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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Walking on a Blade
"Walking on a Blade" exposes the invisible threats, the risks, and struggles of daily workers trying...
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The COVID Desk
The project examines the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has on countries in the Middle East that were...
![Indigenous leader Jose Augusto, 48, of the Miranha indigenous ethnic group, poses for a portrait wearing a face mask amid the spread of the new coronavirus, at the Park of Indigenous Nations community in Manaus, Brazil, Thursday, May 28, 2020. His mask reads in Portuguese: "Indigenous lives matter." Image by Felipe Dana / AP Photo. Brazil, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/06-10-20/2000.jpeg.webp?h=56d0ca2e&itok=sQKxGlJA "Indigenous leader Jose Augusto, 48, of the Miranha indigenous ethnic group, poses for a portrait wearing a face mask amid the spread of the new coronavirus, at the Park of Indigenous Nations community in Manaus, Brazil, Thursday, May 28, 2020. His mask reads in Portuguese: "Indigenous lives matter." Image by Felipe Dana / AP Photo. Brazil, 2020.")
![In early May, Alabama became one of the first states to begin lifting lockdown restrictions. Though distancing guidelines were recommended few wore masks and even fewer were in groups of less than 10 or following the prescribed “6 foot rule." Having come from New York where people were stringently following distancing and social isolation rules it was as though there wasn't a global pandemic in Southern Alabama. Image by Maranie Staab. United States, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/06-09-20/staab_1.jpg.webp?h=82f92a78&itok=2nBYM_co "In early May, Alabama became one of the first states to begin lifting lockdown restrictions. Though distancing guidelines were recommended few wore masks and even fewer were in groups of less than 10 or following the prescribed “6 foot rule." Having come from New York where people were stringently following distancing and social isolation rules it was as though there wasn't a global pandemic in Southern Alabama. Image by Maranie Staab. United States, 2020.")
