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The world is losing immunity to superbugs, but we can rebuild it

Financial Times | The evidence base for reversing drug resistance is there: measure results, learn...

Partisanship Is Poisoning Public Health

Scientific American | States and universities must step up to preserve data, and Congress must...

The Simple Steps That Can Prevent Dementia

The Wall Street Journal | My grandmother was terrified of losing her memory, but in...

How Alice Hamilton helped the world see a hidden poison

Big Think | In this excerpt from “The Formula for Better Health,” Tom Frieden explores...
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The Invisible Diseases Killing Americans

TIME | On Sept. 11, 2001, I was traveling in remote villages in West Bengal,...

The ‘Cassandra’ Curse on Public Health — An excerpt from Tom Frieden’s book, The Formula for Better Health

MedPage Today | The black rotary phone rang in my dingy New York City Health...
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A former CDC director’s guide to seeing and stopping threats to America’s health

STAT News | A dangerous idea is on the table: ending universal hepatitis B birth-dose...

Tom Frieden, médecin américain : « Les Etats-Unis torpillent leur propre système de santé et renoncent à leur leadership mondial »

Le Monde | Dans une tribune au « Monde », un ancien directeur des Centres...

Ex-CDC director: The last words my father spoke to me—and what they taught me about saving lives

Fortune | On September 11, 2001, I was deep in rural India, five years into...
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We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

We have each had the honor and privilege of serving as director of the Centers...
Dismantling Public Health

Dismantling Public Health Infrastructure, Endangering American Lives

The New England Journal of Medicine | The extreme reductions that the Trump administration is...
Transparency Misinterpreted

Transparency Misinterpreted: CDC Vaccine Policy and Conflicts of Interest

Think Global Health | A former CDC director says the idea that the agency's vaccine...

Former CDC Director: RFK Jr. is Dangerously Wrong about Vaccines

TIME | The firing of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee threatens decades of progress, risking...
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Mass Screenings Alone Won’t Control the U.S. Hypertension Problem

MedPage Today | Follow-up in healthcare facilities is key...
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Former CDC Director Tom Frieden: Cuts to the agency will cost American lives and dollars

STAT News | Here are just three of the essential teams that have been gutted...

Postponing last week’s vaccine meeting endangers Americans’ health

The Hill | The indefinite postponement of a key vaccine advisory meeting raises concerns about...
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Former CDC director: Two programs reportedly on the chopping block must be saved

Trump administration plans to eliminate two essential CDC training programs. Former CDC director warns that...
WSJ We Battled Big Food

We Battled Big Food. Can RFK, Jr. Succeed Where We Failed?

Wall Street Journal | Two former top health officials say Kennedy can Make America Healthy...
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What Trump and RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ gets right — and very wrong

Trump and Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again correctly identifies chronic disease problems but mixes sound...
Health Affairs

Switching To Reduced-Sodium Salt Can Save Lives

Health Affairs | Each year, at least 1.9 million people die from a heart attack...

The world is losing immunity to superbugs, but we can rebuild it

Financial Times | The evidence base for reversing drug resistance is there: measure results, learn...

Partisanship Is Poisoning Public Health

Scientific American | States and universities must step up to preserve data, and Congress must...

The Simple Steps That Can Prevent Dementia

The Wall Street Journal | My grandmother was terrified of losing her memory, but in...

How Alice Hamilton helped the world see a hidden poison

Big Think | In this excerpt from “The Formula for Better Health,” Tom Frieden explores...
Time-image

The Invisible Diseases Killing Americans

TIME | On Sept. 11, 2001, I was traveling in remote villages in West Bengal,...

The ‘Cassandra’ Curse on Public Health — An excerpt from Tom Frieden’s book, The Formula for Better Health

MedPage Today | The black rotary phone rang in my dingy New York City Health...
STAT News logo

A former CDC director’s guide to seeing and stopping threats to America’s health

STAT News | A dangerous idea is on the table: ending universal hepatitis B birth-dose...

Tom Frieden, médecin américain : « Les Etats-Unis torpillent leur propre système de santé et renoncent à leur leadership mondial »

Le Monde | Dans une tribune au « Monde », un ancien directeur des Centres...

Ex-CDC director: The last words my father spoke to me—and what they taught me about saving lives

Fortune | On September 11, 2001, I was deep in rural India, five years into...
New York Times Logo

We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

We have each had the honor and privilege of serving as director of the Centers...
Dismantling Public Health

Dismantling Public Health Infrastructure, Endangering American Lives

The New England Journal of Medicine | The extreme reductions that the Trump administration is...
Transparency Misinterpreted

Transparency Misinterpreted: CDC Vaccine Policy and Conflicts of Interest

Think Global Health | A former CDC director says the idea that the agency's vaccine...

Former CDC Director: RFK Jr. is Dangerously Wrong about Vaccines

TIME | The firing of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee threatens decades of progress, risking...
Medpage today logo

Mass Screenings Alone Won’t Control the U.S. Hypertension Problem

MedPage Today | Follow-up in healthcare facilities is key...
STAT News logo

Former CDC Director Tom Frieden: Cuts to the agency will cost American lives and dollars

STAT News | Here are just three of the essential teams that have been gutted...

Postponing last week’s vaccine meeting endangers Americans’ health

The Hill | The indefinite postponement of a key vaccine advisory meeting raises concerns about...
STAT News logo

Former CDC director: Two programs reportedly on the chopping block must be saved

Trump administration plans to eliminate two essential CDC training programs. Former CDC director warns that...
WSJ We Battled Big Food

We Battled Big Food. Can RFK, Jr. Succeed Where We Failed?

Wall Street Journal | Two former top health officials say Kennedy can Make America Healthy...
STAT News logo

What Trump and RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ gets right — and very wrong

Trump and Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again correctly identifies chronic disease problems but mixes sound...
Health Affairs

Switching To Reduced-Sodium Salt Can Save Lives

Health Affairs | Each year, at least 1.9 million people die from a heart attack...
Partisanship Is Poisoning Public Health Scientific American; 2025 Nov 21
The Simple Steps That Can Prevent Dementia The Wall Street Journal; 2025 Oct 10
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