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The Cure for Everything: The Epic Struggle for Public Health and a Radical Vision for Human Thriving
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416 pages, Hardcover
Published February 3, 2026
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February 28, 2026
I have such mixed feelings about this one. Let me start with the good.
I was very engaged and interested when Williams writes about history. The stories about public health heroes like Joseph Goldenberger (pellagra), W.E.B. DuBois (statistics on the life expectancy of African-Americans), and Alice Hamilton (industrial workplace dangers) were new to me and very inspiring.
Most of the book, though, is about racism, sexism, and politics and how these have impacted public health. I understand that all of these things are important parts of the story, but I felt uneasy as I read and I eventually figured out why. Although Williams is at the opposite end of the political spectrum from Fox News, I got a very Fox News vibe as I read. Opinions are stated as facts. Anyone who does anything Williams doesn't agree with is a villian and an idiot who is acting out of self-interest alone. Just as when I hear Fox News, I was often thinking, "I would have to fact-check this before I believe it." I don't think Williams is dishonest, but maybe so passionate about her subject that she isn't particularly objective.
One more thing - Williams often includes the religious affiliation of the people she criticizes. In most of the cases I don't think this supports her arguments, so I can't think of a good-faith reason for her including this information.
I was very engaged and interested when Williams writes about history. The stories about public health heroes like Joseph Goldenberger (pellagra), W.E.B. DuBois (statistics on the life expectancy of African-Americans), and Alice Hamilton (industrial workplace dangers) were new to me and very inspiring.
Most of the book, though, is about racism, sexism, and politics and how these have impacted public health. I understand that all of these things are important parts of the story, but I felt uneasy as I read and I eventually figured out why. Although Williams is at the opposite end of the political spectrum from Fox News, I got a very Fox News vibe as I read. Opinions are stated as facts. Anyone who does anything Williams doesn't agree with is a villian and an idiot who is acting out of self-interest alone. Just as when I hear Fox News, I was often thinking, "I would have to fact-check this before I believe it." I don't think Williams is dishonest, but maybe so passionate about her subject that she isn't particularly objective.
One more thing - Williams often includes the religious affiliation of the people she criticizes. In most of the cases I don't think this supports her arguments, so I can't think of a good-faith reason for her including this information.
February 11, 2026
Rating: 5* of five
The Publisher Says: The inspiring story of how we overcame a history of infectious disease, poisonous environments, and early death and unlocked an explosion in human potential—and a vision for the work ahead to optimize human flourishing in the twenty-first century
Public health is an unusual discipline—a combination of science, sociology, politics, and logistics—with a simple goal: to create the conditions for human thriving. Despite a century of massive improvements in our health and quality of life, Americans—reeling from our disastrous pandemic response, epidemics of depression and isolation, and a failing healthcare system—are understandably distrustful of public health. But the true history of public health doesn’t just reveal one of the greatest feats in human history—our great escape from early death and infectious disease—it points toward a future of even greater improvements. The cure for everything? It’s all of us, working together for our collective health.
Michelle A. Williams, one of the country’s true innovators in public health, here tells the dramatic hidden history of public health in America: a story of how radicals and renegades—from W.E.B. Du Bois to Alice Hamilton to the activists of ACT UP—and the institutions and infrastructure we built together helped transform our world. As she takes readers through these dramatic stories, she draws out their deeper lessons. In the end, she makes a powerful argument that it is public health that should drive our country’s policies and politics—that if our policies fail to increase the health and well-being of everyone, regardless of race or economic status, we have failed as a society.
Here is a dramatic, sweeping history with a galvanizing vision for how we can address new threats and complete the unfinished business of public health.
I RECEIVED A DRC FROM THE PUBLISHER VIA NETGALLEY. THANK YOU.
My Review: Public health, in thae definition fronted by Wikipedia, is "the science and art of preventing disease" and I have only one quibble with this as a jumping-off point for studying the subject: the phrase is rightly "art, and science, of preventing disease."
Firstly the art of medicine is best acknowledged as such; secondly the science is a fully separate topic the way I've punctuated it. Both are crucial, essential components of the field we call "public health," along with huge doses of politics and other coalition-building matters. Author Williams has an impressive and extensive CV that demonstrates her knowledge of public health is not solely theoretical. Make no mistake, in a career of fortyish years Author Williams has worked on tough health problems as far afield from academia as Haitian perinatal health.
A wad of notes, a premise that explains her career, a publisher excited to present the book. It's all gone right so far. How about the story she's telling?
I came into adulthood as AIDS was making itself known. I had an anti-vaxxer mother who lied to the schools I attended that of course I'd been vaccinated! I hadn't apart from polio when I was two, my father...polio survivor himself...had it done and her fury was loud and scary to tiny little me, and smallpox, when my doctor just did it and told her afterwards she was an idiot and to pull her head out of her ass (in those words) and remember her little brother's death (he had been her own doctor in childhood). No others, no MMR, no DPT, I got the diseases instead. My interest, then, in the topic is rooted in personal experiences I wouldn't wish on anyone not named Trump.
Author Williams speaks to me directly by speaking of the people, the movers and shakers, the subversive insurgents, the deeply humane empaths and the policy wonks who completely devoted themselves to bettering the lives of their fellow humans. I really expected the read to leave me more admiring than impressed. It left me both. I don't think the prose, largely (I assume) penned by health-focused journalist Linda Marsa, is noteworthy, in either elegance or lack thereof. It is precise, it is selected with an aim in mind to inform, to convey huge swaths of research without making the layperson feel talked down to or left behind. It is a successful effort. It is a hugely important story of one of the most astounding, and undercelebrated, achievements made by individual people moving massive inertial forces by dint of sheer stubborn refusal to give up. These many people who worked to find reasons for catastrophes of preventable deaths on a scale I myownself quail before are celebrated and named. Their contributions are brought to your eyes for what is very often the first time.
I give the book all five stars because I have not read a more succinct, informative treatment of a subject within the history of science that is more pleasantly conversational, less irritatingly superior of tone, or more urgent to grasp. We are witnessing an appalling and potentially lethal dismantling of a system dedicated to public health. It behooves each of us to learn as much as possible about how we achieved the heights before we are cast back into the depths. It will, I expect, create a lot of new advocates for our threatened public health system.
The Publisher Says: The inspiring story of how we overcame a history of infectious disease, poisonous environments, and early death and unlocked an explosion in human potential—and a vision for the work ahead to optimize human flourishing in the twenty-first century
Public health is an unusual discipline—a combination of science, sociology, politics, and logistics—with a simple goal: to create the conditions for human thriving. Despite a century of massive improvements in our health and quality of life, Americans—reeling from our disastrous pandemic response, epidemics of depression and isolation, and a failing healthcare system—are understandably distrustful of public health. But the true history of public health doesn’t just reveal one of the greatest feats in human history—our great escape from early death and infectious disease—it points toward a future of even greater improvements. The cure for everything? It’s all of us, working together for our collective health.
Michelle A. Williams, one of the country’s true innovators in public health, here tells the dramatic hidden history of public health in America: a story of how radicals and renegades—from W.E.B. Du Bois to Alice Hamilton to the activists of ACT UP—and the institutions and infrastructure we built together helped transform our world. As she takes readers through these dramatic stories, she draws out their deeper lessons. In the end, she makes a powerful argument that it is public health that should drive our country’s policies and politics—that if our policies fail to increase the health and well-being of everyone, regardless of race or economic status, we have failed as a society.
Here is a dramatic, sweeping history with a galvanizing vision for how we can address new threats and complete the unfinished business of public health.
I RECEIVED A DRC FROM THE PUBLISHER VIA NETGALLEY. THANK YOU.
My Review: Public health, in thae definition fronted by Wikipedia, is "the science and art of preventing disease" and I have only one quibble with this as a jumping-off point for studying the subject: the phrase is rightly "art, and science, of preventing disease."
Firstly the art of medicine is best acknowledged as such; secondly the science is a fully separate topic the way I've punctuated it. Both are crucial, essential components of the field we call "public health," along with huge doses of politics and other coalition-building matters. Author Williams has an impressive and extensive CV that demonstrates her knowledge of public health is not solely theoretical. Make no mistake, in a career of fortyish years Author Williams has worked on tough health problems as far afield from academia as Haitian perinatal health.
A wad of notes, a premise that explains her career, a publisher excited to present the book. It's all gone right so far. How about the story she's telling?
I came into adulthood as AIDS was making itself known. I had an anti-vaxxer mother who lied to the schools I attended that of course I'd been vaccinated! I hadn't apart from polio when I was two, my father...polio survivor himself...had it done and her fury was loud and scary to tiny little me, and smallpox, when my doctor just did it and told her afterwards she was an idiot and to pull her head out of her ass (in those words) and remember her little brother's death (he had been her own doctor in childhood). No others, no MMR, no DPT, I got the diseases instead. My interest, then, in the topic is rooted in personal experiences I wouldn't wish on anyone not named Trump.
Author Williams speaks to me directly by speaking of the people, the movers and shakers, the subversive insurgents, the deeply humane empaths and the policy wonks who completely devoted themselves to bettering the lives of their fellow humans. I really expected the read to leave me more admiring than impressed. It left me both. I don't think the prose, largely (I assume) penned by health-focused journalist Linda Marsa, is noteworthy, in either elegance or lack thereof. It is precise, it is selected with an aim in mind to inform, to convey huge swaths of research without making the layperson feel talked down to or left behind. It is a successful effort. It is a hugely important story of one of the most astounding, and undercelebrated, achievements made by individual people moving massive inertial forces by dint of sheer stubborn refusal to give up. These many people who worked to find reasons for catastrophes of preventable deaths on a scale I myownself quail before are celebrated and named. Their contributions are brought to your eyes for what is very often the first time.
I give the book all five stars because I have not read a more succinct, informative treatment of a subject within the history of science that is more pleasantly conversational, less irritatingly superior of tone, or more urgent to grasp. We are witnessing an appalling and potentially lethal dismantling of a system dedicated to public health. It behooves each of us to learn as much as possible about how we achieved the heights before we are cast back into the depths. It will, I expect, create a lot of new advocates for our threatened public health system.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Michelle A. Williams's "The Cure for Everything" should be required reading for anyone entering politics or healthcare. Williams offers a highly readable and compelling history of public health in the US that is both inspiring and frustrating. As a dual US-Italian citizen living in Italy, I benefit from a public health system that includes socialized medicine and some of the best care in the world. For many here in Europe, the US system is an aberration, akin to not having clean water or public education. And yet, as Williams illustrates in her history of public health, progress and improvements in the collective health have been made, in spite of the fear of and political contrarianism to any perception of “socialized” medicine—that unfortunately continues today. Time and again Williams attempts to answer the question of how the richest country in the world can have a declining life expectancy and often states, "we can do better." This book offers fascinating insight to US culture and history through the lens of public health.
Prompted by the erred response to COVID, which revealed cracks in the system, Williams set out to discover why public health failed after centuries of life-saving and lifespan lengthening inventions and progress. By understanding the history of public health, Williams demonstrates how the developments in public health, and a subsequent backlash against some, led to a failed response to the pandemic, much like failed responses to lead poisoning, women's and maternal health, and gun violence.
Public health is public wealth. Public health’s mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of all during their lifetimes, regardless of circumstances. Williams reports on the strides and the pitfalls made in public health since the Civil War to the present day, and throughout suggests solutions that require public health agencies and politicians to address poverty, gender biases, racism, obesity, and violence among others. Public health must treat the community and in turn treat the individual; in doing so everyone benefits.
The history is fascinating in showing how far the US has come in a relatively short time and how many times it had regressed. The impact of treating Union soldiers in the Civil War, combined with migration to the cities in the north made sanitation efforts a necessity for survival of the population, especially those who lived in poverty or close to it. The differences between North and South are evidenced in the management, the very structure and social mores the South fought to maintain undermined any efforts to treat the wounded and dying. Williams's description of yellow fever as an economic driver reminds me of pharmaceutical scandals and economic influences today.
While there was a peak in public health in the progressive era in the first two decades of the twentieth century, a regression happened when conservatives came into power. We still live with inheritance of choices made in the early 20th century, to focus on research rather than infrastructure. The social groups that suffered or benefitted then are the same that do today. Public health often favors white privileged (men) and punishes the poor and people of color (and women).
Williams doesn't stop at healthcare when considering public health. She includes studies of occupational hazards, industrial pollution, abuse, gun violence, and lack of first responder defense in crises. The title says it; if public health were offered to all in the US, it truly could be the cure for everything that ails the country.
Thank you to NetGalley and OneWorld for offering an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
#netgalley #thecureforeverything
Prompted by the erred response to COVID, which revealed cracks in the system, Williams set out to discover why public health failed after centuries of life-saving and lifespan lengthening inventions and progress. By understanding the history of public health, Williams demonstrates how the developments in public health, and a subsequent backlash against some, led to a failed response to the pandemic, much like failed responses to lead poisoning, women's and maternal health, and gun violence.
Public health is public wealth. Public health’s mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of all during their lifetimes, regardless of circumstances. Williams reports on the strides and the pitfalls made in public health since the Civil War to the present day, and throughout suggests solutions that require public health agencies and politicians to address poverty, gender biases, racism, obesity, and violence among others. Public health must treat the community and in turn treat the individual; in doing so everyone benefits.
The history is fascinating in showing how far the US has come in a relatively short time and how many times it had regressed. The impact of treating Union soldiers in the Civil War, combined with migration to the cities in the north made sanitation efforts a necessity for survival of the population, especially those who lived in poverty or close to it. The differences between North and South are evidenced in the management, the very structure and social mores the South fought to maintain undermined any efforts to treat the wounded and dying. Williams's description of yellow fever as an economic driver reminds me of pharmaceutical scandals and economic influences today.
While there was a peak in public health in the progressive era in the first two decades of the twentieth century, a regression happened when conservatives came into power. We still live with inheritance of choices made in the early 20th century, to focus on research rather than infrastructure. The social groups that suffered or benefitted then are the same that do today. Public health often favors white privileged (men) and punishes the poor and people of color (and women).
Williams doesn't stop at healthcare when considering public health. She includes studies of occupational hazards, industrial pollution, abuse, gun violence, and lack of first responder defense in crises. The title says it; if public health were offered to all in the US, it truly could be the cure for everything that ails the country.
Thank you to NetGalley and OneWorld for offering an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
#netgalley #thecureforeverything
February 17, 2026
Public health is public wealth.
Public health is an unusual discipline—a combination of science, sociology, politics, and logistics—with a simple goal: to create the conditions for human thriving. But with each achievement of public health - mass vaccinations, the curing of previously deadly childhood illnesses, disease surveillance, and research which makes all of our lives better - there is still massive mistrust towards the American public health system. When looking at the crumbling health infrastructure, the poor pandemic response, and the ways in which socioeconomic barriers continue to restrict access to what care is available, it's easy to see why. The story of public health is the story of human history - our great escape from early death and infectious disease - and points toward a future of even greater improvements. The cure for everything? It’s all of us, working together for our collective health.
The dramatic hidden history of public health - 0ften overlooked or undervalued in both medicine and humanities classes - is in the of radicals and renegades; of institutions and infrastructure; and of the idea that if our policies fail to increase the health and well-being of everyone, regardless of race or economic status, we have failed as a society. Part deep dive, part memoir, part celebration-and-condemnation, and part radical call to action, "The Cure For Everything" is an essential text for the past, present, and future of a public interested in a healthy society.
It is such a treat to encounter a book which I know will be a top five read of the year so early in a new season of reading. This is exactly the kind of book I love to recommend on my page for those who are interested in nonfiction that is engaging; will teach you something you truly didn't know before; and that will motivate you to make changes back out in the real world. I read A LOT of medical and science history and there were things about American and global health history I had never even heard of "The Cure For Everything", which doesn't often happen and which I will now be deep-diving more in my free time. I loved the way the author brought together her own experiences, thoroughly-cited history, and the interplay of current/past events, social context, and the socioeconomic factors which shaped movements and policy (the good, the bad, and the ugly), and did it in a way which was engaging, page-turning, and both infuriating and inspiring, ad was both accessible enough science-wise for the lay reader and engaging for those who have a healthcare background.
In (unfortunately) expected times such as these, where the current ruling class seeks to drain every resource and dollar possible from a public health system that was already struggling, books like "The Cure for Everything" that bring together a broad picture of health and health policy; its successes and failures; and plans for how to make things better are essential. Healthcare is a human right - even if those in power will tell you otherwise - and a public that is well-educated, vaccinated, cared for, and healthy is a boon for all. I think this is a book everyone eligible to vote needs to read before the midterms this year, and is a great introduction into the beautiful and vital world of nonfiction reading for those who typically only read fiction titles. It's been a few weeks since I finished this book and I still think about it often and will absolutely be recommending it for years to come.
Public health is an unusual discipline—a combination of science, sociology, politics, and logistics—with a simple goal: to create the conditions for human thriving. But with each achievement of public health - mass vaccinations, the curing of previously deadly childhood illnesses, disease surveillance, and research which makes all of our lives better - there is still massive mistrust towards the American public health system. When looking at the crumbling health infrastructure, the poor pandemic response, and the ways in which socioeconomic barriers continue to restrict access to what care is available, it's easy to see why. The story of public health is the story of human history - our great escape from early death and infectious disease - and points toward a future of even greater improvements. The cure for everything? It’s all of us, working together for our collective health.
The dramatic hidden history of public health - 0ften overlooked or undervalued in both medicine and humanities classes - is in the of radicals and renegades; of institutions and infrastructure; and of the idea that if our policies fail to increase the health and well-being of everyone, regardless of race or economic status, we have failed as a society. Part deep dive, part memoir, part celebration-and-condemnation, and part radical call to action, "The Cure For Everything" is an essential text for the past, present, and future of a public interested in a healthy society.
It is such a treat to encounter a book which I know will be a top five read of the year so early in a new season of reading. This is exactly the kind of book I love to recommend on my page for those who are interested in nonfiction that is engaging; will teach you something you truly didn't know before; and that will motivate you to make changes back out in the real world. I read A LOT of medical and science history and there were things about American and global health history I had never even heard of "The Cure For Everything", which doesn't often happen and which I will now be deep-diving more in my free time. I loved the way the author brought together her own experiences, thoroughly-cited history, and the interplay of current/past events, social context, and the socioeconomic factors which shaped movements and policy (the good, the bad, and the ugly), and did it in a way which was engaging, page-turning, and both infuriating and inspiring, ad was both accessible enough science-wise for the lay reader and engaging for those who have a healthcare background.
In (unfortunately) expected times such as these, where the current ruling class seeks to drain every resource and dollar possible from a public health system that was already struggling, books like "The Cure for Everything" that bring together a broad picture of health and health policy; its successes and failures; and plans for how to make things better are essential. Healthcare is a human right - even if those in power will tell you otherwise - and a public that is well-educated, vaccinated, cared for, and healthy is a boon for all. I think this is a book everyone eligible to vote needs to read before the midterms this year, and is a great introduction into the beautiful and vital world of nonfiction reading for those who typically only read fiction titles. It's been a few weeks since I finished this book and I still think about it often and will absolutely be recommending it for years to come.
March 5, 2026
Most of the book deserves five stars. The core content is focused on a deeply true message: the work of public health is identifying the social and environmental problems and needs of a community and intervening to reduce and prevent the harms of those needs. The author makes a compelling case for this approach in contrast with a purely clinical/medicalized approach to public health. Each chapter then applies the articulated approach to many different social and health problems in the United States and globally (hence the title, “The Cure for Everything”).
There are two shortcomings in the book that hold back its effectiveness and they deserve to be highlighted. The first is that the book includes throwaway political jabs that will diminish its broader appeal. Perhaps the author perceives her audience as likeminded individuals, and I would argue that for the goals of her book to succeed she needs these perspectives to be heard by people who may not be on the same political “side.” That does not mean that this book should temper its content or dilute its ideals, but side comments taking aim at different perspectives are unhelpful.
For the most part this book handles difficult, contentious issues with nuance, provoking anecdotes, and objective data. However, the second shortcoming is that there are specific instances where the text departs from this effective approach to reading more like an ideological rant. As a reader, it was jarring when Williams abruptly switched tone from a rational application of public health methodology, sound data/evidence, and collaborative problem solving to, at times, pontification completely devoid of any data, evidence, or room for differing perspective. I found it unfortunate that a book with an incredibly critical core message would then devolve into a self-assured soapbox.
On the whole, the book inspired me as a public health professional. It refreshed and rejuvenated important concepts that I hope to apply to my work. For this, I am thankful to Dr. Williams for her efforts in publishing this book. Yet, if I wanted to explain public health to a colleague or friend, I would hesitate to recommend the book lest it create a false impression that the political and ideological contents are inherent to public health as a field of study and work.
There are two shortcomings in the book that hold back its effectiveness and they deserve to be highlighted. The first is that the book includes throwaway political jabs that will diminish its broader appeal. Perhaps the author perceives her audience as likeminded individuals, and I would argue that for the goals of her book to succeed she needs these perspectives to be heard by people who may not be on the same political “side.” That does not mean that this book should temper its content or dilute its ideals, but side comments taking aim at different perspectives are unhelpful.
For the most part this book handles difficult, contentious issues with nuance, provoking anecdotes, and objective data. However, the second shortcoming is that there are specific instances where the text departs from this effective approach to reading more like an ideological rant. As a reader, it was jarring when Williams abruptly switched tone from a rational application of public health methodology, sound data/evidence, and collaborative problem solving to, at times, pontification completely devoid of any data, evidence, or room for differing perspective. I found it unfortunate that a book with an incredibly critical core message would then devolve into a self-assured soapbox.
On the whole, the book inspired me as a public health professional. It refreshed and rejuvenated important concepts that I hope to apply to my work. For this, I am thankful to Dr. Williams for her efforts in publishing this book. Yet, if I wanted to explain public health to a colleague or friend, I would hesitate to recommend the book lest it create a false impression that the political and ideological contents are inherent to public health as a field of study and work.
February 16, 2026
Informative read on how America has dealt with various health crises for the better, but also for the worse (e.g., how we still lag in terms of longevity).
Notable lines:
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhuman.”-MLK Jr.
“What this means in practice is that where we live, work, and play and the places that we spend most of our time, in our neighborhoods and our workplaces, have the most influence on our health.”
“We feed billions of dollars into a medical system that emphasizes rescue care-exorbitantly expensive high-tech acute care once we’re already sick-but we starve the public-health initiatives that keep us healthy, prevent disease, help us get better if we do fall ill, and genuinely save lives.”
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!
March 13, 2026
The Cure for Everything by Michelle A. Williams.
This topic is so important to me, understanding how much death and disease affects the public currently and the future of society as a whole. While the book itself is chock full of information, it reads much more like a textbook than a nonfiction, informative book for me. It was quite long and while starting each chapter with a small story, antidote of personal connection I felt that the chapters then went off in too many directions. I got bored with this one half way through.
I would recommend if this is an area that you are interested in becoming more informed in as a whole.
Thank you to the publishers for the advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review.
This topic is so important to me, understanding how much death and disease affects the public currently and the future of society as a whole. While the book itself is chock full of information, it reads much more like a textbook than a nonfiction, informative book for me. It was quite long and while starting each chapter with a small story, antidote of personal connection I felt that the chapters then went off in too many directions. I got bored with this one half way through.
I would recommend if this is an area that you are interested in becoming more informed in as a whole.
Thank you to the publishers for the advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review.
November 29, 2025
I loved this book. In another writer’s hands, this book may have turned out to be a giant soapbox or a hellfire-and-brimstone diatribe. But in Dr. William’s hands, it was a well-written, well-paced, thoughtful story of public health. All her arguments are supported by data, but the book doesn’t get bogged down in minutiae. I loved the conversational tone of the writing and found the book near-impossible to put down. I think that this would be a great book for anyone interested in public health. Thank you to Netgalley and One World for the advance reader copy.
February 15, 2026
The book's title, "The Cure for Everything," sounds like a pie-in-the-sky idea, but it's actually grounded in science, data, and some visionary people who showed it was possible. Author Michelle Williams tells the story of Public Health, its astounding success when applied appropriately, and its dismal failure when politicians and others failed to support it. Williams offers many historical anecdotes, making this an intriguing read. I highly recommend it and hope you will tell your friends and colleagues to read it too.
March 3, 2026
Michelle A. Williams provides a masterclass in the history and care of public health in America. From the inception of public health to modern day health care woes (and its horrific roots in racism) Michelle shares her knowledge from not only first hand experience, but also a rich history of public health as a whole. I have a background in healthcare so I was generally aware of some of the issues she spoke about, however her in depth knowledge and explanation was outstanding. I would highly recommend this nonfiction work to anyone and everyone--healthcare is a universal right.
March 12, 2026
4/5 stars
Always interesting to read about public health
Always interesting to read about public health
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