Aspen Ideas Health

TOGETHER: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

How do we move from a social recession to a social revival? Dr. Vivek Murthy shares lessons from his new book, Together, during an Aspen Ideas: Health book talk, with Olga Khazan of The Atlantic.

May 27, 2020

How to Be Less Lonely in the Pandemic

Are Zoom connections and physical distancing making us lonelier?

May 27, 2020

Front & Center: The Essential Work of Caregivers

What’s it like to be a caregiver during the pandemic? How do we protect these essential workers? Watch Ai-jen Poo & Lucy Kalanithi discuss during a recent Aspen Ideas: Health conversation.

May 22, 2020

Bernard Tyson, Visionary Leader in Health

Many working to make quality health care accessible for all Americans were saddened Sunday to learn of Bernard J. Tyson’s passing. As chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, Tyson championed affordable and accessible treatment along with preventive care.

November 11, 2019

Using Tech to Bring Humanity Back to Medicine

Eric Topol, a prominent cardiologist, says there has been a steady degradation of the human side of health care – ever since medicine became big business.

October 18, 2019

Driving New Ideas to Action to Address Social Determinants of Health: The 2019 Aspen Ideas Incubator

The Aspen Global Innovators Group is committed to stimulating conversations around social determinants of health by building an action-oriented ideas lab for decision-makers to work together on complex ideas.

August 14, 2019

Planned Parenthood President on Reproductive Justice

Leana Wen says women’s health and rights have become a political game and her organization is fighting back.

July 16, 2019

The Hospital Is Too Loud

The average hospitalized patient endures 350 alarms each day.

June 26, 2019
A baby crying on a hospital blanket.

A Brit’s Advice for the US Health Care System

An expert on the National Health Service says the reason America doesn’t have universal coverage might be a difference in mindset.

June 24, 2019
A man sits in a hospital bed looking out the window.

Human Lives Might Be Long Enough Already

Humanity has added three decades to people’s life spans in the past 150 years. Science is only beginning to catch up.

June 24, 2019
A group of seniors exercising on step platforms in a gym.