November 9, 2007
What Ails Public Health?
Public health, once the gem of American social programs, has turned to dross. During the 20th century, the public-health sector wiped smallpox and polio off the U.S. map; virtually eliminated rickets, rubella, and goiter; stopped epidemic typhoid and yellow fever; and brought tuberculosis — once the leading cause of death in U.S. cities — under control. It sought, with considerable success, to reform social and economic structures so the poor would have the same chance
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