# The Formula

How to save millions of lives—including your own—with global health leader and former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden.

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## [Is There A Hack to Live Longer?](https://tomfrieden.substack.com/p/is-there-a-hack-for-living-longer)

_2026-08-19 · Tom Frieden_

A conversation with Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211756192/5728f0f6b0e6fb34b835bb462d4fe0ac.mp3)

## [Why I Changed One Dot to Two](https://tomfrieden.substack.com/p/why-i-changed-one-dot-to-two)

_2026-08-06 · Tom Frieden_

New research strengthens evidence that shingles vaccination reduces dementia risk

## [Don't Take Health Progress for Granted](https://tomfrieden.substack.com/p/dont-take-health-progress-for-granted)

_2026-07-31 · Tom Frieden_

Recent outbreaks demonstrate the risks we face when systems designed to protect us fray

## [This Simple Change Helped Triple Blood Pressure Control in Bangladesh](https://tomfrieden.substack.com/p/this-simple-change-helped-triple)

_2026-07-24 · Tom Frieden_

How digital records improved care for hundreds of thousands of patients

## [76 Million Reasons to Treat High Blood Pressure](https://tomfrieden.substack.com/p/76-million-reasons-to-treat-high)

_2026-07-17 · Tom Frieden_

As the global population grows and ages, we face two possible futures

## [The Power of Public Health Advocacy](https://tomfrieden.substack.com/p/the-power-of-public-health-advocacy)

_2026-07-13 · Tom Frieden_

A conversation with Matthew Myers

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206466053/a517cf35eac0d30d97ba89198f0c034f.mp3)

## [Selling Candy to Kids](https://tomfrieden.substack.com/p/selling-candy-to-kids)

_2026-07-02 · Tom Frieden_

A new exhibit highlights the colorful tactics advertisers use to get children hooked on junk

## [We Beat a Vampire Fly in 1966. It’s Back.](https://tomfrieden.substack.com/p/we-beat-a-vampire-fly-in-1966-its)

_2026-06-26 · Tom Frieden_

Screwworm's return to the U.S. is a study in what happens when preparedness isn’t a priority

## [A Stress Test the World Is Failing](https://tomfrieden.substack.com/p/a-stress-test-the-world-is-failing)

_2026-06-18 · Tom Frieden_

The World Cup won’t be a super-spreader event for Ebola. The outbreak in DRC is the test that matters.

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## [When the Numbers Go Quiet, the Virus Doesn’t](https://tomfrieden.substack.com/p/when-the-numbers-go-quiet-the-virus)

_2026-06-15 · Tom Frieden_

Ebola in the DRC continues to accelerate