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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Jonathan Pells
JD Pells is a multimedia journalist from Maui, Hawaii. He spent four years in newsrooms in Hawaii and Texas before earning his bachelor's degree in journalism in 2022. His mission statement is to act...
July 26, 2022 -
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Ricardo Barbar
Ricardo Barbar is a feature writer and health reporter at Prodavinci interested in rare diseases, cancer, COVID-19, and access to drinking water. He was nominated for a Premio Gabo journalism award...
June 15, 2020 -
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Nsikan Akpan
Nsikan Akpan runs the health and science desk at WNYC/Gothamist. Akpan was previously at National Geographic, where he worked as a science editor, overseeing its COVID-19 coverage in addition to other...
November 17, 2017