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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Almostajad Podcast
An Arabic-language news podcast by Sowt Podcasting, focusing on COVID-19 in the Middle East and...
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Back From the Brink
Since leaving the service, Dustin Jones, USMC veteran and filmmaker, has lost more friends to...
![California has closed 11 public health labs over the past two decades, impeding the implementation of "targeted testing." Image by Kim Kuperkova / Creative Commons. United States, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/05-18-20/california_covid.jpg.webp?h=2afa6f0b&itok=1t6EYe7U "California has closed 11 public health labs over the past two decades, impeding the implementation of "targeted testing." Image by Kim Kuperkova / Creative Commons. United States, 2020.")
![Rick Bright (left), former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), alleges in a whistleblower complaint that officials punished him for refusing to deliver funds to pharmaceutical firms run by "cronies." Image by Alliance for Health Policy / Creative Commons. United States, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/05-14-20/rick_bright_photo.jpg.webp?h=199d8c1f&itok=hn_uHhnZ "Rick Bright (left), former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), alleges in a whistleblower complaint that officials punished him for refusing to deliver funds to pharmaceutical firms run by "cronies." Image by Alliance for Health Policy / Creative Commons. United States, 2016.")
![Behind the scenes while filming "Back from the Brink." Image courtesy of Dustin Jones. United States, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/03-20-20/screen_shot_2020-03-20_at_5.33.05_pm.png.webp?h=3fc8bd1d&itok=UNqOdE4I "Behind the scenes while filming "Back from the Brink." Image courtesy of Dustin Jones. United States, 2019.")
