Many working to make quality health care accessible for all Americans were saddened Sunday to learn of Bernard J. Tyson’s passing. As chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, Tyson championed affordable and accessible treatment along with preventive care.

Writer Kea Krause talks about scientists searching cold waters in the Arctic for wonder drugs.

In June 2016, six former Commissioners of the Food and Drug Administration convened at Aspen Ideas: Health (previously Spotlight Health) to talk about the challenges facing the FDA. From that stage, they publicly announced their consensus view that the FDA should be transformed into an independent federal agency.

More than one billion people across the globe do not have access to basic health services.