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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Children of the Atomic Bomb
In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki—the only use of...
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The Legacy of Luckey
Workers and residents were told a Cold War weapons plant was safe. It wasn't.