One of humanity’s greatest triumphs is the eradication of smallpox. It happened because public health heroes conquered social stigma, local politics, and much more with an unwavering determination to achieve what many scientists thought was impossi...

In America, who gets to be healthy, and who doesn’t? And what can we do about it? Education, gender, age, race—they all have something to do with it. There's a divide between people who will live long and healthy lives and those who won’t...