Céline R. Gounder

Gounder, MD, ScM is a Senior Fellow and Editor-at-Large for Public Health at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Kaiser Health News. She is also an infectious disease specialist and an epidemiologist. In season 4 of the podcast American Diagnosis, Rezilience: Surviving Manifest Destiny, she delves into the health of indigenous peoples in the U.S.    

Recent Articles

Why Native Americans Are Dying Sooner

We need to talk about the context and history behind the alarming drop in life expectancy for Native Americans

By Céline R. Gounder

Column: The Best Way to Slow the Spread of Monkeypox

On July 23rd, World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). It was a contentious decision, with WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus making the final call and overruling...

By Céline R. Gounder

America Must Rebuild Our Communities Before the Next Pandemic

As the Omicron variant spreads across the globe, we are reminded again that a pandemic is a disease of populations, not of individuals, and population-level problems require collective solutions. This is why societies with high...

By Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett and Céline R. Gounder
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