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PODCAST: Can Tom Frieden Save 100 Million Lives?

Dr. Tom Frieden lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2009 to 2017. He now has a new role: President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies. And in this role he...

Why You Should Be Freaking Out that the US Centers for Disease Control Is Massively Cutting its Overseas Operations. (Hint: Diseases Like Ebola Don’t respect borders)

About two weeks ago, an internal memo leaked from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It informed personnel that the center was anticipating a loss of approximately 80% of its funding for international outbreak prevention work. Yesterday, the...

We Now Know that Zika Causes a Terrible Birth Defect and Can Paralyze Adults. It’s Coming to the USA. Can We Stop it?

Yesterday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an article that confirmed Zika virus causes microcephaly, a neurological disorder in which babies are born with abnormally small heads. We’ve been hearing about the link between Zika and...

Measles Around the World

The measles outbreak in the United States is an aberration. Since 2000, measles cases have declined substantially around the world thanks to a worldwide effort known as the Measles and Rubella Initiative. Its goal is to eliminate measles all together by 2020....

Inside the Fight Against Global Epidemics

How the WHO and CDC are taking on ebola, cholera and super flues.

Map of the Day: Chikungunya in the Americas

Chikungunya could become the next Dengue Fever to sweep across the region.

PODCAST: Can Tom Frieden Save 100 Million Lives?

Why You Should Be Freaking Out that the US Centers for Disease Control Is Massively Cutting its Overseas Operations. (Hint: Diseases Like Ebola Don’t respect borders)

We Now Know that Zika Causes a Terrible Birth Defect and Can Paralyze Adults. It’s Coming to the USA. Can We Stop it?

Measles Around the World

Inside the Fight Against Global Epidemics

Map of the Day: Chikungunya in the Americas

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations