The Formula
How to save millions of lives—including your own—with global health leader and former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden.
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To Make Every Life Count, Count Every Life (opens the original)
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Confronting Today's Global Health Threats (opens the original)
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Learning from the successes and failures of past health emergencies can help us deal with new ones that arise, as Dr. Raj Panjabi and I discussed. The lesson that matters most is that without trust, nothing works. Trust and connection are critical to build community resilience.Raj recalled an episode that I remember well from my time as CDC director during the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic. Liberia, facing a fast-growing outbreak, first tried force. Soldiers sealed off the West Point neig
Why Alcohol Is the Forgotten Killer (opens the original)
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The Ebola Outbreak is Out of Control in DRC (opens the original)
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Is There A Hack to Live Longer? (opens the original)
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I spoke with Dr. Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, an oncologist, bioethicist, author and health policy expert who has advised several U.S. presidents, to discuss how to live longer. We also touched on the U.S. health care system, AI and the politicization of public health.Most of what makes people healthy isn’t what you see in the news or on social media. It’s what you might expect: enough sleep, a balanced diet, move more, preventive care and social connection—habits that, over time, make a big differen
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