Threats to Global Public Health

Guest: Laurie Garrett Author, Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health (Hyperion, 2000) Winner, 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism, Ebola Science and Medical Writer Newsday New York, New York Last month, the World Health Organization released a report on airport malaria, the result of infected mosquitos hitching rides on international flights. In this hour, we'll talk about the globalization of disease with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Laurie Garrett, who travelled around the world to answer the question ...is our collective health in danger?

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