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A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Public Health in Peril: Why Recent CDC Resignations Matter to Us All

Sep. 3, 2025 by Syra Madad

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Why Defunding mRNA Vaccine Research Is a Catastrophic Mistake

Aug. 8, 2025 by Syra Madad
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The U.S. Measles Outbreak Is a Wake-Up Call for Public Health

Jul. 11, 2025 by Syra Madad
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ACIP Is Changing. The Science Isn’t - Where to Turn for Trusted Vaccine Guidance

Jun. 30, 2025 by Syra Madad

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RFK Spewed Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric, Putting American Babies And The Elderly At Risk

Sep. 5, 2025

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from Real Clear Politics

Public Health in Peril: Why Recent CDC Resignations Matter to Us All

Sep. 3, 2025 by Syra Madad

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from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

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Why Defunding mRNA Vaccine Research Is a Catastrophic Mistake

Aug. 8, 2025 by Syra Madad

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from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

3 minutes

A patient is given a flu vaccine Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to pay Moderna $176 million to develop a mRNA vaccine to treat bird flu in people, as cases in dairy cows continue to mount across the country. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

From a Boston ER to Arctic Ice: Medicine and Marathons in Extreme Environments

Jul. 18, 2025

In The News

from GBH Radio

The U.S. Measles Outbreak Is a Wake-Up Call for Public Health

Jul. 11, 2025 by Syra Madad

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from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

3 minutes

ACIP Is Changing. The Science Isn’t - Where to Turn for Trusted Vaccine Guidance

Jun. 30, 2025 by Syra Madad

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from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

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When Politics Replaces Science, People Suffer

May. 28, 2025 by Syra Madad

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5 minute read

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital on Oct. 5, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Foreign Aid Looks Good, Now that it’s Gone

May. 24, 2025 by Jeffrey Frankel

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