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Lessons From a Year Spent Fighting COVID-19

A public health expert takes a hard look at where we've failed and how we can do better next time.

BY David K. Gibson

Blog Post

02.10.2021
Public Health

Documentary Film: Collective

A conversation with director Alexander Nanau, journalist Catalin Tolontan, and Romanian Minister of Health Vlad Voiculescu to discuss the award-winning documentary Collective.

BY Health, Medicine & Society Program

Video

01.27.2021
Public Health

Vaccine Rollout: Why Is It Taking So Long?

This week marks one year since the first known COVID-19 death. And while the remarkable pace of vaccine development is widely praised, the lag in its distribution is concerning.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

01.14.2021
Public Health

Where We Go from Here

A global pandemic, racism, political polarization, and economic devastation. 2020 ushered in new crises and laid bare longtime, simmering wounds. We will ...

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network & 1 more

Video

12.17.2020
Public Health

How Effective are the Vaccines? A Mount Sinai Expert Weighs In

Only ten months after the first case of COVID-19 was identified in the United States, pharmaceutical companies are announcing promising vaccine trial results.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Blog Post

12.10.2020
Public Health

Making Progress in Cancer Diagnostics

Cancer deaths are down nearly 30% over the last three decades. Some of the progress is due to public health advan ...

BY Health, Medicine & Society Program

Video

12.10.2020
Public Health

Building Public Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines

With millions of Americans already infected with COVID-19, public health officials are working to ensure that a safe and effective vaccine is available for every American who wants one.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

12.09.2020
Public Health

Fireside Chat: CDC’s Dr. Nancy Messonnier

This virtual fireside chat will provide Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Director of the National Center for Immunization a ...

BY Science & Society

Video

12.07.2020
Public Health

The Urgent Need to Address Health Equity in the Age of COVID

Which communities have been left behind by America's COVID response? And how can strategic recovery efforts help close critical equity gaps? Dr. Rich Besser of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Dr. Mary Bassett of the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard discuss.

BY Aspen Ideas: Health

Video

11.12.2020
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