The Formula for Better Health by Tom Frieden - ISBN: 9780262050968
Hardcover
Defeat deadly diseases: real stories, insider knowledge, healthier future for all.

The Formula for Better Health

How to Save Millions of Lives--Including Your Own

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  • Hardcover

    280 pages

  • Release Date

    18 November 2025

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Summary

The formula to stop invisible killers-an approach that can protect your health and prevent the next pandemic-from one of the most influential public health leaders in the US.

In The Formula for Better Health, Tom Frieden—named “the most influential leader in American public health since C. Everett Koop” by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg—reveals how to defeat the world’s deadliest diseases. Drawing from decades leading New York City’s health department after 9⁄11, directing th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262050968
ISBN-10:026205096X
Author:Tom Frieden
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:280
Release Date:18 November 2025
Weight:567g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
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Critics Review

Featured in Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Science Friday, Bloomberg, Fortune, PBS NewsHour, Le Monde, the Next Big Idea Club, New York magazine’s the Intelligencer, NPR Open to Debate, and more.“Compelling … powerful and memorable … touching … refreshing …enough to pep up the most hard-bitten cynic …Hope is what The Formula For Better Health is best at giving us with its message that public health still has a place – and an important one – in creating a better world… Exactly what is needed at this moment in time.”—The Lancet“A well-researched argument for the central role of public health in saving lives… the author balances the book’s academic underpinnings with an engaging writing style that will be accessible to readers outside of the medical profession.”—Kirkus Reviews

About The Author

Tom Frieden

Dr. Tom Frieden helped stop deadly outbreaks in New York City, directed the CDC under President Obama while leading the agency’s response to Ebola and other threats, and is now CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, a global organization that partners with countries to prevent millions of deaths.

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