Essays

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...
The Atlantic

Three Solutions for Public Health—And One Dangerous Idea

The Atlantic | The agency I used to lead is beset by slowness, impracticality, and...
Wall Street Journal

Stopping a Pandemic Deadlier Than Covid

The Wall Street Journal | Cardiovascular disease kills more people each year than Covid at...
New York Times Logo

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.

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...
The Atlantic

Three Solutions for Public Health—And One Dangerous Idea

The Atlantic | The agency I used to lead is beset by slowness, impracticality, and...
Wall Street Journal

Stopping a Pandemic Deadlier Than Covid

The Wall Street Journal | Cardiovascular disease kills more people each year than Covid at...
New York Times Logo

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.

October 7, 2022
Frieden TR, McClelland A.

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, and trillions in economic damage. The world remains unprepared for outbreaks.
October 4, 2022
Tom Frieden

Making hypertension drugs affordable will save thousands yearly.

Hypertension kills 10 million yearly; less than 3% of Nigerians have it controlled. High drug prices are a barrier. Standardized protocols and pooled procurement can reduce costs.
September 29, 2022
Tom Frieden

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 every year, but now India has made a strong start improving care for the life-threatening
September 17, 2022
Tom Frieden

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 food by committing to the WHO goal of elimination by 2023.
August 31, 2022

Three Solutions for Public Health—And One Dangerous Idea

The Atlantic | The agency I used to lead is beset by slowness, impracticality, and lack of strategic thinking—but its mission is too essential to abandon.
March 25, 2022

Stopping a Pandemic Deadlier Than Covid

The Wall Street Journal | Cardiovascular disease kills more people each year than Covid at its worst. We know how to prevent it. We just need the political will.
March 22, 2022

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.
March 10, 2022
Julie Gerberding, Jeffrey Koplan, William L Roper and David Satcher

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 pandemic to improve our response to the next health emergency.