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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Lesson Plans
"The Living Century" from The New York Times Magazine: Underreported stories of medical progress
Students examine factors, many of which have been underreported, that have led to the doubling of human life expectancy over the past century.
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Pulitzer Center Update
Pulitzer Center-Supported Report on Flesh-Eating Bacteria Wins S.C. Press Association Award
A grantee won first place for his story about vibrio’s increasing threat to those along the Carolina...
April 30, 2021 -
Ninety years ago, John Steinbeck wrote, “The migrants are needed, and they are hated.” The same...
