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Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald is editor-in-chief of Harvard Public Health.

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Some problems, only government can solve

High-profile efforts to improve Medicaid could mean a radical transformation for U.S. public health care.
By Michael Fitzgerald
Book Cover for “Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People by Tracy Kidder”. The cover is placed on a blue-speckled background.

Inside the Sisyphean crisis of homelessness

Author Tracy Kidder paints an empathic portrait of people experiencing homelessness and one man who chose to care for them—Dr. Jim O’Connell.
By Michael Fitzgerald
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Hope, headaches, and public health politics

Health outcomes can be traced back to politics and policies. In a polarizing world, will we have the courage to make decisions in the public’s interest?
By Michael Fitzgerald