For Tuberculosis in 2020, the Madness Extended Well Past March

For many people in the U.S., there is a desire to return to “normal,” to return to college basketball games and its annual “March Madness.” But in the more impoverished parts of the world, returning to normal includes the perils of TB. If we can figure out the game plan for beating the COVID-19 pandemic in just over a year, it is past time to flex our scientific muscles and vanquish TB.

Children's Health and Wellbeing

Reflections on Raising the Next Generation

In the past year, parents and caregivers in the United States have grown increasingly aware that, despite their optimism about the future for their children, there is still a long way to go to make their hopes a reality and to end the harms from centuries of injustice.

Global Health

Prioritizing Equity: Who's Being Left Behind In The Global COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout?

Behind the amazing public health achievements during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic hides a reality that too few people want to talk about: the wildly inequitable ways in which these vaccines are being distributed around the world.

Black Lives Matter: Burness' Statement on Racism and Our Evolving Commitment to Be Part of the Solution

The inequitable and brutal treatment of Black people is unacceptable. We call out racism in all its insidious manifestations, which leaves Black people isolated and under-resourced. We grieve for and with those who have suffered injustice and psychological scarring for generations.

Spotlight 2020: Organizations That Moved Us To Give

This year has been a rough one. There’s no doubt about that. Between COVID-19, economic collapse, the unjust killings of Black people, unprecedented wildfires, and more, one can feel like there is no hope left in the world. However, there are many unsung heroes who have worked tirelessly to provide relief and joy to individuals and their communities.

Children's Health and Wellbeing

Our Families Are Not Alright

We cannot recover as a nation if we do not support our families. The health of our nation depends on the health of our families -- all our families.

Five Minutes With John Lewis

A giant of history, the conscience of a country, he gave me—a nobody—his time simply because I'd asked, and because he was a good and decent and extraordinary man.