More than a reorg: the CDC needs a new mindsetThe fact that Covid will remain a part of life well into the future represents both a public health failure and an opportunity. The CDC’s…Nov 3, 20221Nov 3, 20221
Case Count Confusion: The Pitfalls of Public Health’s Oft-Used MetricKinsa was founded on a simple premise: if we know when and where illness will surge, we can take action to reduce transmission and…Jul 20, 2022Jul 20, 2022
Still in the Dark: Why Case Data Doesn’t Cut ItMore than two years into the pandemic, the path forward is as confusing as ever. Are we nearing the end? Is it becoming endemic? Are there…Jun 9, 2022Jun 9, 2022
Now Launching Near You: the “Health Weather”Wisely or not — from both a legal and public health standpoint — a federal judge last week invalidated the CDC’s mask mandate on public…Apr 26, 2022Apr 26, 2022
Two steps forward, one back? Why we must keep investing in public healthJust shy of a year ago, I wrote about my relief that the U.S. was finally investing in public health infrastructure by passing the American…Mar 18, 20221Mar 18, 20221
How COVID’s spread in the home offers clues for public health responseWith states around the country lifting mask mandates, it is starting to seem like life is inching closer to “normal.” With the Omicron wave…Feb 22, 2022Feb 22, 2022
If Health Systems are Designed to Look at Old Data, How Will We Ever Have the Full Picture?The Omicron case count graphs now resemble a vertical wall rather than the curves we’ve been seeing — and trying to flatten — for the past…Jan 21, 2022Jan 21, 2022
National Response Agency or University? Why C.D.C.’s Culture is Doing Americans a DisserviceIf we view the CDC as a university, then its actions make sense. But if we view it it as a public health response agency, it falls short.Dec 15, 2021Dec 15, 2021
The Malaria Vaccine is a Victory for Collaborative Innovation. Now Let’s Learn from Our SuccessesLast week, the WHO approved a malaria vaccine, a historic accomplishment in the fight against a disease that kills about 500,000 people…Oct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2021
Killing it with Kindness: How Respect Can Change the COVID GameKindness may be our most powerful and underutilized tool in this pandemic — soon to be “multidemic.”Oct 4, 20211Oct 4, 20211