Essays

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?

CNN...

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...

Former CDC director: Low sodium salt could save millions of lives.

CNN...

This is what we owe the world’s health and care workers, who put their lives on the line for us.

CNN | hose on the pandemic’s frontlines – health and care workers, including nurses –...

I Ran the C.D.C. Here’s How to Prove That Americans Are Vaccinated.

The New York Times | Without a unified approach to verify compliance, ideally through federal...

The Delta Variant and Beyond: Learning to Live With Covid

The Wall Street Journal | Cases are dramatically up again, but simple protective measures can...

Delta is dangerous and spreading — but vaccination can stop it

CNN | I’m hearing from vaccinated people who are frightened about breakthrough cases, the Delta...

After 2020, pandemic preparedness budget cuts should be unthinkable

The Hill | We’re still in the midst of the worst public health crisis in...

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?

CNN...

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...

Former CDC director: Low sodium salt could save millions of lives.

CNN...

This is what we owe the world’s health and care workers, who put their lives on the line for us.

CNN | hose on the pandemic’s frontlines – health and care workers, including nurses –...

I Ran the C.D.C. Here’s How to Prove That Americans Are Vaccinated.

The New York Times | Without a unified approach to verify compliance, ideally through federal...

The Delta Variant and Beyond: Learning to Live With Covid

The Wall Street Journal | Cases are dramatically up again, but simple protective measures can...

Delta is dangerous and spreading — but vaccination can stop it

CNN | I’m hearing from vaccinated people who are frightened about breakthrough cases, the Delta...

After 2020, pandemic preparedness budget cuts should be unthinkable

The Hill | We’re still in the midst of the worst public health crisis in...
January 24, 2022

Don’t underestimate Omicron — especially if you’re unvaccinated.

CNN | Omicron is causing a tsunami, not a wave, of infections in the United States.
December 7, 2021

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 the burden on health care by preventing heart attacks.
October 12, 2021

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 of coronavirus vaccines globally by 2022. Don’t believe them.
October 3, 2021

This is what we owe the world’s health and care workers, who put their lives on the line for us.

CNN | hose on the pandemic’s frontlines – health and care workers, including nurses – risk their lives every day to treat their patients.
September 21, 2021

I Ran the C.D.C. Here’s How to Prove That Americans Are Vaccinated.

The New York Times | Without a unified approach to verify compliance, ideally through federal leadership, verification will be inaccurate, inconsistent and potentially insecure.
August 13, 2021

The Delta Variant and Beyond: Learning to Live With Covid

The Wall Street Journal | Cases are dramatically up again, but simple protective measures can still control the disease if we deploy them flexibly.
July 23, 2021

Delta is dangerous and spreading — but vaccination can stop it

CNN | I’m hearing from vaccinated people who are frightened about breakthrough cases, the Delta variant and new waves of Covid.
July 20, 2021

After 2020, pandemic preparedness budget cuts should be unthinkable

The Hill | We’re still in the midst of the worst public health crisis in more than a century. We should be doing all we can to prevent anything like