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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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…

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…