Dr. Michael Baker is an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand. He has served on the New Zealand Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group.
Measles in the US reaches a 3-decade high
Not only do the disinformation campaign and politicization of public health threaten the gains made over the last six decades, they threaten the entire international effort to control these preventable diseases.
Benjamin Mateus•
Trump-Kennedy attacks on vaccines and public health will kill millions globally
Three simultaneous withdrawals—from the World Health Organization, USAID and the Gavi vaccine alliance—represent a coordinated abandonment of America’s role in global health leadership with devastating consequences for the world’s most vulnerable populations.
Evan Blake•
New study shows immense impact of public health on life expectancy
A new Yale study demonstrates the important gains made due to public health advances such as antibiotics, vaccines, and smoking cessation, but underscores the stagnation in life expectancy caused by chronic public health defunding.
Benjamin Mateus•
Kennedy’s hand-picked ACIP elevates anti-vaccine pseudoscience into US public health policy
The two-day CDC ACIP meeting that concluded this week was a brazen showcase of incompetence and a complete repudiation of the scientific process, raising alarms in the scientific community.
Benjamin Mateus•
Pani Wijesiriwardena•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Bill Shaw•
Benjamin Mateus•