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The glass of the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) building is pockmarked by bullet holes, following a deadly shooting incident, in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 9, 2025.

The Formula: How to Protect Public Health Amid Rising Challenges

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How the public health community can counteract the growingly hostile rhetoric around science and medicine

Best Books of 2022

Best Books of 2022

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The novels, nonfiction, and media our colleagues at the Council on Foreign Relations enjoyed most this year

Ukrainian Culture as Medicine

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Six books and movies to soothe the heartbreak of the war in Ukraine

Ukrainian Culture as Medicine

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Our top fifteen favorite reads of the year

Best Books of 2021

"Less a Leper Than I Have Been"

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Book of documentary poetry recalls Louisiana's Carville Hospital and early 20th century experience of leprosy in America

Attitudes toward leprosy are represented in this watercolor commissioned by Henry S. Wellcome around 1912 from Richard Cooper, a graphic artist known for his advertisements for the London Underground. Painting shows people scrambling to get away from a leper who strolls by, ringing a bell. In their haste, the crowd has left an infant on the roadside. CC-BY 4.0 from Wellcome Collection.