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An Abundance of Caution
American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions
ISBN: 9780262053990
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 10, 2026
A searing indictment of the American public health, media, and political establishments' decision-making process behind pandemic school closures.
The Formula for Better Health
How to Save Millions of Lives—Including Your Own
ISBN: 9780262050968
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 30, 2025
The formula to stop invisible killers—an approach that can protect your health and prevent the next pandemic—from one of the most influential public health leaders in the US.
Health System Resilience
Understanding Complex Adaptive Systems
ISBN: 9780262550925
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 9, 2025
From a lead researcher in the field, an instructive edited collection on how to mitigate crises and stresses to ensure that the health systems we rely on continue to thrive.
Crowded Out
The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare
ISBN: 9780262548038
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
An eye-opening investigation into charitable crowdfunding for healthcare in the United States—and the consequences of allowing healthcare access to be decided by the digital crowd.
Underbelly
Childhood Diarrhea and the Hidden Local Realities of Global Health
ISBN: 9780262547765
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 14, 2024
An unsettling exploration of the hidden power dynamics of global health, seen through the lens of childhood diarrhea and its treatment within the Guatemalan context.
A Woman's Right to Know
Pregnancy Testing in Twentieth-Century Britain
ISBN: 9780262544399
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 12, 2023
The history of pregnancy testing, and how it transformed from an esoteric laboratory tool to a commonplace of everyday life.
More Than a Health Crisis
Securitization and the US Response to the 2013–2016 Ebola Outbreak
ISBN: 9780262545693
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 24, 2023
How the West African Ebola epidemic was transformed from an urgent and distant tragedy into an existential threat to American lives—establishing the dynamics that would later dominate the US response to epidemics such as COVID-19.
War on All Fronts
A Theory of Health Security Justice
ISBN: 9780262545433
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 16, 2023
An argument for the centrality of rights in health security, and how to apply ethical principles to protecting those rights during public health crises.
Data Paradoxes
The Politics of Intensified Data Sourcing in Contemporary Healthcare
ISBN: 9780262545419
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 18, 2023
Why healthcare cannot—and should not—become data-driven, despite the many promises of intensified data sourcing.
An Abundance of Caution
American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions
ISBN: 9780262053990
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 10, 2026
A searing indictment of the American public health, media, and political establishments' decision-making process behind pandemic school closures.
The Formula for Better Health
How to Save Millions of Lives—Including Your Own
ISBN: 9780262050968
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 30, 2025
The formula to stop invisible killers—an approach that can protect your health and prevent the next pandemic—from one of the most influential public health leaders in the US.
Health System Resilience
Understanding Complex Adaptive Systems
ISBN: 9780262550925
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 9, 2025
From a lead researcher in the field, an instructive edited collection on how to mitigate crises and stresses to ensure that the health systems we rely on continue to thrive.
Crowded Out
The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare
ISBN: 9780262548038
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
An eye-opening investigation into charitable crowdfunding for healthcare in the United States—and the consequences of allowing healthcare access to be decided by the digital crowd.
Underbelly
Childhood Diarrhea and the Hidden Local Realities of Global Health
ISBN: 9780262547765
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 14, 2024
An unsettling exploration of the hidden power dynamics of global health, seen through the lens of childhood diarrhea and its treatment within the Guatemalan context.
A Woman's Right to Know
Pregnancy Testing in Twentieth-Century Britain
ISBN: 9780262544399
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 12, 2023
The history of pregnancy testing, and how it transformed from an esoteric laboratory tool to a commonplace of everyday life.
More Than a Health Crisis
Securitization and the US Response to the 2013–2016 Ebola Outbreak
ISBN: 9780262545693
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 24, 2023
How the West African Ebola epidemic was transformed from an urgent and distant tragedy into an existential threat to American lives—establishing the dynamics that would later dominate the US response to epidemics such as COVID-19.
War on All Fronts
A Theory of Health Security Justice
ISBN: 9780262545433
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 16, 2023
An argument for the centrality of rights in health security, and how to apply ethical principles to protecting those rights during public health crises.
Data Paradoxes
The Politics of Intensified Data Sourcing in Contemporary Healthcare
ISBN: 9780262545419
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 18, 2023
Why healthcare cannot—and should not—become data-driven, despite the many promises of intensified data sourcing.