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Taming the world’s leading killer: high blood pressure

CNN | High blood pressure is the world’s leading killer – and will kill more...

Former CDC director: Direct Covid-19 vaccines to where they’re needed most

CNN | We’re starting to get the Covid-19 pandemic under control, at least in some...

Don’t be blinded by the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel

CNN | Although we’re closer than ever to resuming life as usual in the United...

Former CDC director: We can prevent the next pandemic

CNN | Preparedness can prevent epidemics....

Former CDC chief: Think diners, dentists and dollar stores. Make COVID vaccines easy to get.

USA Today | Extend hours, allow walk-ins and give COVID shots everywhere from doctors' offices...

Why Even Well-Prepared Countries Failed the Pandemic Test

Foreign Affairs | Bad politics can undermine good public health....

We Must Fix US Health and Public Health Policy.

American Journal of Public Health | Despite a history of public health progress and the...

The U.S. Has the Power to Tamp Down Coronavirus Variants — If We’re Willing to Use It

POLITICO | We’re in a race against mutations all around the world. The fastest way...

How to Become the Public Health President

Health Affairs | As President Biden approaches the one-month mark in office, he has already...

Will We Be Ready for the Next Pandemic?

The Wall Street Journal | The world must move urgently in 2021 to develop strategies...

Taming the world’s leading killer: high blood pressure

CNN | High blood pressure is the world’s leading killer – and will kill more...

Former CDC director: Direct Covid-19 vaccines to where they’re needed most

CNN | We’re starting to get the Covid-19 pandemic under control, at least in some...

Don’t be blinded by the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel

CNN | Although we’re closer than ever to resuming life as usual in the United...

Former CDC director: We can prevent the next pandemic

CNN | Preparedness can prevent epidemics....

Former CDC chief: Think diners, dentists and dollar stores. Make COVID vaccines easy to get.

USA Today | Extend hours, allow walk-ins and give COVID shots everywhere from doctors' offices...

Why Even Well-Prepared Countries Failed the Pandemic Test

Foreign Affairs | Bad politics can undermine good public health....

We Must Fix US Health and Public Health Policy.

American Journal of Public Health | Despite a history of public health progress and the...

The U.S. Has the Power to Tamp Down Coronavirus Variants — If We’re Willing to Use It

POLITICO | We’re in a race against mutations all around the world. The fastest way...

How to Become the Public Health President

Health Affairs | As President Biden approaches the one-month mark in office, he has already...

Will We Be Ready for the Next Pandemic?

The Wall Street Journal | The world must move urgently in 2021 to develop strategies...
June 1, 2021

Taming the world’s leading killer: high blood pressure

CNN | High blood pressure is the world’s leading killer – and will kill more people, including more young people, than Covid-19 (and, in usual years, more than all other
May 16, 2021

Former CDC director: Direct Covid-19 vaccines to where they’re needed most

CNN | We’re starting to get the Covid-19 pandemic under control, at least in some parts of the world, but the pandemic won’t be over until most of the world
May 2, 2021

Don’t be blinded by the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel

CNN | Although we’re closer than ever to resuming life as usual in the United States, globally, the end of the pandemic is horrifyingly far away. India is now the
April 27, 2021

Former CDC director: We can prevent the next pandemic

CNN | Preparedness can prevent epidemics.
April 16, 2021

Former CDC chief: Think diners, dentists and dollar stores. Make COVID vaccines easy to get.

USA Today | Extend hours, allow walk-ins and give COVID shots everywhere from doctors' offices and pharmacies to workplaces, shopping malls, bars and churches.
March 29, 2021

Why Even Well-Prepared Countries Failed the Pandemic Test

Foreign Affairs | Bad politics can undermine good public health.
March 10, 2021

We Must Fix US Health and Public Health Policy.

American Journal of Public Health | Despite a history of public health progress and the most expensive health care system in the world, the United States failed in its initial
March 2, 2021

The U.S. Has the Power to Tamp Down Coronavirus Variants — If We’re Willing to Use It

POLITICO | We’re in a race against mutations all around the world. The fastest way to speed vaccination is to let other countries manufacture the vaccines developed by Operation Warp
February 16, 2021

How to Become the Public Health President

Health Affairs | As President Biden approaches the one-month mark in office, he has already taken big steps to improve the health of Americans.
February 12, 2021

Will We Be Ready for the Next Pandemic?

The Wall Street Journal | The world must move urgently in 2021 to develop strategies and systems for fighting diseases that could be even deadlier than Covid-19.