Press Mentions The Three Key Hurdles for a Coronavirus Vaccine to Clear Wall Street Journal: Making a safe, effective Covid-19 vaccine will be hard enough, but distributing it and building trust for widespread participation will be even harder
Press Room Global Mayors Showcase Innovation in the Face of COVID-19 in Bloomberg Philanthropies Virtual Leadership Convening Supporting cities—home to more than 50% of the global population—in responding to COVID-19 is critical to blunting the impact of the virus.
Press Mentions Reducing Premature Mortality from Cardiovascular and Other Non-Communicable Diseases by One Third: Achieving Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 3.4.1 Global Heart Journal: This article reviews the science and practice informing what is required to achieve this target, identifying seven interventions that can accelerate progress
Press Room As COVID-19 Compounds National Overdose Crisis, Coalition Releases Guidance to Reduce Both COVID-19 and Overdose Deaths The overdose epidemic claimed a record 72,000 lives in the United States in 2019, and 2020 data suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the trend.
Press Mentions Overdose & Harm Reduction in the Time of COVID-19 HMS Center for Primary Care: Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States faced an epidemic of drug overdose, topping half a million deaths over the last decade. COVID-19—both the virus itself and some of the strategies and policies implemented in response to it—has made the preexisting overdose crisis even more severe.
Press Mentions Coronavirus Epidemiology This Week Think Global Health: There’s broader recognition of how serious the U.S. failure is, but not enough on what needs to get done. The virus has the upper hand, it won’t stop until we stop it, and we won’t stop it until we focus better on the most important data.
Press Mentions Former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden on US response to coronavirus pandemic Fox News: The U.S. surpasses 4 million confirmed cases; reaction and analysis from former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden on 'Fox News Sunday.'
Press Mentions U.S. must collect this data in order to contain pandemic, former CDC director says PBS: As many states struggle with outbreaks, Dr. Tom Frieden, former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the country desperately needs improved data collection to understand how the virus is spreading -- and to contain it
Press Mentions Former CDC Director on Coronavirus Testing Delays CNN: Chris Cuomo interviews Dr. Tom Frieden on the latest in the coronavirus pandemic
Vital Stories Vital’s Top Picks: Learn About African American History and Culinary Traditions with These Reading Recommendations Vital Strategies recently launched a new learning forum for staff to broaden their knowledge within and beyond public health, to engage with new ideas and frameworks for thinking about the world.