Speeding the Cure: Activists, Experts, and Health Care

Study of how activists, experts, and political movements shape public-health policy and biomedical science. What are best ways to confront health challenges, from rare diseases to pandemics? Analysis of scientific, medical, social, economic, and political aspects of health inequities, drug pricing, disability policy, as well as the role of scientific expertise in formulating goals and strategies. Topics include viruses and vaccines, rare diseases, aging, autism, AIDS, breast cancer, clean water, gun violence, and prostate cancer.

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