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A Stress Test the World Is Failing
The World Cup won’t be a super-spreader event for Ebola. The outbreak in DRC is the test that matters.
 • Tom Frieden
Epidemics Aren't Inevitable. We Can Prevent and Stop Them.
As an alarming new Ebola outbreak spreads, these stories offer important lessons
 • Tom Frieden
How South Korea Cut Stroke Deaths by More Than 80%
The country’s fight against cardiovascular disease provides a blueprint for the world
 • Tom Frieden
What Disease Detectives Actually Do
Inside the work of minimizing spread and maximizing survival
 • Tom Frieden
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Can We Build Public Health Forward?
A conversation with Dr. Céline Gounder
 • Tom Frieden
Why the Hantavirus Outbreak Shows WHO Is Essential for American Health and Safety
A small cruise ship left Argentina on April 1 with 147 passengers and crew bound for Antarctica, the South Atlantic islands, and West Africa.
 • Tom Frieden
The Quiet Expert Who Stood Between Us and a Flu Pandemic
Most Americans haven’t heard of Nancy Cox, but we’ve all been touched by her work
 • Tom Frieden
Is Health Information Reaching the People Who Need It?
How to break the inverse care law
 • Tom Frieden
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What Health and Science Communication Gets Wrong—and How to Fix It
A conversation with Jessica Malaty Rivera
 • Tom Frieden and Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS
The World's Most Neglected Disease
A landmark study makes the case for urgent action against hypertension even harder to ignore
 • Tom Frieden
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How to save millions of lives—including your own—with global health leader and former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden.
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