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7-1-7: an organising principle, target, and accountability metric to make the world safer from pandemics

Clear, universal performance standards for outbreak detection, reporting and control can improve accountability, save lives,...

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Dr. Tom Frieden has served as Director of the CDC and as Commissioner of the...
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Latest warning! Will there be insufficient wards due to extreme heat?

Climate change threatens global health through extreme heat, expanding vector-borne diseases, and worsening chronic conditions....

When prevention replaces treatment as a common sense, what policies do we still need to protect public health?

Good public health policies enable healthy choices. Tom Frieden discusses sugar taxes, trans fat elimination,...
Dismantling Public Health

Dismantling Public Health Infrastructure, Endangering American Lives

The New England Journal of Medicine | The extreme reductions that the Trump administration is...

Health Talk | Health is a win-win, global cooperation is needed for a healthier world: former U.S. CDC director

"Health is not a win-lose situation. Health is a win-win situation. When other countries are...
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What’s in the 25-Year-Old Report Kennedy Cited When Dismantling ACIP?

When HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory...

At Senate hearing, anti-vaxxers seek to capitalize on friends in high places

For nearly a decade, anti-vaccine activists and film producers have been collecting tragic, mostly unverifiable...
Transparency Misinterpreted

Transparency Misinterpreted: CDC Vaccine Policy and Conflicts of Interest

Think Global Health | A former CDC director says the idea that the agency's vaccine...

Former CDC director Tom Frieden on the Trump administration’s relentless attack on public health

We Are Less Safe, Plain and Simple’ Former CDC director Tom Frieden on the Trump...

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...
Improved hypertension

Improved hypertension care requires measurement and management in health facilities, not mass screening.

Mass hypertension screening diverts resources from primary care. Universal facility-based blood pressure measurement is more...
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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...
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Former CDC director Tom Frieden shares warning for RFK Jr. on measles outbreak

STAT News Breakthrough Summit | Public health disaster is brewing as HHS secretary wavers on...
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Unlocking health equity by eliminating copayments for essential antihypertensive medications

Eliminating copayments for antihypertensive medications increases adherence and blood pressure control while reducing cardiovascular events,...

Postponing last week’s vaccine meeting endangers Americans’ health

The Hill | The indefinite postponement of a key vaccine advisory meeting raises concerns about...
Fourth Time a Charm

Fourth Time a Charm?—How to Make the UN High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases Effective

Noncommunicable diseases cause three-fourths of global deaths but receive only 2% of development health assistance,...
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Former CDC director: Two programs reportedly on the chopping block must be saved

Trump administration plans to eliminate two essential CDC training programs. Former CDC director warns that...
Blood Pressure Control

Blood Pressure Control—Many Paths, 1 Goal. 

Blood pressure control among individuals with hypertension in both high-income and in low-income and middle-income...
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7-1-7: an organising principle, target, and accountability metric to make the world safer from pandemics

Clear, universal performance standards for outbreak detection, reporting and control can improve accountability, save lives,...

Public Health

Dr. Tom Frieden has served as Director of the CDC and as Commissioner of the...
Tom-Headshot

Latest warning! Will there be insufficient wards due to extreme heat?

Climate change threatens global health through extreme heat, expanding vector-borne diseases, and worsening chronic conditions....

When prevention replaces treatment as a common sense, what policies do we still need to protect public health?

Good public health policies enable healthy choices. Tom Frieden discusses sugar taxes, trans fat elimination,...
Dismantling Public Health

Dismantling Public Health Infrastructure, Endangering American Lives

The New England Journal of Medicine | The extreme reductions that the Trump administration is...

Health Talk | Health is a win-win, global cooperation is needed for a healthier world: former U.S. CDC director

"Health is not a win-lose situation. Health is a win-win situation. When other countries are...
Medpage today logo

What’s in the 25-Year-Old Report Kennedy Cited When Dismantling ACIP?

When HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory...

At Senate hearing, anti-vaxxers seek to capitalize on friends in high places

For nearly a decade, anti-vaccine activists and film producers have been collecting tragic, mostly unverifiable...
Transparency Misinterpreted

Transparency Misinterpreted: CDC Vaccine Policy and Conflicts of Interest

Think Global Health | A former CDC director says the idea that the agency's vaccine...

Former CDC director Tom Frieden on the Trump administration’s relentless attack on public health

We Are Less Safe, Plain and Simple’ Former CDC director Tom Frieden on the Trump...

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...
Improved hypertension

Improved hypertension care requires measurement and management in health facilities, not mass screening.

Mass hypertension screening diverts resources from primary care. Universal facility-based blood pressure measurement is more...
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...
STAT News Breakthrough Summit

Former CDC director Tom Frieden shares warning for RFK Jr. on measles outbreak

STAT News Breakthrough Summit | Public health disaster is brewing as HHS secretary wavers on...
Unlocking health-Photo

Unlocking health equity by eliminating copayments for essential antihypertensive medications

Eliminating copayments for antihypertensive medications increases adherence and blood pressure control while reducing cardiovascular events,...

Postponing last week’s vaccine meeting endangers Americans’ health

The Hill | The indefinite postponement of a key vaccine advisory meeting raises concerns about...
Fourth Time a Charm

Fourth Time a Charm?—How to Make the UN High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases Effective

Noncommunicable diseases cause three-fourths of global deaths but receive only 2% of development health assistance,...
STAT News logo

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

Trump administration plans to eliminate two essential CDC training programs. Former CDC director warns that...
Blood Pressure Control

Blood Pressure Control—Many Paths, 1 Goal. 

Blood pressure control among individuals with hypertension in both high-income and in low-income and middle-income...
Frieden TR, Lee CT, Bochner AF, Buissonnière M, McClelland A 7-1-7: an organising principle, target, and accountability metric to make the world safer from pandemics The Lancet; 2021 Aug 14
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory Public Health With guests Tom Frieden and Dean Alioto; 2025 Aug 7
Song Chenghan (宋承翰) When prevention replaces treatment as a common sense, what policies do we still need to protect public health? Southern Metropolis Daily - Nandu N Video | 南都N视频 (article in Chinese)
CGTN (China Global Television Network) Health Talk | Health is a win-win, global cooperation is needed for a healthier world: former U.S. CDC director Program: Health Talk; 2025 Jul 27
Frieden TR, Garg R, Banigbe B, Choudhury S, Ogbureke N, Duguma D, Tangcharoensathien V Unlocking health equity by eliminating copayments for essential antihypertensive medications eClinicalMedicine 2025;81:103094.
George Alleyne, Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Thomas R. Frieden. Fourth Time a Charm?—How to Make the UN High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases Effective 2025;333;(17):1485-1486. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.1431
Spatz ES, Schwartz JI, Frieden TR Blood Pressure Control—Many Paths, 1 Goal.  JAMA Cardiology January 29, 2025. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2024.5278
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