MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS
The following articles are Op-Eds written or co-authored by Dr. Tom Frieden
“To rebuild trust in public health: Better communication, fewer mandates, and small wins” STAT News, April 11, 2024
“It’s the world’s leading killer. Make it the focus of the next breakthrough” Washington Post, February 7, 2024
“Hypertension, The Silent Killer!” The Independent, Nigeria, January 10, 2024
With Dr. Jean Kaseya “Eliminating artificial trans-fat in Africa could save 250,000 lives over the next 25 years” Ventures Africa, December 7, 2023
“Dr. Tom Frieden: Covid-19 is still around, and so are these misconceptions” CNN Health, November 9, 2023
With Shama Cash-Goldwasser, Arthur L. Reingold, Stephen P. Luby, and Lisa A. Jackson Masks During Pandemics Caused by Respiratory Pathogens—Evidence and Implications for Action, JAMA Network Special Communication - Infectious Diseases, October 31, 2023
“Hypertension is still a killer - but there is good news” The National, October 6, 2023
With Marine Buissonniere “Revitalize World Bank health spending with 3 pragmatic changes” Devex, September 27, 2023
With Chen Chen, Krishna Jafa “The Future of Community Health Workers in Global Health” Think Global Health, August 10, 2023
“A new pandemic is inevitable but here's what we can do” The National News, August 4, 2023
With Amanda McClelland “Ongoing cholera pandemic shows need to go back to basics for healthier today and safer tomorrow” CNN Health, June 1, 2023
With Christopher T Lee, Mohammed Lamorde, Marci Nielsen, Amanda McClelland, and Viroj Tangcharoensathien “The road to achieving epidemic-ready primary health care” Lancet Public Health, April 28, 2023
“What Worked Against Covid: Masks, Closures and Vaccines” The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2023
“Five Conditions for Success in Public Health: What improving public health requires” Think Global Health February 21, 2023
With Sumi Mehta, Michael Brauer, and Chen Chen “Tackling Air Pollution Starts at Home” Think Global Health, February 13, 2023
“What’s A National Public Health Institute To Do?” Health Affairs, December 7, 2022
With Precious Matsoso “Lessons from past outbreaks can stop new epidemics in their tracks.” CNN, November 4, 2022
With Amanda McClelland “Preparing for Pandemics and Other Health Threats—Societal Approaches to Protect and Improve Health.” JAMA Viewpoint, October 7, 2022
“Making hypertension drugs affordable will save thousands yearly.” Punch, October 4, 2022
“India’s hypertension control programme is an example for the world.” Hindustan Times, September 29, 2022
“India is on the way to gaining independence from its biggest killer, cardiovascular disease.” The Economic Times India, September 17, 2022
“Three Solutions for Public Health—And One Dangerous Idea.” The Atlantic, August 31, 2022
“Stopping a Pandemic Deadlier Than Covid.” The Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2022
“The Next Covid Wave Is Probably Already on Its Way.” The New York Times, March 22, 2022
“Former CDC directors: Coordinating our nation’s health data will save lives.” The Hill, March 10, 2022
“Making -- and muddling -- the case for mask and vaccine mandates.” CNN, February 25, 2022
“Why I'm cautiously optimistic about Covid-19.” CNN, February 1, 2022
“Don’t underestimate Omicron — especially if you’re unvaccinated.” CNN, January 24, 2022
With Marine Buissonniere “Why the Global Fund must take on pandemic preparedness.” Devex, January 6, 2021
“Fight Covid by learning so we can roll with the punches: 7 lessons for 2022.” CNN, December 20, 2022
“How to protect your heart without sacrificing taste: Eliminate trans fat from your food.” USA Today, December 7, 2021
“Former CDC director: What’s next with Omicron and the pandemic?” CNN, December 7, 2021
“Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines are our best chance to end this pandemic. Break up their duopoly.” The Washington Post, October 12, 2021
“Former CDC director: Low sodium salt could save millions of lives.” CNN, October 10, 2021
With Strive Masiyiwa “This is what we owe the world's health and care workers, who put their lives on the line for us.” CNN, October 3, 2021
“I Ran the C.D.C. Here’s How to Prove That Americans Are Vaccinated.” New York Times. September 21, 2021
“The Delta Variant and Beyond: Learning to Live With Covid” Wall Street Journal. August 13, 2021
“Delta is dangerous and spreading -- but vaccination can stop it” CNN. July 23, 2021
With Senator Tom Daschle “After 2020, pandemic preparedness budget cuts should be unthinkable” The Hill. July 20, 2021
“Taming the world's leading killer: high blood pressure” CNN. June 1, 2021
“Former CDC director: Direct Covid-19 vaccines to where they’re needed most” CNN. May 16, 2021
“Don’t be blinded by the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel” CNN. May 2, 2021
“Former CDC director: We can prevent the next pandemic” CNN. April 27, 2021
“Former CDC chief: Think diners, dentists and dollar stores. Make COVID vaccines easy to get.” USA Today. April 16, 2021
“Why Even Well-Prepared Countries Failed the Pandemic Test” Foreign Affairs. March 29, 2021
With Rahul Rajkumar and Farzad Mostashari “We Must Fix US Health and Public Health Policy.” American Journal of Public Health, March 10, 2021
“The U.S. Has the Power to Tamp Down Coronavirus Variants — If We’re Willing to Use It” Politico. March 2, 2021
“How to Become the Public Health President” Health Affairs. February 16, 2021
“Will We Be Ready for the Next Pandemic?” The Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2021
With Calvin Butts and Al Sharpton “Saving Black lives from COVID: Churches’ new testing and vaccination push.” Daily News, February 11, 2021
With Laura Cobb “Food Fight: Fighting for Healthier Food is a Life-or-Death Struggle” Think Global Health. January 28, 2021
With Amanda McClelland “How we can keep health care workers safe.” CNN. January 24, 2021
“Ex-CDC Chief Dr. Tom Frieden: 5 things we must do now to combat a major COVID death surge.” Fox News. January 15, 2021
“The CDC was damaged by marginalization and politicization. This is how Biden can fix it.” NBC News. January 14, 2021
“Which Countries Have Responded Best to Covid-19?” Wall Street Journal. January 1, 2021
“How to reopen the economy safely? Immunity passports.” Washington Post. December 21, 2020
“How to Handle the Covid-19 Vaccine Breakthrough the Right Way.” Wall Street Journal. December 4, 2020
“We need a nationwide Covid alert-level system to save lives and restore jobs, former CDC director says.” CNN. November 24, 2020
“Ex-CDC Chief Frieden: To beat COVID and stay safe before vaccines arrive we need to give it this 1-2 punch.” Fox News. November 23, 2020
“Ex-CDC Director Frieden: Cancel Thanksgiving? No, but we must make these hard choices to stay safe.” Fox News. November 21, 2020
“We Know How to Beat COVID-19. We Just Don't Do It.” The Atlantic. November 13, 2020
With John Nkengasong “The Double Threat of COVID-19 in Africa.” Think Global Health. October 30, 2020
“Ex-CDC Chief Frieden: COVID-19 --Protect vulnerable, let virus spread to the young? Why it's a terrible plan.” Fox News. October 19, 2020
“The path to ‘herd immunity’ would be lined with half a million dead Americans.” Washington Post. October 18, 2020
“Why we need to eliminate artificial trans fat from the world’s food supply to save lives” Devex. October 16, 2020
“Ex-CDC Chief Frieden: Trump's coronavirus diagnosis – no one is safe.” Fox News. October 2, 2020
“Dr. Tom Frieden: Wearing a mask can help stop COVID and get our jobs back.” Fox News. September 1, 2020
“Masks work. Now we need to pay attention to when and where, and which kind.” The Washington Post. August 27, 2020
“Coronavirus immunity offers perils and promise.” CNN. August 21, 2020
With Samuel Dooley “We must rigorously follow basic infection control procedures to protect our healthcare workers from SARS-CoV-2.” Cambridge University Press. August 3, 2020
“The Three Key Hurdles for a Coronavirus Vaccine to Clear.” Washington Post. July 31, 2020
With Cyrus Shahpar “We Searched for Covid-19 Data. Here’s What We Couldn’t Find.” The New York Times. July 21, 2020
With Jeffrey Koplan, David Satcher and Richard Besser “We ran the CDC. No president ever politicized its science the way Trump has.” The Washington Post. July 14, 2020
With Arne Duncan and Margaret Spellings “These 8 Basic Steps Will Let Us Reopen Schools.” The Atlantic. July 9, 2020
“Amateur epidemiology is deterring our covid-19 response. Here’s what we should do instead.” Washington Post. June 10, 202
“What the C.D.C. Did Wrong, and Why.” New York Times. Jun 4, 2020
“Identifying and Interrupting Superspreading Events—Implications for Control of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. June, 2020
With Dan Schwarz “Primary care doctors could be COVID-19's next victims” The Hill. June 1, 2020
“5 ways to prevent another 100,000 coronavirus deaths in the US (and beyond).” Vox. May 27, 2020.
“Dr. Tom Frieden: Coronavirus alert levels — here's how to recover our economy without risking lives.” Fox News. May 20, 2020.
“We need to enter the fifth stage of coronavirus grief: Acceptance.” Washington Post. May 14, 2020
With Farzad Mostashari “Technology companies can help fight Covid-19.” CNN. May 13, 2020
With Rajeev Cherukupalli “Only Saving Lives Will Save Livelihoods.” Foreign Affairs. May 13, 2020.
With Kelly Henning “Lockdown Is a Blunt Tool. We Have a Sharper One.” New York Times. May 5, 2020
“Putting A Stake Through the Heart of Public Health’s Eeyore Complex.” Health Affairs. April 27, 2020
With Cyrus Shahpar “Drs. Frieden and Shahpar: Coronavirus testing 1, 2, 3 – it's time for plain talk on what's next.” Fox News. April 27, 2020.
“Drs. Frieden and Dooley: Coronavirus reopening – We must do these 4 things to avoid a COVID-19 resurgence.” Fox News. April 17, 2020.
“I Used to Run the C.D.C. Here’s What It Can Do to Slow This Pandemic.” The New York Times. April 12, 2020.
With Cyrus Shahpar “Virology in the time of coronavirus: What a difference a month makes -- and the most important questions we still need to answer” CNN. April 9, 2020
With Samuel Dooley “Coronavirus: Facing the fear in everyday activities like getting the mail and shopping” USA Today. April 9, 2020.
“A New Normal With COVID-19: The Next Steps We Must Take.” Think Global Health. April 6, 2020.
“Former CDC Chief Tom Frieden: Coronavirus – These simple steps can make a real difference.” Fox News. April 3, 2020.
“Drs. Frieden and Dooley: Coronavirus safety tips — 6 simple ways to stay healthy.” Fox News. March 31, 2020.
“Former CDC head on coronavirus testing: What went wrong and how we proceed.” USA Today. March 31, 2020.
“Former CDC Chief Dr. Tom Frieden: Coronavirus straight talk – the letter that should be sent to every American.” Fox News. March 30, 2020.
“We'll lose 'World War C' against the coronavirus if we don't fight the right way.” The Hill. March 27, 2020.
“When will it be safe to go out again?” The Washington Post. March 25, 2020
“Former CDC Chief Dr. Tom Frieden: Coronavirus and cardiovascular disease – stopping a deadly duo.” Fox News. March 25, 2020
“Former CDC Chief Dr. Tom Frieden: Coronavirus infection risk may be reduced by Vitamin D.” Fox News. March 23, 2020
“Former CDC director: There's a long war ahead and our Covid-19 response must adapt.” CNN. March 22, 2020
“How NYC can get through the coronavirus crisis: Stay home, and don’t get tested or seek care if you have mild illness.” NY Daily News March 18, 2020
“The Three Essential Questions about COVID-19.” Project Syndicate. March 18, 2020
“7 potentially deadly errors the US is making in its coronavirus response.” Vox. March 16, 2020
“Former CDC director: Covid-19 is different from flu and we must respond differently.” CNN. March 14, 2020
“Lessons from Ebola: The secret of successful epidemic response.” CNN. March 11, 2020
“Could coronavirus kill a million Americans?” Think Global Health. March 10, 2020
“Former CDC director: It's time to restrict visits to nursing homes.” CNN. March 8, 2020
“Protecting Americans from infectious disease threats, today and tomorrow.” The Hill. March 2, 2020
“How to Save Lives in a COVID-19 Pandemic” Think Global Health. February 28, 2020
“Strong public health response key to containing virus” China Daily. February 28, 2020
“Former CDC director: A coronavirus pandemic is inevitable. What now?” CNN. February 25, 2020
“What you can do right now to evade America’s No. 1 killer.” CNN. February 22, 2020
“What’s Next for COVID-19?” Think Global Health, February 18, 2020
“A Strong Public Health System: Essential for Health and Economic Progress”. China CDC. February 8, 2020
“New study an eye-opener on how coronavirus is spreading and how little we know”. CNN. February 8, 2020
“Dr. Tom Frieden on the Politics of Epidemics.” Think Global Health. January 31, 2020
“The next pandemic is coming. We’re not prepared for it.” Washington Post. January 30, 2020
“Former CDC director Tom Frieden on 3 key questions about the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China.” Stat News. January 22, 2020
“The good, the bad and the ugly in global health in 2019".” CNN. December 29, 2019
“Pass less salt and when you pass it, make it potassium salt.” The Hill. December 19, 2019
“Scaling up effective treatment of hypertension—A pathfinder for universal health coverage”
J of Clinical Hypertension. September 23, 2019
“Sodium Reduction—Saving Lives by Putting Choice Into Consumers’ Hands” JAMA Viewpoint. June 1, 2016
“Government’s Role in Protecting Health and Safety” NEJM. April 17, 2013
“A framework for public health action: the health impact pyramid” AJPH. February 18, 2010