What Worked Against Covid: Masks, Closures and Vaccines
Millions of lives were saved in the three years of the pandemic, but millions more...
Five Conditions for Success in Public Health: What improving public health requires
Successful public health implementation requires five elements: good data, rigorous analysis, sensible guidance built on...
Tackling Air Pollution Starts at Home
Over 2 billion people use solid fuels for cooking and heating, causing major health risks....
Fight Covid by learning so we can roll with the punches: 7 lessons for 2022.
Seven life-saving lessons from 2021: get real-time data, communicate effectively, build trust through leadership, protect...
What’s A National Public Health Institute To Do?
National Public Health Institutes collect, analyze, and act on health information. Countries with strong NPHIs...
Lessons from past outbreaks can stop new epidemics in their tracks.
Six outbreaks were stopped in 2021 through preparedness and coordination. Key lessons: local community action,...
Preparing for Pandemics and Other Health Threats Societal Approaches to Protect and Improve Health
COVID-19's devastating costs demonstrate insufficient preparedness. Countries failed to prevent millions of deaths, educational setbacks,...
Making hypertension drugs affordable will save thousands yearly.
Hypertension kills 10 million yearly; less than 3% of Nigerians have it controlled. High drug...
India’s hypertension control programme is an example for the world.
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, kills more than 15 lakh people in India...
India is on the way to gaining independence from its biggest killer, cardiovascular disease.
One of India’s most impressive achievements is gaining independence from industrially produced trans fat in...
Three Solutions for Public Health—And One Dangerous Idea
The Atlantic | The agency I used to lead is beset by slowness, impracticality, and...
Stopping a Pandemic Deadlier Than Covid
The Wall Street Journal | Cardiovascular disease kills more people each year than Covid at...
The Next Covid Wave Is Probably Already on Its Way.
The most important lesson of the Covid pandemic is that the only constant is change....
Former CDC directors: Coordinating our nation’s health data will save lives.
As the SARS-CoV-2 surge recedes, we need to apply the lessons we’ve learned during this...
Making — and muddling — the case for mask and vaccine mandates.
Why I’m cautiously optimistic about Covid-19.
Don’t underestimate Omicron — especially if you’re unvaccinated.
CNN | Omicron is causing a tsunami, not a wave, of infections in the United...
Former CDC director: What’s next with Omicron and the pandemic?
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How to protect your heart without sacrificing taste: Eliminate trans fat from your food.
USA Today | Removing trans fat from the global food supply saves lives and reduces...
Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines are our best chance to end this pandemic. Break up their duopoly.
The Washington Post | Drug companies claim they are on track to produce a glut...
