Rick Bright

Dec 23, 2024 | bmj.com | Ilona Kickbusch |Rick Bright

Ilona Kickbusch, director1, Rick A. Bright, chief executive21Geneva Graduate Institute2Bright Global Health, Washington, DC USAIn 2023, a disturbing milestone was reached: six out of nine planetary boundaries were crossed, signalling an unprecedented threat to Earth's stability.1 Simultaneously, the world grappled with a relentless series of disease outbreaks—Ebola, dengue, Zika, covid-19, Mpox, and Nipah. This convergence of crises is not coincidental.

Oct 10, 2024 | nytimes.com | Rick Bright

Donald Trump's potential return to the White House in 2025 poses a grave risk to our nation's security. As the former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, a Health and Human Services office, I witnessed firsthand how the Trump administration systematically undermined America's health infrastructure.

Oct 8, 2024 | statnews.com | Rick Bright

“We did a phenomenal job with the pandemic,” former President Donald Trump claimed during his recent debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. As the former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), I know just how absurd that statement is. I witnessed firsthand the Trump administration’s mishandling of the pandemic. In early 2020, I repeatedly warned about critical shortages in medical supplies and the need for a coordinated national response.

Jun 6, 2024 | sltrib.com | Rick Bright

The third human case of H5N1, reported on Thursday in a farmworker in Michigan who was experiencing respiratory symptoms, tells us that the current bird flu situation is at a dangerous inflection point. The virus is adapting in predictable ways that increase its risk to humans, reflecting our failure to contain it early on. The solutions to this brewing crisis - such as comprehensive testing - have been there all along, and they're becoming only more important.

Jun 4, 2024 | la-razon.com | Rafael Sempértegui |Naciones Unidas |Rick Bright

San lorenzo vuelve a perder y no levanta cabeza en la Liga argentinaLos jugadores de Sarmiento festejan el unico gol del partido que les dio la victoria ante San LorenzoBuenos Aires / 4 de junio de 2024 / 08:05San Lorenzo prolongó su mal arranque en la Liga Profesional argentina de 2024 el lunes al sufrir una dura derrota de local 1-0 ante el modesto Sarmiento, que pelea por no descender, en partido de la cuarta fecha.