Irwin Redlener

Dr. Irwin Redlener, a columnist for the Daily Beast, is the Founding Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness as well as a Senior Research Scholar at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, a Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a Public Health Analyst for NBC/MSNBC. Dr. Redlener is the author of Americans at Risk: Why We’re Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now as well as The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for 21st Century America.

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NOW IS THE TIME

Ukraine's Child Refugees Need Help. Here’s How To Do It.

We need to think innovatively, and plan quickly, to help the young victims of the war rebuild their lives.

Irwin Redlener

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THE WORST OF WAR CRIMES

Putin’s War on Children Is an Atrocity for the Ages

Russia’s indiscriminate murder of civilians, including women and children, demands a global humanitarian response.

Irwin Redlener

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ENOUGH

Let’s Give DeSantis the Bolsonaro Treatment

Sovereign immunity can’t be a get-out-of-jail-free card for officials whose negligence, dereliction of duty and actions cost lives.

Irwin Redlener

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TRUMP CARD?

To Save American Lives, Biden Needs to Ask for Trump’s Help

Our progress in controlling the pandemic comes from an unlikely collaboration between both men. Trump, who got many big decisions wrong, was right about vaccines and should say so.

Irwin Redlener

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BOTTOM LINE

Here’s How to Clear Up CDC Communications Confusion

The science is strong, but the messaging has been muddled. To fix that, focus on the things Americans miss the most and create a federal vaccine verification system.

Irwin Redlener

Irwin Redlener

Ukraine's Child Refugees Need Help. Here’s How To Do It.

Putin’s War on Children Is an Atrocity for the Ages

Let’s Give DeSantis the Bolsonaro Treatment

To Save American Lives, Biden Needs to Ask for Trump’s Help

Here’s How to Clear Up CDC Communications Confusion

4 Things Biden Can Do Now to Protect Children at the Border

GOP Emerges as Public Health Threat as Second Dem Gets Virus

Biden Must Be Ready for Disaster. We Mean That Literally.

It’s Time for Trump’s Top Doctors to Step Down and Speak Up

Incredibly, Our Border Policy Just Got Even Crueler