The Formula for Better Health
How to Save Millions of Lives—Including Your Own
$46.41
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
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: | 9780262057349 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262057344 |
| Author: | Tom Frieden |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
What They're Saying
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
About The Author
Tom Frieden
Dr. Tom Frieden helped stop deadly outbreaks in New York City. He directed the CDC under President Obama, leading the agency’s response to Ebola and other threats. He is now CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, a global organization that partners with countries to prevent millions of deaths.
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