on concerns that health program cuts could weaken surveillance and response...
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Ebola Returns: How We Can Fight Back

As the DRC Ebola outbreak becomes the second largest on record, experts warn that US...

New disease threats follow Trump administration’s health program cuts

Trump administration cuts to health agencies and global programs are undermining U.S. defenses against Ebola,...
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New Plan Scales Back C.D.C’s Work on Diseases Abroad

A new State Department plan aims to overhaul the CDC's global surveillance for emerging diseases...

How South Korea cracked its blood pressure crisis – and what other countries can learn

The Telegraph | Sarah Newey explores how South Korea achieved a hypertension control rate of...
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Hosting the World Cup makes US ‘really ripe’ for diseases, experts worry

USA Today | Public health experts warn that hosting the 2026 World Cup across 11...
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I led the U.S. CDC response to the 2014 Ebola epidemic. The new outbreak needs massive, immediate, meticulous action

STAT | Dr. Tom Frieden calls for massive, immediate action to stop the growing Ebola...
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This Is Why You Don’t Slash Humanitarian Aid

NY Times | Nicholas Kristof argues that dismantling USAID, withdrawing from the WHO, and neglecting...

What’s different about this Ebola outbreak?

CBS News | Dr. Tom Frieden joins CBS News to discuss what sets the current...

8 former CDC directors: Reform PEPFAR, don’t dismantle it

STAT | A State Department plan scheduled to be implemented June 1 would strip the...

The World Is Playing Catch-Up to Ebola

The Atlantic | The world is already playing catch-up to a deadly disease....

Ex-CDC director calls Ebola outbreak ‘potentially devastating’

Reuters | An outbreak of a rare strain of the Ebola virus in the Democratic...

Hantavirus response raises readiness concerns

Axios | "The U.S. has gone from leading global health security to watching from the...

Scramble to contain hantavirus outbreak raises public health questions

ABC News | Dr. Tom Frieden examines the response to a hantavirus outbreak linked to...

Why don’t proven health interventions reach people who need them?

Devex | Opinion: The “best buys” approach in global health has led to progress but...

Team approach to lowering high blood pressure worked even in `a tough landscape’

STAT News | Intensive strategy shows promise at community health centers serving low-income people...

Health Storytelling with Tom Frieden, MD

Center for Study of Human Health, Emory University | A Do Not Miss Health Storytelling...

Former CDC Director: How to Fix Healthcare

CXOTalk | Former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden explains why millions die from preventable causes...

4 calls to action from public health leaders who served in Republican and Democratic administrations

Healthbeat | Public health is inherently political because it often involves policy decisions, but it...

Facility-based blood pressure measurement and treatment

The Lancet | Dr. Tom Frieden and co-authors argue that facility-based WHO HEARTS programs —...

New Disease Threats Follow Trump Administration’s Health Program Cuts

KFF Health News reports on concerns that health program cuts could weaken surveillance and response...
Time-image

Ebola Returns: How We Can Fight Back

As the DRC Ebola outbreak becomes the second largest on record, experts warn that US...

New disease threats follow Trump administration’s health program cuts

Trump administration cuts to health agencies and global programs are undermining U.S. defenses against Ebola,...
New York Times Logo

New Plan Scales Back C.D.C’s Work on Diseases Abroad

A new State Department plan aims to overhaul the CDC's global surveillance for emerging diseases...

How South Korea cracked its blood pressure crisis – and what other countries can learn

The Telegraph | Sarah Newey explores how South Korea achieved a hypertension control rate of...
USA Today logo

Hosting the World Cup makes US ‘really ripe’ for diseases, experts worry

USA Today | Public health experts warn that hosting the 2026 World Cup across 11...
STAT News logo

I led the U.S. CDC response to the 2014 Ebola epidemic. The new outbreak needs massive, immediate, meticulous action

STAT | Dr. Tom Frieden calls for massive, immediate action to stop the growing Ebola...
New York Times Logo

This Is Why You Don’t Slash Humanitarian Aid

NY Times | Nicholas Kristof argues that dismantling USAID, withdrawing from the WHO, and neglecting...

What’s different about this Ebola outbreak?

CBS News | Dr. Tom Frieden joins CBS News to discuss what sets the current...

8 former CDC directors: Reform PEPFAR, don’t dismantle it

STAT | A State Department plan scheduled to be implemented June 1 would strip the...

The World Is Playing Catch-Up to Ebola

The Atlantic | The world is already playing catch-up to a deadly disease....

Ex-CDC director calls Ebola outbreak ‘potentially devastating’

Reuters | An outbreak of a rare strain of the Ebola virus in the Democratic...

Hantavirus response raises readiness concerns

Axios | "The U.S. has gone from leading global health security to watching from the...

Scramble to contain hantavirus outbreak raises public health questions

ABC News | Dr. Tom Frieden examines the response to a hantavirus outbreak linked to...

Why don’t proven health interventions reach people who need them?

Devex | Opinion: The “best buys” approach in global health has led to progress but...

Team approach to lowering high blood pressure worked even in `a tough landscape’

STAT News | Intensive strategy shows promise at community health centers serving low-income people...

Health Storytelling with Tom Frieden, MD

Center for Study of Human Health, Emory University | A Do Not Miss Health Storytelling...

Former CDC Director: How to Fix Healthcare

CXOTalk | Former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden explains why millions die from preventable causes...

4 calls to action from public health leaders who served in Republican and Democratic administrations

Healthbeat | Public health is inherently political because it often involves policy decisions, but it...
T.R. Frieden, R. Garg, A.E. Moran, P.K. Whelton Facility-based blood pressure measurement and treatment The Lancet
N. Kristof This Is Why You Don’t Slash Humanitarian Aid *The New York Times
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