MedPage Today July 27, 2021
— Now’s the time to address health disparities in the U.S., says Wen in her new book
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Leana Wen, MD, MSc, has been one of public health’s most vocal advocates, offering smart analysis and calling out problems with the federal response. One of the most significant contributors to U.S. pandemic failures, she said, has been the prolonged devaluing of public health.
That’s part of the reason Wen set out to write a book on the role that public health silently plays in all Americans’ lives. She initially landed on telling the story of the city of Baltimore and the public health successes achieved under her watch as health commissioner there. But the book also turned into...
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