Essays

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...

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

STAT News | The Public Health Associate Program and Laboratory Leadership Service are vital...
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...

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

STAT News | Former CDC Director Tom Frieden on a better prescription for improving Americans’...
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...
Financial Times

We must strengthen public health surveillance to stop disease outbreaks

Financial Times | Flying blind is dangerous. Technology can build on the basics of local...

Eight former CDC directors: Hollowing out the CDC is a prescription for disaster

STAT | The agency’s ‘core mission’ isn’t infectious disease — it’s the nation’s health...

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...

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

STAT News | The Public Health Associate Program and Laboratory Leadership Service are vital...
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...

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

STAT News | Former CDC Director Tom Frieden on a better prescription for improving Americans’...
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...
Financial Times

We must strengthen public health surveillance to stop disease outbreaks

Financial Times | Flying blind is dangerous. Technology can build on the basics of local...

Eight former CDC directors: Hollowing out the CDC is a prescription for disaster

STAT | The agency’s ‘core mission’ isn’t infectious disease — it’s the nation’s health...
June 16, 2025

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 confusion, higher costs, and preventable disease outbreaks.
June 7, 2025

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

MedPage Today | Follow-up in healthcare facilities is key
April 1, 2025

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
March 2, 2025

Postponing last week’s vaccine meeting endangers Americans’ health

The Hill | The indefinite postponement of a key vaccine advisory meeting raises concerns about efforts to discredit its members and undermine public trust in immunization policy.
February 18, 2025

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

STAT News | The Public Health Associate Program and Laboratory Leadership Service are vital
November 29, 2024

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 Agai —if he’s willing to take on soda companies, ultraprocessed foods, farm subsidies and other
October 31, 2024

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

STAT News | Former CDC Director Tom Frieden on a better prescription for improving Americans’ health
September 13, 2024

Switching To Reduced-Sodium Salt Can Save Lives

Health Affairs | Each year, at least 1.9 million people die from a heart attack or stroke linked to excess salt intake. But taking salt out of food that’s already
September 12, 2024

We must strengthen public health surveillance to stop disease outbreaks

Financial Times | Flying blind is dangerous. Technology can build on the basics of local and national data collection.
September 5, 2024

Eight former CDC directors: Hollowing out the CDC is a prescription for disaster

STAT | The agency’s ‘core mission’ isn’t infectious disease — it’s the nation’s health