Anthony Fauci MD on Global Health

We should understand Global Health not only in terms of its value in promoting individual well-being, but also as a stabilizing influenceI first met, heard and came to admire Tony Fauci several months ago at the Aspen Health Forum. Dr. Fauci heads the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In […]

Breaking Through on Water

Your water footprint By Mike Magee We’ve finally broken through on Global Warming. Most denial has fallen away; Al Gore has a Nobel Prize; The Today show and NBC Nightly News have green peacocks and have “covered the Earth”; and everyday people like you and me are wondering what our “personal carbon footprints” are. If […]

Health and Petroleum

Yes, there’s a link between the two and it’s worth thinking about Anyone who has followed my Health Politics programs over the last few years knows that I’ve done a lot of research on our most precious resource — water — and how it affects virtually every aspect of our lives. In the process of […]

Taking the G8 to Task

AIDS leader Stephen Lewis calls for bold action to fight the pandemicStephen Lewis, United Nations AIDS Envoy to Africa, gave a stirring speech at the International Conference on AIDS in Toronto in 2006. Lewis believes that the world’s most powerful nations and organizations have largely turned their backs on the AIDS crisis. He also believes that gender […]

China Joins Cola Wars

Obesity Just Around the Corner? One thing is pretty clear if you’re a developing nation, and that is that multi-national marketers have you in their cross-hairs. And for China or India — with huge populations — that goes double. China, of course, is a special case. Whether it be tobacco consumption, an electrical grid fired […]

The Bee Mystery

The Limits of Human KnowledgeOver the past few months, beekeepers in 36 U.S. states have been wondering what’s happened to their bees. Some have lost over 90% of their workers, who fly off and never return. Now researcher Ian Lipkin of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health believes he has the answer. In yet […]

Detroit Blinks as Definition of Health Expands

Just last week it seemed as if Detroit had still not gotten the message — the world is changing. 11 states were still running radio ads meant to rally the people around resisting government intervention meant to force higher fuel standards on U.S. vehicles. “Change the subject” seemed to be the theme, with make-believe Americans saying “Why can’t […]

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