🌍 Global Health Equity

Examinations of why health outcomes vary so drastically across borders and communities, and what it would take to close the gap. These books confront the structural forces that make illness a matter of geography and wealth.

To Repair the World

by Paul Farmer • 2013

A doctor's manifesto: replace charity with long-term solidarity and treat the impossible as doable.

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🌍 Medical Anthropology 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 🌱 Pragmatic Idealism 🩺 Grassroots Healthcare ✝️ Liberation Theology

To Repair the World 93%

A doctor's manifesto: replace charity with long-term solidarity and treat the impossible as doable.

by Paul Farmer 2013

4.11

1k+ ratings

🌍 Medical Anthropology 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 🌱 Pragmatic Idealism 🩺 Grassroots Healthcare ✝️ Liberation Theology

Mountains Beyond Mountains

by Tracy Kidder • 2003

He cured untreatable TB in a one-room Haitian clinic. That was just his warm-up.

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89k+

🩺 Medical Anthropology 💸 Aid Critique ✝️ Liberation Theology 🏥 Social Medicine ✊ Medical Activism

Mountains Beyond Mountains 93%

He cured untreatable TB in a one-room Haitian clinic. That was just his warm-up.

by Tracy Kidder 2003

4.20

89k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Anthropology 💸 Aid Critique ✝️ Liberation Theology 🏥 Social Medicine ✊ Medical Activism

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

by Bill Gates • 2022

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

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2k+

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy 🧫 Infectious Disease 💉 Vaccine Development

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 91%

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

by Bill Gates 2022

3.76

2k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy 🧫 Infectious Disease 💉 Vaccine Development

The Health Gap

by Michael G. Marmot • 2015

Life expectancy varies by 28 years within one city. The culprit is social hierarchy, not healthcare.

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🧬 Social Determinants Of Health ⚖️ Health Equity 🔬 Social Epidemiology 📈 Social Gradient 🏛️ Structural Inequality

The Health Gap 91%

Life expectancy varies by 28 years within one city. The culprit is social hierarchy, not healthcare.

by Michael G. Marmot 2015

4.13

2k+ ratings

🧬 Social Determinants Of Health ⚖️ Health Equity 🔬 Social Epidemiology 📈 Social Gradient 🏛️ Structural Inequality

Social Determinants of Health

by Alan Davidson • 2014

Why some countries are healthier than others: the answer lies in politics, not medicine.

3.92

🩺 Public Health 🔬 Social Epidemiology ⚖️ Health Inequities 👶 Life-Course Health 💰 Political Economy

Social Determinants of Health 90%

Why some countries are healthier than others: the answer lies in politics, not medicine.

by Alan Davidson 2014

3.92

26 ratings

🩺 Public Health 🔬 Social Epidemiology ⚖️ Health Inequities 👶 Life-Course Health 💰 Political Economy

Our Malady

by Timothy Snyder • 2020

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

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2k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

Our Malady 90%

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

by Timothy Snyder 2020

4.14

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

The Social Determinants of Health

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

4.19

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

The Social Determinants of Health Summary

The Social Determinants of Health 90%

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017

4.19

37 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

Medicare for All

by Abdul El-Sayed • 2021

$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.

4.36

349

🏥 Healthcare Reform 🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏛️ Single-Payer Systems 💰 Health Economics 🏢 Corporate Power

Medicare for All 90%

$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.

by Abdul El-Sayed 2021

4.36

349 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Reform 🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏛️ Single-Payer Systems 💰 Health Economics 🏢 Corporate Power

Everything Is Tuberculosis

by John Green • 2025

Tuberculosis is curable. Its persistence reveals not biology but a record of whose lives are valued.

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279k+

🦠 Infectious Disease 🏥 History Of Medicine 🌍 Global Health Inequity 🏴 Colonialism And Disease 💊 Drug Resistance

Everything Is Tuberculosis 89%

Tuberculosis is curable. Its persistence reveals not biology but a record of whose lives are valued.

by John Green 2025

4.32

279k+ ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🏥 History Of Medicine 🌍 Global Health Inequity 🏴 Colonialism And Disease 💊 Drug Resistance

Great Escape

by Angus Deaton • 2013

Life expectancy doubled, incomes soared, and inequality became the price of progress.

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2k+

🏛️ Economic History ⚖️ Income Inequality 🌍 Global Health 📈 Poverty Reduction 📊 Measuring Wellbeing

Great Escape 89%

Life expectancy doubled, incomes soared, and inequality became the price of progress.

by Angus Deaton 2013

3.81

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History ⚖️ Income Inequality 🌍 Global Health 📈 Poverty Reduction 📊 Measuring Wellbeing

Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19

by Kari Nixon • 2021

Quarantine backfires without consent. History's real defenses: distancing and community.

3.85

169

🦠 Pandemic History 🏥 History Of Medicine ⚖️ Public Health Ethics 🤝 Health Equity 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 Summary

Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 89%

Quarantine backfires without consent. History's real defenses: distancing and community.

by Kari Nixon 2021

3.85

169 ratings

🦠 Pandemic History 🏥 History Of Medicine ⚖️ Public Health Ethics 🤝 Health Equity 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Diversity, Oppression, & Change

by Flavio Francisco Marsiglia • 2021

When social work claims neutrality, it erases culture and ignores power. This text brings them back.

3.60

🌐 Culturally Responsive Care ✊ Anti-Oppressive Practice 🕸️ Intersectionality 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 🕰️ Historical Trauma

Diversity, Oppression, & Change 89%

When social work claims neutrality, it erases culture and ignores power. This text brings them back.

by Flavio Francisco Marsiglia 2021

3.60

15 ratings

🌐 Culturally Responsive Care ✊ Anti-Oppressive Practice 🕸️ Intersectionality 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 🕰️ Historical Trauma

The Care We Dream Of

by Zena Sharman • 2021

Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.

4.37

211

🩺 Health Justice ⚖️ Transformative Justice 🤝 Mutual Aid ♿ Disability Justice ✊ Body Liberation

The Care We Dream Of 89%

Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.

by Zena Sharman 2021

4.37

211 ratings

🩺 Health Justice ⚖️ Transformative Justice 🤝 Mutual Aid ♿ Disability Justice ✊ Body Liberation

Weathering

by Arline T. Geronimus • 2023

Oppression ages the body down to the cell, and high-effort coping accelerates the damage.

4.22

640

🏥 Health Equity 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Stress Physiology 🏛️ Structural Racism 🤰 Maternal Health

Weathering 89%

Oppression ages the body down to the cell, and high-effort coping accelerates the damage.

by Arline T. Geronimus 2023

4.22

640 ratings

🏥 Health Equity 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Stress Physiology 🏛️ Structural Racism 🤰 Maternal Health

The People's Hospital

by Ricardo Nuila • 2020

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

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4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

The People's Hospital 89%

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

by Ricardo Nuila 2020

4.38

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

The Rabbit Effect

by Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H • 2019

The greatest health breakthrough isn't a pill or a diet. It's how we treat each other.

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1k+

📊 Social Epidemiology 🤝 Social Connection 😟 Stress Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💕 Compassion Science

The Rabbit Effect 89%

The greatest health breakthrough isn't a pill or a diet. It's how we treat each other.

by Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H 2019

4.14

1k+ ratings

📊 Social Epidemiology 🤝 Social Connection 😟 Stress Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💕 Compassion Science

Owning the Sun

by Alexander Zaitchik • 2022

How patents turned medicine into a monopoly. The century-long story from Aspirin to COVID.

3.79

122

🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry ⚖️ Intellectual Property 💊 Medical Monopolies 🔬 Public Science 🏛️ Antitrust

Owning the Sun 89%

How patents turned medicine into a monopoly. The century-long story from Aspirin to COVID.

by Alexander Zaitchik 2022

3.79

122 ratings

🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry ⚖️ Intellectual Property 💊 Medical Monopolies 🔬 Public Science 🏛️ Antitrust

How to Make a Killing

by Tom Mueller • 2023

America's dialysis duopoly: 22 percent of patients die each year, and the business model is why.

3.92

461

🏥 For-Profit Healthcare 📰 Corporate Exposé ⚖️ Healthcare Disparities 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚕️ Medical Ethics

How to Make a Killing 89%

America's dialysis duopoly: 22 percent of patients die each year, and the business model is why.

by Tom Mueller 2023

3.92

461 ratings

🏥 For-Profit Healthcare 📰 Corporate Exposé ⚖️ Healthcare Disparities 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚕️ Medical Ethics

We've Got You Covered

by Liran Einav • 2023

America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.

4.09

386

🏥 American Healthcare 📊 Health Economics 🏛 Health Policy 🩺 Universal Coverage 🩻 Health Insurance

We've Got You Covered 89%

America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.

by Liran Einav 2023

4.09

386 ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 📊 Health Economics 🏛 Health Policy 🩺 Universal Coverage 🩻 Health Insurance

Fragmented Democracy

by Jamila Michener • 2018

Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.

4.23

120

🏛️ American Federalism 🏥 Health Policy ⚖️ Political Inequality 🏢 Bureaucratic Encounters 🔗 Race And Poverty

Fragmented Democracy 89%

Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.

by Jamila Michener 2018

4.23

120 ratings

🏛️ American Federalism 🏥 Health Policy ⚖️ Political Inequality 🏢 Bureaucratic Encounters 🔗 Race And Poverty

New Abnormal

by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

4.38

148

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics 👁️ Digital Surveillance 🔬 Scientism

New Abnormal 89%

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

by Aaron Kheriaty 2022

4.38

148 ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics 👁️ Digital Surveillance 🔬 Scientism

Deadliest Enemy

by Michael T. Osterholm • 2017

Microbes evolve in 20 minutes; humans take 25 years. That gap is our deadliest vulnerability.

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3k+

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Global Health Policy 🚨 Pandemic Preparedness 💊 Antimicrobial Resistance 💉 Vaccine Development

Deadliest Enemy 89%

Microbes evolve in 20 minutes; humans take 25 years. That gap is our deadliest vulnerability.

by Michael T. Osterholm 2017

4.33

3k+ ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Global Health Policy 🚨 Pandemic Preparedness 💊 Antimicrobial Resistance 💉 Vaccine Development

Rough Sleepers

by Tracy Kidder • 2023

The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.

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11k+

🏥 Homeless Healthcare 🧱 Structural Inequality 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💊 Harm Reduction 📰 Narrative Journalism

Rough Sleepers 89%

The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.

by Tracy Kidder 2023

4.34

11k+ ratings

🏥 Homeless Healthcare 🧱 Structural Inequality 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💊 Harm Reduction 📰 Narrative Journalism

World War C

by Sanjay Gupta • 2021

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

4.04

904

🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health 💉 Vaccine Science ⚖️ Science And Politics

World War C 89%

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

by Sanjay Gupta 2021

4.04

904 ratings

🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health 💉 Vaccine Science ⚖️ Science And Politics

Crisis Averted

by Caitlin Rivers • 2024

Public health saves millions; why do we starve it until a crisis hits?

4.16

247

🔬 Epidemiology 📜 Health Policy 🕵️ Outbreak Investigation 📢 Crisis Communication 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness

Crisis Averted 89%

Public health saves millions; why do we starve it until a crisis hits?

by Caitlin Rivers 2024

4.16

247 ratings

🔬 Epidemiology 📜 Health Policy 🕵️ Outbreak Investigation 📢 Crisis Communication 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness

The Primal Prescription

by Doug McGuff • 2015

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

4.24

131

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

The Primal Prescription 89%

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

by Doug McGuff 2015

4.24

131 ratings

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition

by Thomas Bodenheimer • 2012

Fifty million uninsured. World-class medicine. The policy architecture that produced both.

4.07

201

🏛️ Health Policy 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏥 U.S. Healthcare 🚪 Access To Care 🔧 Quality Improvement

Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition Summary

Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition 88%

Fifty million uninsured. World-class medicine. The policy architecture that produced both.

by Thomas Bodenheimer 2012

4.07

201 ratings

🏛️ Health Policy 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏥 U.S. Healthcare 🚪 Access To Care 🔧 Quality Improvement

Best Things First

by Bjørn Lomborg • 2023

Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.

3.90

388

🌍 Development Economics 📊 Benefit-Cost Analysis 🤲 Effective Altruism 📋 Evidence-Based Policy 🎯 Policy Prioritization

Best Things First 88%

Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.

by Bjørn Lomborg 2023

3.90

388 ratings

🌍 Development Economics 📊 Benefit-Cost Analysis 🤲 Effective Altruism 📋 Evidence-Based Policy 🎯 Policy Prioritization

The Moment of Lift

by Melinda French Gates • 2019

Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.

4.27

65k+

🌍 Global Development 📈 Feminist Economics 👶 Family Planning 🎓 Girls' Education 🏠 Unpaid Care Work

The Moment of Lift 88%

Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.

by Melinda French Gates 2019

4.27

65k+ ratings

🌍 Global Development 📈 Feminist Economics 👶 Family Planning 🎓 Girls' Education 🏠 Unpaid Care Work

An American Sickness

by Elisabeth Rosenthal • 2017

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

4.29

8k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

An American Sickness 88%

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

by Elisabeth Rosenthal 2017

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

Altered Inheritance

by Françoise Baylis • 2019

We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.

3.53

🧬 Genome Editing ⚖️ Bioethics 🏛️ Science Policy 🌍 Genetic Justice 👶 Designer Babies

Altered Inheritance 88%

We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.

by Françoise Baylis 2019

3.53

94 ratings

🧬 Genome Editing ⚖️ Bioethics 🏛️ Science Policy 🌍 Genetic Justice 👶 Designer Babies

Medical Apartheid

by Harriet A. Washington • 2007

Tuskegee was not an anomaly. A sweeping history of medicine exploiting Black Americans for research.

4.43

10k+

🏥 Medical History 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Scientific Racism ⚖️ Bioethics 🌸 Reproductive Justice

Medical Apartheid 88%

Tuskegee was not an anomaly. A sweeping history of medicine exploiting Black Americans for research.

by Harriet A. Washington 2007

4.43

10k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Scientific Racism ⚖️ Bioethics 🌸 Reproductive Justice

Booster Shots

by Adam Ratner • 2025

Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.

4.33

577

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Infectious Disease 📊 Epidemiology 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccines

Booster Shots 88%

Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.

by Adam Ratner 2025

4.33

577 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Infectious Disease 📊 Epidemiology 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccines

Nine Pints

by Rose George • 2018

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

3.82

4k+

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Nine Pints 88%

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

by Rose George 2018

3.82

4k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

A Letter to Liberals

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2022

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

4.39

359

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

A Letter to Liberals 88%

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022

4.39

359 ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

The Long Covid Survival Guide

by Fiona Lowenstein • 2022

A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.

4.30

156

🩺 Chronic Illness 🫁 Long Covid 🚫 Medical Gaslighting ✊ Disability Justice 🤝 Community Care

The Long Covid Survival Guide 88%

A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.

by Fiona Lowenstein 2022

4.30

156 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🫁 Long Covid 🚫 Medical Gaslighting ✊ Disability Justice 🤝 Community Care

The End of Poverty

by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2005

One billion people stuck below a dollar a day: the traps, the diagnosis, the way out.

3.69

11k+

📈 Development Economics 🪤 Poverty Traps 🦟 Disease Burden 💰 Foreign Aid 🌐 Multilateralism

The End of Poverty 88%

One billion people stuck below a dollar a day: the traps, the diagnosis, the way out.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2005

3.69

11k+ ratings

📈 Development Economics 🪤 Poverty Traps 🦟 Disease Burden 💰 Foreign Aid 🌐 Multilateralism

Managing the Myths of Health Care

by Henry Mintzberg • 2017

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

3.47

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌐 Distributed Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

Managing the Myths of Health Care Summary

Managing the Myths of Health Care 88%

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

by Henry Mintzberg 2017

3.47

74 ratings

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌐 Distributed Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

Dying of Whiteness

by Jonathan M. Metzl • 2019

White Americans are dying younger, and the policies their votes support are a major cause.

4.11

7k+

🇺🇸 American Politics 🩺 Public Health 🤍 White Identity Politics ↩️ Backlash Politics 💊 Healthcare Inequality

Dying of Whiteness 88%

White Americans are dying younger, and the policies their votes support are a major cause.

by Jonathan M. Metzl 2019

4.11

7k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 🩺 Public Health 🤍 White Identity Politics ↩️ Backlash Politics 💊 Healthcare Inequality

The Wisdom of Plagues

by Donald G. Mcneil Jr. • 2024

Pandemics are human-made disasters. COVID proved it, and 25 years of reporting shows exactly how.

4.11

343

🦠 Infectious Disease 🦇 Zoonotic Spillover 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🩺 Medical Misinformation 💉 Vaccine Debates

The Wisdom of Plagues 88%

Pandemics are human-made disasters. COVID proved it, and 25 years of reporting shows exactly how.

by Donald G. Mcneil Jr. 2024

4.11

343 ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🦇 Zoonotic Spillover 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🩺 Medical Misinformation 💉 Vaccine Debates

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care

by Sally C. Pipes • 2008

The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.

3.54

🏥 Healthcare Policy 📉 Free-Market Economics 🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏛️ Government Failure

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care Summary

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care 88%

The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.

by Sally C. Pipes 2008

3.54

24 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Policy 📉 Free-Market Economics 🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏛️ Government Failure

The Wellness Trap

by Christy Harrison • 2023

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

3.76

2k+

💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

The Wellness Trap 88%

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

by Christy Harrison 2023

3.76

2k+ ratings

💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

One World

by Peter Singer • 2002

Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.

3.72

1k+

🌍 Global Ethics 🏛️ Cosmopolitanism 💡 Effective Altruism 🧮 Utilitarianism 🌡️ Climate Ethics

One World 88%

Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.

by Peter Singer 2002

3.72

1k+ ratings

🌍 Global Ethics 🏛️ Cosmopolitanism 💡 Effective Altruism 🧮 Utilitarianism 🌡️ Climate Ethics

Ending Parkinson's Disease

by Ray Dorsey • 2020

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

4.31

328

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

Ending Parkinson's Disease 88%

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

by Ray Dorsey 2020

4.31

328 ratings

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

Uncontrolled Spread

by Scott Gottlieb • 2021

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

4.06

1k+

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

Uncontrolled Spread 88%

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

by Scott Gottlieb 2021

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

The Life You Can Save

by Peter Singer • 2009

Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.

4.15

7k+

🧮 Effective Altruism 🌍 Global Poverty ⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics 💝 Charitable Giving 🌐 Global Justice

The Life You Can Save 88%

Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.

by Peter Singer 2009

4.15

7k+ ratings

🧮 Effective Altruism 🌍 Global Poverty ⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics 💝 Charitable Giving 🌐 Global Justice

Bleed

by Tracey Lindeman • 2023

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

4.32

518

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny 💥 Chronic Pain 💊 Pharma Influence

Bleed 88%

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

by Tracey Lindeman 2023

4.32

518 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny 💥 Chronic Pain 💊 Pharma Influence

The Locust Effect

by Gary A. Haugen • 2013

Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.

4.32

2k+

🏚️ Global Poverty 📈 Development Economics ⚖️ Rule Of Law ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🏠 Property Rights

The Locust Effect 88%

Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.

by Gary A. Haugen 2013

4.32

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Global Poverty 📈 Development Economics ⚖️ Rule Of Law ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🏠 Property Rights

The Price We Pay

by Marty Makary • 2019

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

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🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

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A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

by Marty Makary 2019

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🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World

by Fareed Zakaria • 2020

COVID-19 hit fast-forward. Ten lessons for a digital, unequal, and bipolar world.

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🏛️ Public Policy 🌐 International Relations 🚨 Crisis Management 💻 Digital Transformation ⚖️ Economic Inequality

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COVID-19 hit fast-forward. Ten lessons for a digital, unequal, and bipolar world.

by Fareed Zakaria 2020

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🏛️ Public Policy 🌐 International Relations 🚨 Crisis Management 💻 Digital Transformation ⚖️ Economic Inequality

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