By David Beier and Sri Devabhaktuni President Biden is taking bold action with his new set of sweeping vaccine measures. While we await more detail on his $65B spending plan, it’s already clear that more work will be needed in the weeks ahead to fight COVID. Military history teaches us…

The deaths of more than 610,000 Americans from COVID — more than virtually every United States war — makes using military analogies appropriate. …

By Senator Bill Frist, MD, former Majority Leader, United State Senate, Dr. Harlan M. Krumholz, Harold H. Hines Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, and David Beier, Chief of Domestic Policy, Vice President Al Gore Every new era in American history demands new tools for economic progress and new…

By David Beier and Bob Kocher This article first ran in BioCentury on January 28, 2021 The U.S. is not ready for the next pandemic. Our public health infrastructure and planning process are not up to the challenge, our capacity to treat at-risk citizens is insufficient, and we are not…

With the launch of the Rebuilding Fund, California has laid a foundation for small business recovery, but much more needs to be done This article, co-authored with Pedro Nava and Sean Varner, fellow Little Hoover Commissioners, was first published by Cal Matters on December 8. On Nov. 20, Gov. Gavin…

An Open Letter from more than 70 scientists and public health advocates We the undersigned, scientists and public health advocates, urge public officials and leaders in communities and the private sector — corporate and nonprofit — to step up our efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We…

By Max Bronstein and David Beier This article ran in BioCentury on March 7, 2020 As the world eyes a return to post-COVID crisis ‘normalcy,’ a robust global recovery will depend on effective treatments and ultimately a vaccine. …

Harvard Business Review just published an opinion article on realistic public health steps that should be taken to increase the chances of a positive set of outcomes from the economic re-engagement that is occurring in many parts of the US. My coauthors and I argue that an aggressive social protection…