by CAPT Lisa Tonrey, USPHS (ret.) and RADM Steve Solomon, USPHS (ret.) The last two years of a pandemic, natural disasters, and humanitarian responses have pushed to the limit the capacity of the entire public health system, which has been historically underfunded and understaffed. Throughout this onslaught, the officers of [...]
By Rear Admiral Steve Solomon, MD, FACP, FIDSA, USPHS (ret.) This issue of Frontline contains the first half of an interview we were privileged to conduct with Harvey Alter, MD, retired USPHS officer, NIH scientist and recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The scientific community’s recognition [...]
By Rear Admiral Steve Solomon, MD, FACP, FIDSA, USPHS (ret.) Numerous reports over many years have documented a lack of funding as a vulnerability that could lead to a public health crisis in the United States. As we hope that the COVID-19 pandemic has focused decision-makers’ attention on that [...]
By Retired Rear Admiral Steve Solomon, MD, FACP, FIDSA, USPHS On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy told a joint session of Congress that his administration was committed to “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” During that speech, Kennedy said that “…we [...]
by Rear Admiral Steve Solomon, MD, FACP, FIDSA, USPHS (ret.) Active duty officers have already completed over 9,000 deployments during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating their commitment and dedication to the nation’s health every day. In addition, there are thousands of retired USPHS officers who are working in local, state and [...]
There are many heroes of the pandemic, and they are the workers on the front lines of public health and clinical care who have in many cases been fighting this battle for over a year and a half with no quick end in sight. That certainly includes all the [...]
By Rear Admiral Steve Solomon, MD, FACP, FIDSA, USPHS (ret.)Politics and science are often uneasy partners in the development and implementation of public health policy. During the past 60 years, politics has had an adverse impact on the role of the Surgeon General, as well as on the Public Health [...]
By CAPT Rob Tosatto, USPHS (ret.) and RADM Steve Solomon, USPHS (ret.) The Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health (COF) celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2020, and we will soon be releasing our Annual Report highlighting COF’s many achievements. However, our celebration was cut short by [...]
Founded 20 years ago, the Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health supports educational, training, and research activities, with a special emphasis on the US Public Health Service and the USPHS Commissioned Corps. Among the Foundation’s strategic goals is advocacy for public health and public health leadership. [...]
In its 2002 report Who Will Keep the Public Healthy, the Institute of Medicine wrote: “At no time in the history of this nation has the public health mission of promoting the public’s health and safety resonated more clearly with the public and the government than now. The events [...]
