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The CDC’s ‘Tips From Former Smokers’ Media Campaign Works — Let’s Build On Its Successes

Hard-hitting ads are effective in getting smokers to quit

Sep 9, 2024

The CDC’s ‘Tips From Former Smokers’ Media Campaign Works — Let’s Build On Its Successes

Sep 9, 2024

Are the Oils You’re Consuming Hurting Your Heart?

Unhealthy oils, especially trans fat, can and should be replaced with healthier alternatives

Jun 26, 2024

Are the Oils You’re Consuming Hurting Your Heart?

Jun 26, 2024

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6 Public Health Numbers That Matter in 2024

We face many challenges, but progress is possible — and life saving

Mar 19, 2024

6 Public Health Numbers That Matter in 2024

Mar 19, 2024

Ending the Tobacco Epidemic

With public health action, we can save more than eight million lives a year. The only loser? Big Tobacco.

Jan 22, 2024

Ending the Tobacco Epidemic

Jan 22, 2024

We’re Sleepwalking Into a Potentially Nasty Respiratory Season

Hospitalizations for Covid, flu and RSV are rising and vaccination rates are lagging

Dec 16, 2023

We’re Sleepwalking Into a Potentially Nasty Respiratory Season

Dec 16, 2023

7 Thoughts on This — and Next — Week in Global Health

1. The headline you didn’t see (because the news media missed it)

Jul 10, 2023

7 Thoughts on This — and Next — Week in Global Health

Jul 10, 2023

This Week in Global Health: Dengue in Peru, Vaccine Equity and More

Latest developments in global health policy, politics and practice — every week is a chance to save lives

Jun 27, 2023

This Week in Global Health: Dengue in Peru, Vaccine Equity and More

Jun 27, 2023

A Tick-ing Time Bomb?

We shouldn’t underestimate the potential of ticks to trigger the next health emergency

Jun 14, 2023

A Tick-ing Time Bomb?

Jun 14, 2023

Colin (Coke) McCord — Cutting to the Heart of Matters

A personal reflection on the remarkable legacy of a remarkable man

May 16, 2023

Colin (Coke) McCord — Cutting to the Heart of Matters

May 16, 2023

A Tough Covid Challenge: Reinforcing Our Wall of Immunity

As pandemic measures unwind, can regular boosters make us safer from a persistent virus?

May 8, 2023

A Tough Covid Challenge: Reinforcing Our Wall of Immunity

May 8, 2023

This Tool Could Be Key to Preventing the Next Pandemic

How countries can speed up their ability to detect and respond to disease outbreaks

Apr 21, 2023

This Tool Could Be Key to Preventing the Next Pandemic

Apr 21, 2023

Saving Lives from Preventable Disease: The Progress We’ve Made and the Challenges Ahead

Resolve to Save Lives 2023 annual letter

Mar 23, 2023

Saving Lives from Preventable Disease: The Progress We’ve Made and the Challenges Ahead

Mar 23, 2023

These Five Elements Make Public Health Success Possible

Getting public health implementation right is literally a matter of life-and-death

Mar 3, 2023

These Five Elements Make Public Health Success Possible

Mar 3, 2023

Understanding Long Covid

We know more now than before, and it’s still alarming

Dec 19, 2022

A young woman sitting on a bed holds her hands to her temples as if in pain.

Dec 19, 2022

Public Health Progress, In a Perilous Time

Travel to India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Nigeria highlights the challenges — and great promise — of community-led public health

Aug 17, 2022

Public Health Progress, In a Perilous Time

Aug 17, 2022

How We Can Fight Monkeypox Effectively

Controlling this outbreak is a steep challenge. We must be clear about how the virus spreads and who is at highest risk.

Aug 5, 2022

How We Can Fight Monkeypox Effectively

Aug 5, 2022

Answering Your Questions About Getting Kids Vaccinated Against Covid

What parents should know

Jul 5, 2022

Answering Your Questions About Getting Kids Vaccinated Against Covid

Jul 5, 2022

How Protected Are You From Covid?

Yet another wave has begun and the virus continues to adapt — we must as well

May 24, 2022

How Protected Are You From Covid?

May 24, 2022

Do You Still Need to Wear a Mask?

We’re now living with a less virulent, but more contagious, virus

Apr 22, 2022

Do You Still Need to Wear a Mask?

Apr 22, 2022

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Why Paid Sick Leave Is Essential

Paid sick leave protects businesses, health care, and the public

Mar 11, 2022

Why Paid Sick Leave Is Essential

Mar 11, 2022

Dr. Tom Frieden

Dr. Tom Frieden

President and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives | Former CDC Director and NYC Health Commissioner | Focused on saving lives. twitter.com/drtomfrieden

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