Spotlight 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.

Suzanne Jones, Steve Clemons, and Dan Buettner discuss what makes some cities and towns happier than others.

Max Gomera talks about improving the relationship between elephants and humans.

Maldivian climate activist Thilmeeza Hussain says rising sea level and contaminated fresh water could make an island paradise in the Indian Ocean uninhabitable.

Writer Kea Krause talks about scientists searching cold waters in the Arctic for wonder drugs.

Atul Gawande talks about bridging the gap between our aspiration for how we treat one another and the reality of it.

In June 2016, six former Commissioners of the Food and Drug Administration convened at Aspen Ideas: Health (previously Spotlight Health) to talk about the challenges facing the FDA. From that stage, they publicly announced their consensus view that the FDA should be transformed into an independent federal agency.

Dan Porterfield, Paula Johnson, and Samhita Mukhopadhyay talk about the university’s role in student health at Spotlight Health.

More than one billion people across the globe do not have access to basic health services.

Two experts on childhood trauma joined Spotlight Health to discuss the dire situation.