The Atlantic

How to Fix the CDC

by Tom Frieden

The agency I used to lead is beset by slowness, impracticality, and lack of strategic thinking

STAT

Texas Reports Death Tied to Monkeypox, a First in the U.S.

by Andrew Joseph

Texas health officials on Tuesday reported the death of a person with monkeypox—what appears to be the first fatal case in the United States

New York Times

U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Again in "Historic" Setback

by Roni Caryn Rabin

The decline during the pandemic is the sharpest in nearly 100 years, hitting American Indian and Native Alaskan communities particularly hard

USA Today

Black, Hispanic People Disproportionately Suffer Monkeypox but Fewer Are Getting the Vaccine, Early Data Shows

by Nada Hassanein

Black people received only 10 percent of shots against monkeypox, while white people received about 47 percent

Wall Street Journal

Jackson, Miss., Is Out of Running Water After Treatment Plant Pumps Fail

by Alyssa Lukpat

The city of Jackson, Miss., which has struggled with a crumbling water infrastructure for years, has no reliable running water

The Lancet

Trust Made the Difference for Democracies in COVID-19

by Thomas J Bollyky, Olivia Angelino, Simon Wigley, et. al.

COVID-19 has shown that the democracies that can mobilise public trust are best placed to survive and thrive even in the face of great adversity

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