Atul Gawande

COVID-19 antigen home tests indicating a positive result are photographed in New York, April 5, 2023.

Pandemic recovery will require much focus and attention, Dr. Atul Gawande says

The COVID-19 pandemic has killed about 7 million people worldwide, ravaging health care systems and economies. Dr. Atul Gawande, head of global health at the US Agency for International Development, spoke with The World's Carolyn Beeler about how pandemic recovery "will require as much focus and attention as it did when it first started."

Pandemic recovery will require much focus and attention, Dr. Atul Gawande says
President Joe Biden meets with the White House COVID-19 Response Team on the latest developments related to the omicron variant in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Jan. 4, 2022

‘Hope is not a plan’: Dr. Atul Gawande says global COVID funding is dwindling but the crisis continues

‘Hope is not a plan’: Dr. Atul Gawande says global COVID funding is dwindling but the crisis continues
A man is shown carrying a clear umbrella and wearing a face mask while walking with his left hand in his pocket.

Dr. Atul Gawande: Pandemic led to a ‘rethink on what matters’

Dr. Atul Gawande: Pandemic led to a ‘rethink on what matters’
A technician works in the lab at Visby Medical, makers of a new COVID-19 test kit, in San Jose, Calif., Aug. 28, 2020. 

Atul Gawande: With right 'political environment,' US can control the coronavirus

Atul Gawande: With right 'political environment,' US can control the coronavirus
Fisherman are silhouetted against the rising sun in the waters of the Ganges river.

Spreading my father's ashes on the Ganges felt like a link across the globe and across generations

Spreading my father's ashes on the Ganges felt like a link across the globe and across generations

New Report Ranks America's Best Hospitals

New Report Ranks America's Best Hospitals
The World

The Cost of Health Care: A Doctor's Diagnosis

When it comes to health care, do you get what you pay for? Dr. Atul Gawande wanted to examine costs -- and quality. Dr. Gawande is a surgeon and writer; his most recent book is 'Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance.'

The Cost of Health Care: A Doctor's Diagnosis

Lessons on universal healthcare

How other countries managed to achieve universal health care, and how the U.S. might go about getting a system that works.

Lessons on universal healthcare