News articles and media appearances from Tom Frieden, discussing the COVID-19 pandemic & public health
MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS
February 2025
CNN: Disrupted US vaccine meetings could threaten timelines, access and transparency around shots [article]
WABE: Former CDC head says canceled HHS immunization committee meeting in Atlanta will have consequences [radio]
U.S. News: Former CDC Head: Job Cuts Make Americans ‘Less Safe’ [article]
The New York Times: Trump’s W.H.O. Exit Throws Smallpox Defenses Into Upheaval [article]
Associated Press: ‘Voice of the CDC’ resumes publication, but experts worry about what they’re not hearing [article]
The Guardian: CDC webpages go dark as Trump targets public health information [article]
January 2025
The New York Times: Leaving the W.H.O. Could Hurt Americans on a Range of Health Matters [article]
Bloomberg: Delaying Government-Funded Research Has a Price [article]
The New York Times: 13 Questions Kennedy Must Answer, According to Experts [article]
KFF News: Trump Administration’s Halt of CDC’s Weekly Scientific Report Stalls Bird Flu Studies [article]
December 2024
Axios: The political lens on food is changing [article]
WABE: Trump cuts to Atlanta-based CDC could slow public health gains, says former director [radio]
The Hill: With a focus on food, RFK Jr. can actually make America healthier [article]
Georgia Public Broadcasting: Former CDC director on second Trump term [radio]
November 2024
New York Times: ‘We Tire Very Quickly of Being Told That Everything Is on Fire’ [article]
New York Times: 5 Ways R.F.K. Jr. Could Undermine Lifesaving Childhood Vaccines [article]
MedPage Today: What Will CDC, FDA, and CMS Look Like After the Election? [article]
October 2024
The New York Times: How Public Health Could Be Recast in a Second Trump Term [article]
The Washington Post: What Trump winning the election could mean for the CDC [article]
September 2024
CNN: Trump leads, and his party follows, on vaccine skepticism [article]
August 2024
Forbes: Why You’ve Never Heard Of A Drug That Could Save More Lives Than Ozempic Or Wegovy [article]
July 2024
The Doctor’s Art: Ep. 122: A Resolve to Save Lives with Tom Frieden, MD, MPH [podcast]
June 2024
Associated Press: Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know why [article]
KFF News: ‘We’re Flying Blind’: CDC Has 1M Bird Flu Tests Ready, but Experts See Repeat of Covid Missteps [article]
VOA: Scientists Study Why Bird Flu Kills Some Animals, Not Others [radio]
May 2024
NOTUS: Mistrust Between Farmers and the Government Is Jeopardizing Bird Flu Response [article]
STAT: When should we start making H5N1 vaccine, and who will make that decision? In short, it’s complicated [article]
March 2024
POLITICO: What Biden did on health care [article]
The Financial Express: Higher salt intake poses risk of heart disease [article]
February 2024
Infectious IDeas: Pandemics, Prevention, and Progress with Tom Frieden, MD, MPH [podcast]
Epoch Times: Simple Solution for High Blood Pressure–Why Isn’t Everyone on Board? [article]
January 2024
VOA: WHO: Great Progress Made in Eliminating Trans Fat [article]
The George Institute: Potassium-enriched salt is the missing ingredient in hypertension guidelines [article]
Epoch Times: Email Reveals Why CDC Didn’t Issue Alert on COVID Vaccines and Myocarditis [article]
Caixin: “Healthy China must make progress in six pivotal areas” [article]
December 2023
Wired: Vaping is taking the Middle East by storm [article]
The Seattle Times: How new CDC director is hoping to rebuild Americans’ trust in science [article]
El Diario: Tom Frieden, the doctor of New York's anti-smoking law: “The most effective measure was raising taxes [article]
New York Times: New C.D.C. Director Seeks to Foster Trust in a Battered Agency [article]
The Hill on NewsNation: Doctor advocates for vaccines as respiratory illness spikes in China [broadcast]
November 2023
The Hill on NewsNation: What is ‘White Lung Syndrome,’ the Ohio child pneumonia outbreak? [broadcast]
Everyday Health: The Evidence Is Clear: Wearing a Mask Does Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 [article]
October 2023
The Washington Times: Review of 47 studies concludes indoor masking best reduces COVID-19 spread [article]
JAMA Network Open Conversations: Masks During Pandemics Caused by Respiratory Pathogens [podcast]
George Institute: Setting trans fat limits in Kenya could save thousands of lives and cut costs [article]
NYC Health: Health Department Launches New Center to Enhance the Agency’s Data and Analytics Capacity [article]
September 2023
Gzero Media: Wanna save lives? Lower blood pressure [UNGA interview]
Financial Times: Lessons not learnt from Covid-19 [article]
Science Magazine: Global polio eradication effort struggles with the end game [article]
KFF Health News: In Move to Slash CDC Budget, House Republicans Target Major HIV Program Trump Launched [article]
July 2023
In The Bubble With Andy Slavitt: Taking Stock of COVID-19 (with Dr. Tom Frieden) [podcast]
The Economist: Horrifying numbers of Americans will not make it to old age [article]
Health Policy Watch: The Cost of a Single COVID-Infected Health Worker [article]
The Atlanta Journal Constitution: ‘We have a lot of work to do’: New CDC head Dr. Mandy Cohen arrives [article]
June 2023
STAT: Mandy Cohen, seen as next CDC director, would bring political chops to an agency lacking them [article]
The Guardian: Concerns over consequences of eating salty foods [article]
May 2023
BBC News: WHO launches new network to detect disease [broadcast]
CNN: Covid-19 is no longer a public health emergency, but others remain [article]
Science: Pandemic emergencies grind to a halt World Health Organization, U.S. government ending crisis modes [article]
Healio: COVID-19 pandemic tested CDC and FDA, exposing cracks [article]
WSJ: CDC Director Rochelle Walensky to Step Down [article]
April 2023
March 2023
You Decide with Errol Louis: Dr. Tom Frieden: New York’s big smokeout turns 20 [podcast]
The New York Times: ‘We Were Helpless’: Despair at the C.D.C. as the Pandemic Erupted [article]
The McDowell News: Did we learn anything? The debate continues [article]
The New York Times: What if the Next Pandemic Happened Tomorrow? [article]
Business Insider: VCs versus the virus: Can Silicon Valley stop the next COVID? [article]
Nigeria Health Watch: PreventEpidemicsNaija: How a Media Strategy Contributed to Increasing Epidemic Preparedness Awareness in Nigeria [article]
WHO: Massive efforts needed to reduce salt intake and protect lives [report]
February 2023
CNN: The Lead with Jake Tapper [transcript from broadcast]
Think Global Health: Five Conditions for Success in Public Health: What improving public health requires [article]
The Washington Post: Goodbye, Johns Hopkins covid tracker [article]
The New York Times: Vaccine Makers Kept $1.4 Billion in Prepayments for Canceled Covid Shots for the World’s Poor [article]
Business Mirror: Five billion people unprotected from trans fat leading to heart disease [article]
The Guardian: Concerns over rising cases of cardiovascular diseases [article]
January 2023
VOA Africa: U.S Experts Warn of New Coronavirus Subvariant [broadcast]
AP: Mpox has faded in the US. Who deserves the credit? [article]
Pharmacy Times: Public Health Matters Ep. 180 - Public Health's Impact on National Policy [podcast]
December 2022
The New York Times: Epidemics That Weren’t: How Countries Shut Down Recent Outbreaks [article]
Council on Foreign Relations: Virtual Roundtable: Clearing the Air on Air Pollution [webinar, moderator)
CNBC: U.S. records 100 million Covid cases, but more than 200 million Americans have probably had it [article]
The Seattle Times: Epidemics that weren’t: How countries shut down recent outbreaks [article]
Prensa Latina: Number of Covid-19 patients in the US would be double than reported [article]
The New Yorker: The Case for Wearing Masks Forever [article]
China.org.cn: Roundup: U.S. hits over 100 mln COVID-19 cases amid another surge in holiday season [article]
Axios: Congress' pandemic prep effort receives mixed reviews [article]
Eat This, Not That: Reasons Most People Die Too Early and How to Prevent it Happening to You [article]
Kaiser Health News: Is Legislation to Safeguard Americans Against Superbugs a Boondoggle or Breakthrough? [article]
STAT: Hundreds of incarcerated people are dying of hep C — even though we have a simple cure [article]
NBC News: Two years after Covid vaccines rolled out, researchers are calling for newer, better options [article]
China Daily: Teamwork stressed on health crises [article]
The Washington Post: CDC chief says she'll work to comply with upcoming Republican probes [article]
The Post & Courier: New COVID-19 cases in SC double in a week, with 5 new deaths [article]
POLITICO Pulse: Will pandemic prep and Medicare cuts fit the bill? [article]
November 2022
One Health Trust: Preventing Pandemics [podcast]
The Paradise: Struggling for survival under Covid-19 shadows [article]
CAIJING Magazine: Implications of COVID-19 Pandemic: Primary Health Care is too critical [article]
The Lancet: US CDC begins agency-wide changes after pandemic failures [article]
Veterans Today: British Medical Journal’s BOMB: “US FDA Hides Data on Serious Adverse Events after Covid Vaccines” [article]
Infectious Microbes & Diseases: The Top 100 Twitter Influencers in Infectious Diseases [article]
Nature: Biopolitics of othering during the COVID-19 pandemic [article]
A Starting Point: COVID-19—Is the pandemic over? [podcast]
CNN Health: CDC wants to change ‘antiquated’ rules that hamper agency’s ability to fight Covid, polio and other diseases [article]
Fortune Well: Walking is a super exercise. The truth about the number of steps you really need, and maximizing the benefits [article]
October 2022
The Post & Courier: Just over 3,000 new cases of COVID-19 and 7 new deaths reported in SC [article]
POLITICO Pulse: The epidemics we stopped [podcast]
POLITICO: The Epidemics We Were Spared [article]
POLITICO: ‘No quick fixes’: Walensky’s push for change at CDC meets reality [article]
Health Policy Watch: Many Ways for Governments to Improve ‘Deeply Unhealthy’ Food Environment [article]
Wall Street Journal: Many Americans Ignore Covid Boosters as Winter, Variants Loom [article]
Nigeria Health Watch: Handle Your Heart with Care: Curbing the Rise of Non-Communicable Diseases in Nigeria [article]
The New York Times: ‘Estamos mal preparados’: investigadores afirman que EE. UU. debe mejorar su estrategia ante las amenazas infecciosas [article]
NBC News: How the CDC’s communication failures during Covid tarnished the agency [article]
September 2022
The Hill: Why Biden’s premature COVID ending could help it surge [article]
Infectious Disease Special Edition: Revamping the CDC Will Take More Than Just ‘Rejiggering the Org Chart’ [article]
The New York Times: New Infectious Threats Are Coming. The U.S. Probably Won’t Contain Them [article]
Punch: 30% Nigerian adults suffer from high blood pressure — US CEO [article]
Becker’s Hospital Review: Former CDC chief: 3 ways to fix the agency [article]
infobae: Se avecinan nuevas amenazas infecciosas y es muy probable que Estados Unidos no las pueda contener [article]
Hindustan Times: India’s hypertension control programme is an example for the world [article]
August 2022
NBC News: Monkeypox misinformation spreading faster than the virus, experts say [article]
Slate: “Monkeypox” Is a Terrible Name and We’re Stuck With It [article]
Philadelphia Gay News: As Long Covid cases rise, so do costs [article]
Community Health Center, Inc. - Conversations on Health Care: Former CDC Director Dr. Frieden’s Thoughts on Dr. Fauci and His Next Chapter [speech]
Politico: The next Anthony Fauci [article]
USA News: Dr. Anthony Fauci didn't just treat infectious diseases, colleagues say. He 'served the public for 50 years.' [article]
infobae: Viruela del mono: 3 respuestas a las dudas sobre el contagio [article]
Guardian Nigeria: ‘Heart disease is the Number one cause of premature death globally’ [article]
CNN Health: CDC announces sweeping reorganization, aimed at changing the agency’s culture and restoring public trust [article]
Becker’s Hospital Review: Asymptomatic monkeypox spread possible, study suggests: 4 updates [article]
July 2022
The Washington Post: Biden’s bout with covid tests his return-to-normal strategy [article]
BBC ‘The Real Story’: A new phase in the Covid pandemic [podcast]
Fortune: Millions of U.S. workers lack paid time off as COVID infections rise again [article]
CNN Health: Dr. Sanjay Gupta: While monkeypox cases rise, why are we waiting for the cavalry to rescue us? [article]
CNN Health: Initial strategy of vaccinating only known monkeypox contacts was ‘doomed to failure’ in the US, experts say [article]
The New Nation: High blood pressure can be controlled for less than annually US$9 per patient [article]
UNB News: Experts for strengthening primary care services to control hypertension, save lives [article]
Business Standard: 59% of hypertension patients see BP come under control in primary care [article]
BD News: Bangladesh can better control hypertension for less than $10 per patient a year: study [article]
NTV: Talk Show | Frankly Speaking | EP 270 | ফ্রাঙ্কলি স্পিকিং | 2022 | NTV [video]
Inside Philanthropy: From Bloomberg, a Recommitment To Improving Global Heart Health [article]
Well + Good: How Many Minutes You Need To Walk Daily To Cut Your Risk of Heart Disease by 30% [article]
The Times of India: BEST gets international praise for staff’s heart health programme [article]
Wired: Juul Nears Its Last Gasp—After It Hooked a Generation on Vaping [article]
Nagaland Post: Omicron BA.4, BA.5 may fuel next Covid surge [article]
DNA: Covid-19: New Omicron sub-variants BA.4, BA.5 taking hold globally, experts advise caution [article]
Mint: Which face mask to wear indoors to protect against Covid-19? Top health official suggests [article]
Mint: Omicron sub-variants BA.4, BA.5 may fuel next Covid surge, Top health official warns [article]
The New York Times: A Clunky Mask May Be the Answer to Airborne Disease and N95 Waste [article]
Forbes: Syphilis Is Rising—And May Not Be Recognized [article]
June 2022
GZERO Media: How depoliticizing the US health response will save lives (COVID isn't over) [article]
Bloomberg: Mask Ruling Appeal Gets Backing From Former CDC Directors [article]
Healthcare Dive: HHS to send out more monkeypox vaccines as CDC activates emergency center [article]
POLITICO: Walensky’s secret coach [article]
May 2022
The New York Times: What’s Going on With the Testing Requirement for Travel? [article]
POLITICO: Fighting For Survival in the Shadow of Covid-19 [article]
VOX: Stronger public health systems and uniform messaging are critical to fight Covid-19 [article]
International Business Times: World No Tobacco Day 2022: 10 Motivational Quotes To Quit Smoking [article]
US News: 24 Questions to Ask Your Doctor About the COVID-19 Vaccine [article]
WebMD: New Pandemic Peril? Pretending It's Over as Case Numbers Rise [article]
AMA - Public Health: What’s left to learn from COVID-19? Dr. Frieden outlines 3 R’s [article]
NBC News: Covid booster rollout needs a reboot to save older Americans, experts say [article]
BuzzFeed News: The WHO Has Nearly Tripled Its Estimate Of The Pandemic’s Death Toll [article]
Xinhua News Agency: African Americans reflect on disproportionate impact from "surreal" COVID-19 pandemic [article]
April 2022
Boston Globe: Study says COVID-19 vaccines prevented more than 2.2 million US deaths [article]
Nature: Why the WHO took two years to say COVID is airborne [article]
CNN: High hopes but tempered expectations as CDC launches review of agency's structure and systems [article]
Yale News: Former CDC directors explore public health distrust at Yale talk [article]
March 2022
Salon: "Son of omicron" variant is now dominant in the US — and experts say it could herald another wave [article]
USA Today: The FDA may authorize a second COVID-19 booster for adults 50 and older, reports say. But not all experts agree. [article]
CBS News: As highly transmissible Omicron subvariant spreads, what do Americans need to know?
Amanpour & Co: “More Infectious” and “No Less Deadly:” Fmr. CDC Director on New Variant (PBS) [broadcast]
BuzzFeed News: A Possible Senate Change To CDC Leadership Has Public Health Experts Worried [article]
New York Post: Grim milestone: New York approaches 70,000 COVID deaths [article]
Haelio: ‘This is gonna be bad’: An oral history of the early days of COVID-19 [article]
NBC Today: Has the COVID-19 pandemic made the world more prepared for the future? [broadcast]
Christian Science Monitor: Health agencies have lost public trust: Can that be fixed? [article]
February 2022
The Washington Times: Pandemic outcome will define Dr. Fauci’s legacy; shifts in advice divide Americans on partisan lines [article]
NBC Today: A ‘highly virulent’ HIV strain is ‘no cause for alarm,’ scientists say [article]
POLITICO: Nowhere is safe: Record number of patients contracted Covid in the hospital in January [article]
STAT: Why Covid-19 vaccines are a freaking miracle [article]
The Epoch Times: CDC Under Fire for Not Publishing All Covid-19 Data It Collects [article]
CBS News: Should CDC be sharing more data on COVID-19? [broadcast]
USA Today: Delay in COVID-19 vaccines for kids upset parents. Experts say it was the right thing to do. [article]
The Times of India: Three ways blockchain can accelerate sustainable development [article]
CNN: The US still isn’t getting Covid-19 data right [article]
The Washington Times: Pandemic outcome will define Dr. Fauci’s legacy; shifts in advice divide Americans on partisan lines [article]
January 2022
Foreign Policy: Is Biden’s Foreign Policy Grade A Material? [article]
The New York Times: Biden’s Pandemic Fight: Inside the Setbacks of the First Year [article]
Wall Street Journal: CDC Director Aims to Improve Covid-19 Messaging, Data Collection [article]
The Washington Post: CDC director, under fire for confusing guidance, seeks to reshape messaging
Nature: Has Biden followed the science? What researchers say [article]
Crooked Media — ‘America Dissected’: CDC something wrong here? [podcast]
Hindustan Times: 75% of all adults fully vaccinated against Covid-19 [article]
Axios: Another wave of death [article]
Medscape: Jeremiah Stamler, Pioneer of Preventive Cardiology, Dies at 102 [article]
CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer [broadcast]
The New York Times: The C.D.C.’s New Challenge? Grappling With Imperfect Science [article]
Boston Globe: After a rough first year, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky tries to correct course [article]
The Journal Record: Oklahoma Joe: Coronavirus continues to cast shadow over future [article]
The Journalist’s Resource: How does the CDC develop its guidelines? A new report sheds some light [article]
Axios: The Biden administration has a COVID credibility crisis [article]
The Hill: CDC leader faces precarious political moment [article]
NPR: CDC is criticized for failing to communicate, promises to do better [article]
The Washington Post: CDC director, under fire for confusing guidance, seeks to reshape messaging [article]
The Oberlin Review: Testing and Tracing: Tracking the Origins of the December 2021 COVID Outbreak [article]
The New York Times: For C.D.C.’s Walensky, a Steep Learning Curve on Messaging [article]
POLITICO: How Biden could have prepped for Omicron [article]
December 2021
The Guardian: ‘Wall of secrecy’ in Pfizer contracts as company accused of profiteering [article]
POLITICO: ‘It is embarrassing’: CDC struggles to track Covid cases as Omicron looms [article]
Reuters: Omicron rewrites the COVID plan for 2022 [article]
Good Morning America: COVID fears mount as Christmas draws near [article]
Public Health Review Morning Edition: New Long Haulers Media Campaign [article]
NPR: With omicron looming over the holidays, here's how to stay safe [article]
Fox News: CDC walking a 'good line' with new quarantine guidance: Frieden [broadcast]
Express UK: 'As infectious as measles!' Former CDC director raises concern over Omicron [article]
CNN: Fight Covid by learning so we can roll with the punches: 7 lessons for 2022 [article]
The Korea Times: Vaccine inequality to blame for Omicron spread [article]
Newsweek: Company Admits Selling N95 Masks to Grocery Chain at 400 Percent Markup, Faces Steep Fine [article]
BuzzFeed: Some Nations Are Hoarding Vaccine Doses. It's Creating Conditions For New Variants To Emerge [article]
BuzzFeed: The Government Asked Us Not To Release Records From The CDC’s First Failed COVID Test. Here They Are [article]
Newsweek: Former CDC Director Tom Frieden Warns Of 'Hard Winter' as Omicron Ravages U.S. [article]
Boston Globe: Biden faces new pressure on vaccine equity as Omicron variant reveals perils of global gap [article]
November 2021
IPS: 'We've seen a big global failure in the case of Covid-19' [article]
Fierce Healthcare: Healthcare associations, experts urge employers to swiftly adopt OSHA's 'commonsense' vaccination requirements [article]
CNN: The Situation Room [transcript]
Bloomberg: Covid Pills May Save Lives, But They Won't End the Pandemic [article]
CNN: To avoid Covid, here are four questions to ask family and friends ahead of Thanksgiving gatherings [article]
ProPublica: Babies Are Dying of Syphilis. It's 100% Preventable [article]
NPR: Syphilis is resurging in the U.S., a sign of public health's funding crisis [podcast/article]
LA Progressive: Vaccines Must Be Property of Humanity, Not for Monopoly Profit [article]
Caixin Weekly: Countdown to International Border Reopening [article]
Washington Post: Dozens of health groups urge businesses to voluntarily adopt Biden's vaccine rule [article]
O’Neill Institute: Lawrence Gostin and Leading Health Experts Send Letters to Congress and President Biden Calling for U.S. Leadership for Global COVID-19 Vaccinations [article]
October 2021
Lancaster Onliine: More Pennsylvania schools should take advantage of free COVID-19 testing tool offered by state [editorial] [article]
Business Insider: Allegations against vaccine manufacturer Moderna: The corona vaccine is difficult to obtain in many countries [article]
WIRED: 20 Years After the Anthrax Attacks, We’re Still Unprepared [article]
The New York Times: Moderna, Racing for Profits, Keeps Covid Vaccine Out of Reach of Poor
The Hill: Democrats call on White House to explore sharing Moderna technology abroad
Los Angeles Times: Moderna’s founders are now billionaires, but where are the doses for the rest of the world?
Forbes: Blockchain Technology, A Practical Solution To Vaccine Verification Systems
Voice of America: African Scientists Try to Reverse Engineer COVID Vaccines
Business Insider: Some Americans were primed for vaccine skepticism after decades of mistrust in Big Pharma [article]
Associated Press: Africa tries to end vaccine inequity by replicating its own [article]
The New York Times: Here's Why Developing Countries Can Make mRNA Covid Vaccines [article]
Global Citizen: Moderna Says It's Done All It Can to Support Global Vaccine Equity. We Look at the Facts. [article]
Washington Post: Will the Biden administration take a stand against vaccine obstruction? [article]
Washington Post: The Biden administration needs to share the Moderna vaccine recipe with the world now [article]
Infobae: Por qué debes seguir usando cubrebocas aunque la CDMX esté en semáforo verde [article]
CNN: Nos estamos ahogando en un mar de sal. La FDA dice que tenemos ayudarnos a nosotros mismos [article]
Common Dreams: As Moderna Refuses, Democrats Push Biden to Share Vaccine Recipe With the World [article]
CNN: White House's chief Covid-19 science officer calls on Moderna to 'step up' global vaccine efforts [article]
Sputnik: US vaccine makers need 3 years supply world at current production rate - Ex-CDC Director [article]
CNN: We're drowning in a sea of salt. The FDA says we have to help save ourselves [article]
AMA: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, on EUA requests for boosters & children ages 5-11 [article]
Washington Post: Democrats urge White House to consider sharing Moderna technology [article]
Food Navigator - USA: FDA issues long-awaited voluntary short-term sodium reduction targets, but stops short of finalizing tougher 10-year targets [article]
Chicago Sun - Times: Medical group says businesses can go mask optional if employees are 100% vaccinated [article]
The New York Times: Moderna, la vacuna contra el COVID fuera del alcance de los pobres [article]
Common Dream: 'Waive the Patents': Moderna Still Refuses to Share Covid-19 Vaccine Recipe [article]
NPR: It is expected to be a big week regarding vaccination booster news [podcast/article]
The New York Times: Moderna, Racing for Profits, Keeps Covid Vaccine Out of Reach of Poor [article]
CNN: Human behavior will determine when the Covid-19 pandemic ends, CDC director says [article]
Popular Science: Pfizer formally asked the FDA to authorize its COVID vaccine for kids 5 to 11 [article]
La Opinion: Disney+ lanza “Fauci”, el documental sobre el infectólogo de la Casa Blanca que luchó contra el coronavirus [article]
Infobae: Fauci, el documental sobre el infectologo de la Casa Blanca que lucho contra el coronavirus y los prejuicios [article]
Becker’s Hospital Review: More people now getting boosters than first doses of COVID-19 shots, CDC finds [article]
CNN: The Situation Room: Biden Admin Investing $1B to Boost At-Home Rapid Testing [transcript]
SciDev: Use COVID-19 lessons to boost HIV vaccine push [article]
CNN: 'Fauci' celebrates a life marked by public service -- and more recently, political attacks [article]
International Business Times: California, Texas and New York Report Most Covid Deaths as US Toll Tops 700,000 [article]
September 2021
Good Morning America: Booster shots' effectiveness - A former CDC director, Dr. Tom Frieden discusses the COVID-19 vaccine booster roll out. [broadcast]
The Hill: Lawmakers say Biden must do more on global vaccines [article]
STAT: Biden’s chaotic messaging on Covid-19 boosters is pitting the White House against the government’s scientific advisers [article]
Fox News: Former CDC director calls for accurate vaccine verification system [broadcast]
PBS News Hour: U.S. plan to share Pfizer shots globally ‘too little and too late,’ ex-CDC director says [broadcast]
Xinhua News Agency: U.S. COVID-19 fatalities surpass 1918 flu estimates [article]
Xinhua News Agency: World Insights: U.S. COVID-19 deaths top 1918 flu estimates as vaccine, mask battles continue [article]
NBC Today: What to know about J&J booster recommendation [broadcast]
NPR: Many States Are Not Reporting The Latest COVID-19 Numbers [podcast]
AXIOS: A second flu [article]
NPR: Coronavirus FAQ: Is There An App That'll Prove I'm Vaccinated, Or Is Paper The Best? [article]
The Hill: Biden under pressure to ratchet up vaccine aid [article]
US News: 24 Questions to Ask Your Doctor About the COVID-19 Vaccine [article]
The Washington Post: Biden’s 1.1 billion dose pledge: Big, but not big enough, experts say [article]
The Hill: US COVID-19 death toll surpasses that of 1918 pandemic [article]
A Starting Point: Chris Evans & Mark Kessen with Dr. Frieden [podcast]
Talking Points Memo: Is the Biden Administration Being Too Timid in Combatting Covid? [article]
EconoFact Chats: The COVID-19 Crisis: Looking Forward [podcast]
Vogue: This Low-Impact Workout Is a Lesson in Being Kinder to Ourselves—And Our Bodies [article]
CNN- Anderson Cooper 360: F.D.A. Panel Recommends Pfizer Booster for Ages 65+ and High Risk, Rejects for General Public [transcript]
NPR: People Around The World Are Taking Extreme Measures To Get A COVID Vaccine [podcast]
Scary Mommy: The news comes as a vocal minority have decried mask or vaccine mandates in Florida and Texas [article]
Washington Post: The coronavirus death toll has equaled the 1918 flu pandemic. Here are some key caveats. [article]
The New York Times: White House Seeks $65 Billion for ‘Apollo’ Plan to Prepare for Future Pandemics [article]
Forbes: Mississippi: Over 18,000 Students Covid-19 Coronavirus Positive Since August [article]
Al Jazeera: Will the world ever be able to move beyond the coronavirus? [broadcast]
WebMD: Large Study Confirms Masks Work to Limit COVID-19 Spread [article]
Think Global Health: Q&A with Margaret Hamburg and Tom Frieden on 9/11 [article]
PBS News Hour: For countries with few vaccine doses, fighting COVID-19 is ‘a race from behind’ [article]
News 10: Senior living staff holds rally against vaccine mandate in Medford [article]
Buffalo News: Local TV news needs to do better job putting Covid-19 vaccination protests in context [article]
Patch: Following AC Meltdown In Baltimore, Hogan Orders School-By-School Audit [article]
Pride Newsdesk: Vaccination rates among African Americans by state continue to raise alarms [article]
New York Amsterdam News: Vaccine uptick found in African Americans, but access and misinformation still confounds community [article]
CNBC: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla predicts normal life will return within a year and adds we may need annual Covid shots [article]
Fox News: Pfizer CEO pushes back against former CDC head over vaccine IP rights [article]
Maryland Matters: Following AC Meltdown in Baltimore, Hogan Orders School-by-School Audit [article]
August 2021
The Guardian: Unvaccinated teacher infected half their students with Covid, CDC finds [article]
CNN: Fully vaccinated people who get a Covid-19 breakthrough infection can transmit the virus, CDC chief says [article]
The Washington Post: ‘Act now’ on global vaccines to stop more-dangerous variants, experts warn Biden [article]
The Washington Post: The Health 202: It's not hard to imagine a worse pandemic, Tom Frieden says [article]
CNN: Schools reopening without masking is 'formula for disaster,' Louisiana children's hospital doctor says [article]
The Indian Express: Finding ways to live with the virus [article]
Business Wire: National Geographic Documentary Films Sets FAUCI Theatrical Release Date With Magnolia Pictures for Sept. 10 [article]
The Hill: Why the COVID-19 origin report came up inconclusive [article]
M Live: There’s growing concern vaccinated people may be more vulnerable to COVID-19 than previously thought [article]
Bridge Michigan: Michigan COVID cases up among vaccinated but less likely to be hospitalized or die [article]
WIRED: Now Isn’t the Time to Abandon Contact Tracing [article]
The New York Times: Biden Falls Short on Pledge for U.S. to Be the World’s Vaccine ‘Arsenal,’ Experts Say [article]
Xinhua News Agency: Feature: Angelenos reeling from Delta variant await booster vaccines [article]
Odisha Bytes: What Are Breakthrough Cases In Coronavirus That Are On The Rise? [article]
CNN: As hospitalization rates soar, FDA grants full approval to Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine [article]
Politico: FDA approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, making way for more vaccine mandates [article]
CNN: Full Covid-19 vaccine approval won’t just boost confidence. It’ll likely lead to new business requirements, surgeon general says [article]
Sunday Vision: COVID-vaccinated people are worried, scientists don’t have answers – El Financiero [article]
CNN: Louisiana sees ‘astronomical’ number of new Covid-19 cases, governor says [article]
CNN Newsroom: FDA May Give Full Approval To Pfizer Vaccine For COVID-19 [transcript]
Bloomberg: The Vaccinated Are Worried and Scientists Don’t Have Answers [article]
Buck’s County Courier Times: 'Don't miss your shot at love. Get the COVID vaccine,' says Montgomery County ad campaign [article]
July 2021:
NPR: Morning Edition: Many States Are Not Reporting The Latest COVID-19 Numbers [podcast]
WBUR: Here & Now: As COVID-19 Cases Climb, Some Americans Regret Skipping The Vaccine From Their Hospital Beds [podcast]
CNN: Even with our 'darkest days' gone, Biden can't declare full independence from virus [article]
The Guardian: Fire, waves and warfare: the way we make sense of Covid [article]
WebMD: Expert Warns of Delta Summer if More Aren't Vaccinated [article]
Healthline: CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky Talks to Healthline About Masks, Vaccinations, Schools [article]
June 2021
Axios Re:Cap: Ex-CDC director: “COVID is here to stay” [podcast]
The New York Times: From the Times Magazine: Can the C.D.C. be fixed? [article]
TIME: What We Learned About Genetic Sequencing During COVID-19 Could Revolutionize Public Health [article]
Forbes: People Who Understand ‘Long Covid’ Are More Likely To Get Vaccinated, Study Shows [article]
CNN: Kids need vaccines. So do poor nations [article]
Healthline: Why Unvaccinated People Are Still at High Risk of COVID-19 this Summer [article]
ABC News: Why experts say COVID-19 contact tracing may be more valuable than ever [article]
Fox News Rundown: The Housing Market Is Booming. Is It A Bubble? [podcast]
May 2021
NPR Morning Edition: Experts Warn Lag In Global Vaccinations Could Lead To Dangerous Variants [podcast]
CNN: Administration to invest $7.4 billion to hire and train public health workers to respond to pandemic [article]
The Washington Post: The coronavirus vaccine skeptics who changed their minds [article]
Forbes: When Will You Need A Third Covid Vaccine Dose? Here’s What The Experts Say. [article]
The Washington Post: Biden vowed to ‘follow the science,’ but left many out with sudden mask guidance [article]
Reuters: Top scientists question the need for COVID-19 booster shots [article]
Fox News: Biden keeps saying ‘follow the science,’ but how often does he? [article]
April 2021
VOA News: Plugged In-Vaccines and Immunization - Episode 166 [broadcast]
Econofact: EF Tom Frieden [podcast]
Dr. Radio Reports: Fmr. CDC Director/"Resolve To Save Lives" President & CEO, Dr. Tom Frieden, Talks India's COVID-19 Situation & SII's Exportation Of COVID-19 Vaccines [podcast]
Medscape’s Medicine and the Machine: Tom Frieden on COVID: CDC Fumbles, Blood Clots, and New Approaches [podcast]
The Washington Post: ‘I’m still a zero’: Vaccine-resistant Republicans warn that their skepticism is worsening [article]
USA Today: 'Vaccine passports,' limited graduations, flexible work schedules. Our experts discuss life after COVID vaccines [article]
NPR: U.S. Vaccinations May Be Reaching A Tipping Point In Fight Against Virus, Experts Say [article]
Consumer Reports: How to Protect Your COVID-19 Vaccination Card, and Where to Use It [article]
March 2021
The Dispatch Podcast: Coronavirus, Variants, and Vaccines [podcast]
The Guardian: ‘Why would you not?’ Alarm as Republican men say they won’t get Covid vaccine [article]
CNN: 5 things to know for March 9: Covid-19, voting rights, Congress, Asia-Pacific, China [article]
CNN: Vaccinated already? Here's what you can do [article]
The Washington Post: The Health 202: It's like the Obamacare repeal-and-replace fight all over again [article]
Business Insider: The US could see a 4th coronavirus surge driven by new variants, CDC chief warns, as cases rise across more than half the country [article]
February 2021
Financial Times: Vaccine rollout under Biden struggles to live up to campaign pledge [article]
The Washington Post: Experts urge faster vaccinations and efforts to curb spread in response to virus variants [article]
January 2021
Axios Re:Cap: Ex-CDC director Tom Frieden on the next COVID-19 vaccines [podcast]
The Mercury News: 5 reasons to wear a mask even after you’re vaccinated [article]
CBC: How the spread of coronavirus variants could completely change the pandemic in Canada [article]
The Washington Post: Americans can’t cut back on salt. One likely reason: Packaged and prepared foods are filled with it [article]
Forbes: ‘Close To A Worst-Case Scenario’—Former CDC Director Issues ‘Horrifying’ Outlook For New Covid Strain [article]
Duluth News Tribune: 5 reasons to keep wearing a mask after COVID-19 vaccination [article]
Fox 8: Dr. Tom Frieden, Former CDC director, urges Americans to wear better masks to protect from new COVID-19 strains [article]
Barron’s: ‘Time Is Lives’: Tom Frieden on the Biden Pandemic Response [article]
CNBC: Mandating Covid vaccine passports may scare people away from getting a shot, says Dr. Tom Frieden, ex-CDC chief [article]
Axios Re:Cap: Ex-CDC director Tom Frieden on the next COVID-19 vaccines [podcast]
WBUR: Science, Transparency On Full Display In 1st Briefing By Biden's COVID-19 Response Team [podcast]
BBC World News America: Dr Tom Frieden on America’s Coronavirus testing and tracing: 'We have to up our game massively' [broadcast]
NBC Today Show: Former CDC directors talk handling of pandemic in the US [broadcast]
CBS This Morning: Covid surge amidst slow vaccine distribution [broadcast]
December 2020
CBS This Morning: Vaccine distribution, immunity [broadcast]
NBC News: 'Help is on the way': How the U.S. will turn the tide of the pandemic in 2021 [article]
CNN Cuomo Prime Time: How Biden can tackle covid [podcast]
WBUR Here & Now: UK's COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Prompts Questions About US Timeline [podcast]
November 2020
BBC News: COVID: Long queues for tests ahead of US Thanksgiving holiday [broadcast]
November 19, 2020: BBC News Digital: False security in tests before Thanksgiving
ABC Good Morning America: Planning for a safe Thanksgiving [broadcast]
November 13, 2020: Full Court Press: Accuracy issues with rapid Covid tests
November 13, 2020: Bloomberg QuickTake: Covid and vaccine progress
November 11, 2020: CNN International: Vaccination is not an end to covid
November 10, 2020: CBS Evening News: Thanksgiving guidelines
October 2020
VOA News: COVID in the White House [broadcast]
Dr. Tom Frieden on USA Today: CDC has done extraordinary work
Dr. Tom Frieden is quoted in the New York Times discussing COVID testing
October 30, 2020: MSNBC Live: Coronavirus surge
October 19, 2020: CNN AC360: Reacting to comments on Fauci
October 17, 2020: Fox New’s America’s News HQ: Herd immunity
October 16, 2020: CBS News: Pfizer’s vaccine authorization
October 13, 2020: Axios RECAP: Covid-19 vaccine race
October 11, 2020: CNN "Coronavirus: Facts and Fears" Town Hall: 20,000 Covid deaths by the end of the month are inevitable
September 2020
Ex-CDC director Frieden on Healio: Vaccine ‘not going to take COVID-19 off the table’
Fmr. CDC Director reacts to lack of trust from Americans in public health officials
Fox News “America’s Newsroom”: Tom Frieden on the Importance of masks
Tom Frieden on Bloomberg’s Prognosis Podcast: Reinfection and immunity
Dr. Tom Frieden on CNN Anderson Cooper 360: Response to pandemic
Tom Frieden on All Things Considered NPR: Vaccine distribution
Tom Frieden on NBC Nightly News with Anne Thompson: Vaccine distribution
Ex-CDC Tom Frieden on CBS This Morning: Trump vaccine comments
September 18, 2020: VOA “Plugged In”: Progress fighting the pandemic
September 17, 2020: CBS This Morning: Trump vaccine comments
September 16, 2020: All Things Considered NPR: Vaccine distribution
September 14, 2020: CNN Anderson Cooper 360: Response to pandemic
September 9, 2020: BBC World Service Radio “The Real Story”: Vaccine progress
September 8, 2020: Bloomberg’s Prognosis Podcast: Reinfection and immunity
August 2020
Tom Frieden outlines on CNN how Coronavirus immunity offers perils and promise
Tom Frieden, alongside other 4 Former CDC Directors Criticize US Handling of Pandemic
August 31, 2020: CNN Cuomo Prime Time: Economy false dicotomy
August 27, 2020: NBC Nightly News w/ Alexa Keys: CDC guidelines changing
August 20, 2020: CBS News “The Debrief” w/ Major Garrett: Where we’re at in the pandemic
August 13, 2020: NPR Here and Now: Covid stats and schools reopening
August 9, 2020: CNN Fareed Zakaria LIVE: Schools reopening
August 7, 2020: ABC News w/ Linsey Davis: Former CDC directors roundtable
July 2020
U.S. must collect this data in order to contain pandemic, former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden says
Former CDC Director Tom Frieden speaks to “GMA” about mask mandates, schools reopening
Dr. Tom Frieden joins CNN's Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta discuss the effect of lifting social distancing restrictions too quickly as the number of Covid-19 cases increases to over 3.5 million in the US, leaving more than 138,000 dead
As the U.S. continues to break records with the rising number of coronavirus cases. Former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden joined CBSN to discuss what the country needs to do to get the upper hand against the pandemic.
Former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden on coronavirus surge, testing and wearing masks
Dr. Tom Frieden on Fox News: Increased case numbers reflect virus spreading explosively in many communities
“We have a real vacuum of leadership at the national level,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, the former C.D.C. director, who now runs Resolve to Save Lives, a nonprofit health advocacy initiative.
Tom Frieden in the New York Times “States Must Standardize Coronavirus Data”
Resolve to Save Lives joined public health leaders to release “Tracking COVID-19 in the United States: From Information Catastrophe to Empowered Communities,” a comprehensive review of the status of COVID-19 information in the United States. Several other articles were published about the initiative today in the Washington Post, The Guardian, STAT, Washington Times, New York Times and the Financial Times.
Resolve to Save Lives released a terrific issue brief reviewing the science, outlining global best practices, and addressing some of the hardest questions for administrators, parents and educators as schools prepare to reopen.
July 25, 2020: Good Morning America: Indicators reporting
July 22, 2020: Cuomo Prime Time Podcast: Coronavirus testing delays
July 22, 2020: PBS News Hour: U.S. must collect this data in order to contain pandemic
July 16, 2020: CNN Town Hall with Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta
July 6, 2020: CBS This Morning with Gayle King: Coronavirus surge, testing and wearing masks
July 2, 2020: Fox News America’s Newsroom: Increased case numbers
June 2020
Dr Tom Frieden: 'Blaming CDC for US Covid failures is like blaming someone encased in concrete for failing to swim'
Dr. Tom Frieden speaks on Fox News: Six months of coronavirus — good news, bad news and where we go next
Dr. Tom Frieden speaks on whether coronavirus surge in Sun Belt suggests states re-opened too quickly
Dr. Tom Frieden discusses on Fox News new coronavirus spikes: 'The virus has the upper hand'
June 23, 2020: BBC World Service The Documentary: New York Covid-19 diary
May 2020
Dr. Tom Frieden: Coronavirus alert levels — here's how to recover our economy without risking lives
Former CDC director, Tom Frieden, says U.S. led the world before becoming a global health ‘laggard’
Former CDC Director Dr. Frieden discusses his nonprofit's recommended guidelines to reopen U.S.
Former CDC director Tom Frieden wants more coronavirus information from public health experts, not politicians
Dr. Tom Frieden interviews with Vanity Fair and discusses his “Box It In” strategy for contact tracing
Former CDC chief Tom Frieden warns of "many waves" of COVID-19 if economy reopens too soon
Dr. Tom Frieden outlines the '10 plain truths' about the coronavirus pandemic, according to former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden
May 20, 2020: CBS This Morning: Guidelines for reopening
May 17, 2020: Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace: Safely reopening
May 10, 2020: Vanity Fair: Contain Coronavirus is by contact Tracing
May 9, 2020: MSNBC with Alex Witt: Reopening the country
May 8, 2020: Wired: Contact tracing and tech
May 4, 2020: NPR’s On Point
May 1, 2020: Aspen Ideas Health 20/20
April 2020
Dr. Tom Frieden in the Daily News “the strongest weapon we have against coronavirus’ and warns rushing to reopen U.S. is a 'very dangerous experiment' unless six conditions are in place
Video Chat of Dr. Tom Frieden with Stat News on the Coronavirus
Following a media briefing and press statement on the topic, Dr. Frieden outlined the way forward to reopen society as soon and safely as possible without risking explosive spread of the virus.
Dr. Tom Frieden in the Washington Times “How well and how quickly we do these things will determine how soon and how safely we can reopen. And when we return, we need to reopen the faucet gradually, not open the floodgates and risk an explosion of cases again.”
April 23, 2020: CFR – COVID-19 Update: How to reopen society soon and safely
April 22, 2020: Washington Post: What would robust federal testing really look like?
April 22, 2020: PBS New Hour: Contact tracing may be old fashioned public health, but it works
April 20, 2020: Reopening the country: Dr. Sanjay Gupta
April 14, 2020: Facebook Live with Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
April 15, 2020: Fox News with Martha MacCallum: data not date should decide when to re-open America
March 2020
Recalling Surgeon General Koop’s letter to every household in the United States in 1988, Dr. Frieden drafted a letter that could be sent – along with a digital thermometer – to every household today
Dr. Shahpar and Dr. Frieden sounded the alarm that the need for intensive care could far outstrip supply in the United States.
March 27, 2020: Podcast with Dr. Kelly Henning of Bloomberg Philanthropies
March 27, 2020: Firing line with Margaret Hoover of PBS
March 26, 2020: Interview with NPR March 26, 2020
March 24, 2020: Interview with USA Today
March 20, 2020: Economist podcast
March 19, 2020: CFR 1-hour session for business
March 11, 2020: CFR podcast Why It Matters
February 2020