A bipartisan perspective on public health’s uncertain future
Elias Zerhouni and Tom Frieden discuss the future of NIH, the CDC, and more.
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Health care AI, intended to save money, turns out to require a lot of expensive humans
You need people, and more machines, to make sure the new tools don’t mess up.
Even great data couldn’t solve the UK’s COVID woes
The UK had arguably the best public health data in the world, but nearly 250,000 people still died.
Marijuana’s evolution has outpaced U.S. regulation
Use of high-potency THC can amplify serious mental health problems.
Why mayors should care about public health
“To have a public health mindset, you’ve got to be comfortable doing the non-sexy stuff,” says Arunan Arulampalam.
To meet demand, blood donation should not rely solely on volunteers
A misalignment between supply and demand especially hurts people in low-income nations.
Cities hope adding mental health workers to emergency response will reduce violence
Ryan Levi, a reporter for Tradeoffs, talks about Durham's HEART program.
Could the media stop avoiding public health, please?
Politicians are ignoring the greatest public health crisis in a century, and journalists are letting them.