Public Health
Public health focuses on the systematic prevention of disease and prolonging of life by governments, NGO’s and other groups. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Public Health” feature reporting on communicable and non-communicable diseases, the development of medical systems and infrastructure to provide public access to health care services. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on public health.
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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: Disaster Research During the Ebola Outbreak
With the most promising vaccines in the fight against Ebola still months away, what can be done now?
December 16, 2014 -
The current Ebola outbreak has been seen through the lens of terror and failure, but the untold...
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Research during a disaster can seem frivolous when there aren’t enough resources to handle the...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalists: Lynn Hicks and Rodney White in China
Chinese agriculture, long dominated by lawn-sized plots of land harvested by hand, is rapidly...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Shi Lihong
In the midst of a worsening environmental crisis, with constant reports of contaminated soil and...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Field Notes Podcast: Featuring Our Student Fellows
Our student fellows and professional journalists reflect on the importance of being flexible...
December 8, 2014
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/12-04-14/rtxbbj0crop.jpg.webp?h=834699ff&itok=uOhbNF9B "A fireman climbs down from his truck as a bushfire approaches a town outside of of Melbourne, Australia in February 2009. Officials blamed the blazes five years ago on a "once in a century" heatwave. With climate change increasing the risk of fires and other weather-related crises, public health workers are working with firefighters and others to help Australians build their emotional resilience to disaster. Image by Mick Tsikas/Reuters. Australia, 2009.")
