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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![Dr. Jennifer Stevens, a pain specialist, talks with patient Cheryl Rowley who is awaiting surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia, on July 17, 2019. "We were just pumping this stuff out into our local community, thinking that that had no consequences," says Stevens, a vocal advocate for changing opioid prescribing practices. "And now, of course, we realize that it does have huge consequences." Image by David Goldman. Australia, 2019.](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%20510%20315'%2F%3E "Dr. Jennifer Stevens, a pain specialist, talks with patient Cheryl Rowley who is awaiting surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia, on July 17, 2019. "We were just pumping this stuff out into our local community, thinking that that had no consequences," says Stevens, a vocal advocate for changing opioid prescribing practices. "And now, of course, we realize that it does have huge consequences." Image by David Goldman. Australia, 2019.")
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![Dr. Jennifer Stevens, a pain specialist, talks with patient Cheryl Rowley who is awaiting surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia, on July 17, 2019. "We were just pumping this stuff out into our local community, thinking that that had no consequences," says Stevens, a vocal advocate for changing opioid prescribing practices. "And now, of course, we realize that it does have huge consequences." Image by David Goldman. Australia, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/16_0.jpeg.webp?h=f7d9296c&itok=P7zx0MoN "Dr. Jennifer Stevens, a pain specialist, talks with patient Cheryl Rowley who is awaiting surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia, on July 17, 2019. "We were just pumping this stuff out into our local community, thinking that that had no consequences," says Stevens, a vocal advocate for changing opioid prescribing practices. "And now, of course, we realize that it does have huge consequences." Image by David Goldman. Australia, 2019.")
