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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

COVID-19

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.”

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

COVID-19
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’

COVID-19
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

Health
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

Health

Lessons on universal healthcare

Business, Economics and Jobs

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

New Report Ranks America’s Best Hospitals

A new  report  ranks America’s 405 best hospitals based on their quality of treatment for heart attacks, pneumonia, and other critical ailments. Some of the nation’s leading health care providers are not on the list. Dr. Mark Chassin, president of the Joint Commission, the hospital certification organization that conducted the study, said, “We recognize that improvement has […]

The World

The Cost of Health Care: A Doctor’s Diagnosis

Business, Economics and Jobs

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.’