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The Invisible Shield
The Old Playbook
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Public health saved your life today and you don't even know it.
Public health saved your life today and you don't even know it.
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Public health saved your life today and you don't even know it.
Public health saved your life today and you don't even know it.
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Life expectancy is declining. How do we rethink the system before it's too late?
Life expectancy is declining. How do we rethink the system before it's too late?
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Disinformation and misunderstanding, skepticism of science, and distrust of government.
Disinformation and misunderstanding, skepticism of science, and distrust of government.
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Data has been an essential public health tool since at least the seventeenth century.
Data has been an essential public health tool since at least the seventeenth century.
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Public health has doubled our life expectancy, but the system is in jeopardy.
Public health has doubled our life expectancy, but the system is in jeopardy.
Life Expectancy
Historians and public health practitioners talk public health's impact on life expectancy.
Historians and public health practitioners talk public health's impact on life expectancy.
Cholera and the Modern Public Health System
How the 1854 cholera outbreak led to the birth of the modern public health system.
How the 1854 cholera outbreak led to the birth of the modern public health system.
The Origins of Cholera
Steven Johnson describes the origins of cholera and how interventions stopped the spread.
Steven Johnson describes the origins of cholera and how interventions stopped the spread.