public health

Leading on the Frontlines: Arizona Governor Doug Ducey

Republican Governor Doug Ducey speaks with CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux about his support for peaceful protests, and how the state is addressing a recent spike in Covid-19 cases since businesses reopened.

May 29, 2020

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

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

COVID-19 Shines Floodlight on Health Disparities

Watch Dr. Patrice Harris, President of the American Medical Association, discuss the health disparities the COVID-19 outbreak has illuminated in the US and the actions needed to improve equitable access to health care, with Joanne Kenen, Executive Health Care Editor at POLITICO.

May 13, 2020

Return to Play: COVID-19 Risk Assessment Tool

How can people exercise and return to play in a manner that minimizes the prospect of contracting or transmitting COVID-19? The Aspen Institute has created this tool with the support of medical experts to help people of all ages assess risk in a variety of common sport and recreational activities.

May 5, 2020

Rationing Health Care: By Intention or Default?

The U.S. has long rationed health care—by factors that include income, immigration status, age, and disability—but it’s rarely explicit or acknowledged.

May 4, 2020

The State of COVID-19 Response & Recovery

Watch Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, discuss the strategies governments must prioritize to “box in” COVID-19, lessons from other countries, and what we can expect as a “new normal”, with Alison Kodjak, U.S. Investigations Editor at the Associated Press.

May 1, 2020

Procurement During a Pandemic

Never before has it been more important for our local governments to get public procurement right. How our local governments respond to the current crisis will lay the foundation for more equitable communities in the recovery to come.

April 29, 2020

How Do We Get Masks to Those Who Need them Most?

The first virtual conversation in the #AspenHealthForAll Activate series brings together manufacturers, humanitarians, and frontline health workers to explore entrepreneurial solutions to put masks and protective equipment in the hands of health workers.

April 6, 2020