Investigating another agent of infectious disease: dictators and other violators of human rights
Emerging from a remote corner of China, SARS wreaked havoc in 28 countries—killing hundreds, infecting thousands, quarantining millions, and costing billions. What does SARS mean for the future of public health?
As Baltimore’s long-tenured health commissioner, Peter Beilenson daily confronts some of the nation’s most entrenched big-city health problems. He does it with political savvy, a flair for statistics, and one foot on the accelerator.
Jonathan Samet and the Institute for Global Tobacco Control are using science and education to extinguish a tobacco epidemic that threatens 1.1 billion smokers around the world—and everyone else.
Why do African Americans consistently lag behind whites when it comes to measures of good health—and good health care?
Why doesn’t the world’s sole superpower have dependable supplies of all vaccines for its citizens?