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Climate and Health: Malaria Shows What’s at Stake

Climate change could have catastrophic health consequences, particularly for the poorest across the world. Or it could be the catalyst for accelerated progress against the deadliest infectious diseases. The outcome depends on us, and above...
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Peter Sands

Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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Nutrition for Health Span and Longevity

When COVID-19 began spreading in 2020, most countries reacted by involving heads of state and government agencies, while dedicating billions of dollars and an unprecedented level of personnel and resources to limit the size and consequences...
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Valter Longo

Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences, Edna M. Jones Chair in Gerontology, University of Southern California
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Embracing the AI-Powered Future of Health Care

While artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms have become digital tools that shape and influence many aspects of our lives, until recently, health care stood as an exception. As a field that is both deeply emotional and scientifically...
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Gianrico Farrugia

President and CEO, Mayo Clinic
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The Health Equity Movement and the War on Cancer

The COVID-19 pandemic and the murder of George Floyd brought to national attention inequities in the provisioning of health care in the United States—inequities that endanger the lives of millions of Americans. Those two historic events...
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Gary Puckrein, MD

President, National Minority Quality Forum
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Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) Reauthorization – US Senate HELP Committee

Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments in preparation for the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) reauthorization. We commend the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) in...
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Esther Krofah

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Health
Esther Krofah is the executive vice president of Milken Institute Health, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging, and Feeding Change. She has extensive experience managing efforts to unite diverse stakeholders to solve critical issues and achieve shared goals that improve patients’ lives.
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Evolutions in Health, Education, and Wealth Everyone Should Watch

Headlines about recession, market volatility, and bank failures are rightly grabbing our attention. But exciting shifts in our health system, schools, and financial institutions are challenging the status quo, and we should all take notice...
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Aditi Javeri Gokhale

Chief Strategy Officer, President of Retail Investments, Head of Institutional Investments, Northwestern Mutual
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