Speakers in the News

Advancing digital health: FDA innovation during COVID-19

(Nature.com) – The pandemic has accelerated the arrival of the digital era in many aspects of American health care.

Overdose Deaths Accelerating During COVID-19

(CDC.gov) – “The disruption to daily life due to the COVID-19 pandemic has hit those with substance use disorder hard,” said CDC Director Robert Redfield,…

Gingrich among Trump loyalists named to Pentagon advisory board

(Politico) – The appointments to the panel come following a similar purge and replacement at the Defense Business Board.

CDC’s Redfield: World needs 85% COVID immunity ‘to shut this down’

(Daily Memphian) – This virus is so much more contagious, Dr. Robert Redfield expects the world is looking at 85% to 90% “to shut this…

Climate change is a national security threat and economic opportunity for Florida | Column

As a member of Congress from Florida who used to work at the Pentagon, there is no shortage of national security threats that keep me…

How the White House Followed the Science to Enable a Quick Vaccine

(Newsweek) – As new vaccines enter the market, it is hard to think of a public program that has yielded a larger return so quickly…

China Wants to Be the World’s Banker

(Wall Street Journal) – The U.S. is in danger of losing its dominant leadership position in global financial services.

Navy undersecretary: The enduring need for U.S. sea power

(The Oklahoman) – We will never lose sight of our mission, or relent in our defense of the United States of America.

If the United States were my patient: Science cannot rescue us from ourselves

(CNN) – Our human spirit has made us innovative, creative, resourceful and tenacious enough to see this dream of a vaccine bear fruit. But it's…

Winter Covid surge is the ‘worst event that this country will face,’ White House health advisor Birx says

(CNBC) – “This is not just the worst public health event. This is the worst event that this country will face, not just from a…

Straight Talk with Hank Paulson: Mario Draghi

CDC director warns the next few months could be ‘the most difficult in the public health history of this nation’

(CNBC) – Redfield, speaking at an event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said that about 90% of hospitals in the country are in…