FORBES | Currently in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 25 people are suspected to have already died from Ebola in the Equateur province. Four cases have reached the provincial capital of Mbandaka, prompting fears that DRC is on the cusp of an urban epidemic. A few years ago, in the 2014 West African Ebola epidemic,…
Read MoreCNN| Last month marked the 15th anniversary of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. The celebrations included an important announcement that didn’t receive enough attention: Today, 14 million people who otherwise wouldn’t have access to care are receiving lifesaving HIV treatment. When we worked alongside President George W. Bush in 2003 to usher PEPFAR…
Read MoreFORBES | When I operated on hearts and lungs every day to do my best to fix the underlying devastating and life-shortening disease, I’d always think, “If only this could be prevented.” And it can, by stopping smoking. Ever since we recognized the health risks of smoking tobacco nearly 75 years ago, the world’s doctors, policy makers,…
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