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May 16

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

A personal reflection on the remarkable legacy of a remarkable man — A chest surgeon, Dr. Colin McCord, known as Coke to everyone, was incisive: He cut to the heart of matters. I was privileged to work with him for more than three decades and he had a profound influence on me — and on the lives of millions of people, most…

Public Health

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

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May 8

A Tough Covid Challenge: Reinforcing Our Wall of Immunity

As pandemic measures unwind, can regular boosters make us safer from a persistent virus? — Covid hasn’t gone away, but it also no longer poses the serious threat to most people today it did in the first months and years after its emergence. Vaccination has saved millions of lives and continues to shield people from the worst effects of the virus. Effective treatments are available…

Public Health

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A Tough Covid Challenge: Reinforcing Our Wall of Immunity
A Tough Covid Challenge: Reinforcing Our Wall of Immunity
Public Health

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Apr 21

This Tool Could Be Key to Preventing the Next Pandemic

How countries can speed up their ability to detect and respond to disease outbreaks — We discover a new microbial threat, on average, every year. And that’s in addition to the hundreds of viruses, bacteria, and fungi we already know about that can cause disease in humans, become increasingly resistant to antimicrobials, and spread to new areas or in new ways. Our world is increasingly…

Public Health

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This Tool Could Be Key to Preventing the Next Pandemic
This Tool Could Be Key to Preventing the Next Pandemic
Public Health

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Mar 23

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

Resolve to Save Lives 2023 annual letter — Covid caught the world off guard, and we continue to feel the repercussions of being unprepared. Economies are suffering, children are behind in school, and we are more divided than ever due to the politicization of science and the spread of misinformation. As disheartening as this may appear, there…

Public Health

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

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Mar 3

These Five Elements Make Public Health Success Possible

Getting public health implementation right is literally a matter of life-and-death — This article originally appeared in Think Global Health. In the last couple of weeks, the World Health Organization has confirmed a new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, at least eighteen countries continue to struggle deadly cholera cases, and bird flu swept through Peru and Chile, killing…

Public Health

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These Five Elements Make Public Health Success Possible
These Five Elements Make Public Health Success Possible
Public Health

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Dec 19, 2022

Understanding Long Covid

We know more now than before, and it’s still alarming — Author Note: This piece is written largely based on and because of the extensive research conducted by Andrew Gall and the Prevent Epidemics team at Resolve to Save Lives. I raised the risks of long Covid back in July 2020, and in July 2022 highlighted the difficult battle many people…

Long Covid

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Understanding Long Covid
Understanding Long Covid
Long Covid

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Aug 17, 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 — Covid mortality is ebbing, the toll of the climate crisis is growing, war in Ukraine is grinding on, and the global economy is sputtering. In many countries, security is increasingly compromised, media is becoming less free, and intolerance and social stress are increasing.

Public Health

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Public Health Progress, In a Perilous Time
Public Health Progress, In a Perilous Time
Public Health

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Aug 5, 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. — Even as Covid-19 continues to mutate and spread, much of the world is now facing outbreaks of another disease threat that no one expected to see: monkeypox. The United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday, following the lead of the World Health Organization.

Monkeypox

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How We Can Fight Monkeypox Effectively
How We Can Fight Monkeypox Effectively
Monkeypox

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Jul 5, 2022

Answering Your Questions About Getting Kids Vaccinated Against Covid

What parents should know — With summer camps open and kids mingling and socializing more, many parents eagerly awaited the moment when COVID-19 vaccines would be available to their young children. With formal authorization from the FDA and CDC’s strong recommendation, the moment arrived three weeks ago. Now, everyone 6 months and older is eligible…

Covid-19

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Answering Your Questions About Getting Kids Vaccinated Against Covid
Answering Your Questions About Getting Kids Vaccinated Against Covid
Covid-19

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May 24, 2022

How Protected Are You From Covid?

Yet another wave has begun and the virus continues to adapt — we must as well — The United States is facing yet another rise in Covid cases and many public figures have announced they’ve tested positive in recent days, including Jimmy Kimmel and US Health Secretary Xavier Becerra. Test positivity in the US has climbed to above 11%, indicating that transmission is increasing — and that…

Science

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How Protected Are You From Covid?
How Protected Are You From Covid?
Science

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