CONTENTS

Preface

  1.  A Threat

  2.  Security: How Much Is Enough?

  3.  Lassa and Ebola

  4.  A Short History of the CDC

  5.  The Fears of the Rich and the Needs of the Poor

  6.  Balancing Babies and the Marketplace

  7.  Toxic Shock: Unexpected Deaths from an Improved Product

  8.  Serendipity and Unexpected Paths

  9.  The Mysterious Deaths of Veterans

10.  An Unexpected Return to the CDC

11.  Disaster Relief

12.  Smallpox Claims Its Last Victims

13.  Coming into the United States: New Americans

14.  Organizing for Success

15.  Vaccines: The Foundation of Public Health

16.  Do No Harm

17.  Global Health: Sharing Our Science

18.  Positive Politics

19.  Toxic Politics

20.  Reye Syndrome: Following the Evidence

21.  Comic Relief

22.  Reducing the Toll of Injuries

23.  Uncommon People

24.  AIDS: Overwhelming Public Health

25.  Blind Spots

26.  On Budgets and Burglars

Acknowledgments

Appendix. Voices in My Head

References

Index