The Formula to Stop Invisible Killers, Protect Your Health, and Prevent The Next Pandemic

From Tom Frieden

"The most influential leader in American public health since C. Everett Koop."
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg

*Royalties go to organizations supported by RTSL*

The Formula to Stop Invisible Killers, Protect Your Health, and Prevent The Next Pandemic


From Tom Frieden

"The most influential leader in American public health since C. Everett Koop."

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg

*Royalties go to organizations supported by RTSL*

How To Win The Battle for Health

Step into the real-world stories of scientists, survivors, and system changers

Drawing from decades leading New York City's health department after 9/11, directing the CDC through the Ebola crisis, and fighting tuberculosis and other killer diseases, Dr. Tom Frieden shares a life-saving formula derived from the front-line realities of the fight for health.

Step into the real-world stories of scientists, survivors, and system changers:
- A trailblazing epidemiologist who endured a Nazi concentration camp
- A cloth merchant who uncovered public health’s greatest secret
- A doctor knighted for breaking tuberculosis’s grip
- The mistake that turned deadly during COVID - and how we make sure it never happens again.

This book doesn’t just explain the problems. It delivers the formula to fix them.

The Formula for Better Health connects science and strategy—offering practical tools to strengthen systems, protect communities, and save lives.


These stories aren’t just inspiring—they reveal what it takes to protect millions of lives, including your own.

Drawing from decades leading New York City's health department after 9/11, directing the CDC through the Ebola crisis, and fighting tuberculosis and other killer diseases, Dr. Tom Frieden shares a life-saving formula derived from the front-line realities of the fight for health.

Step into the real-world stories of scientists, survivors, and system changers:
- A trailblazing epidemiologist who endured a Nazi concentration camp
- A cloth merchant who uncovered public health’s greatest secret
- A doctor knighted for breaking tuberculosis’s grip
- The mistake that turned deadly during COVID - and how we can prevent the next one

This book doesn’t just explain the problems. It delivers the formula to fix them.

The Formula for Better Health connects science and strategy—offering practical tools to strengthen systems, protect communities, and save lives.


These stories aren’t just inspiring—they reveal what it takes to protect millions of lives.

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Royalties go to organizations supported by RTSL

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Royalties go to organizations supported by RTSL

About the Author

About the Author

Dr. Tom Frieden is a physician specializing in infectious diseases, public health, and epidemiology. He led New York City’s control of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and other health threats, directed the CDC during the Ebola epidemic, and now leads Resolve to Save Lives, a global health organization that accelerates action against the world’s deadliest health threats. His work has appeared in medical journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and The Lancet as well as the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.

What People are Saying

What People are Saying

What People are Saying

Elizabeth Kolbert

Winner of the Pullitzer Prize

“Clear solutions for today’s deadliest health threats."

Cass R. Sunstein

author of Climate Justice and Nudge

“A superb book. Read it! The life you save might be your own.”

Vivek Murthy, MD

Former Surgeon General of the United States

"A powerful guide to better health from one of the world's leading health experts. As we face today's urgent threats, Tom Frieden offers a path forward with trademark clarity and wisdom.”

Anthony S. Fauci, MD

Former Chief Medical Advisor to the President of United States

"The Formula for Better Health provides unique, critical insight into stopping epidemics and preventing deadly diseases from one of the most successful health leaders in a generation.”

Bill Frist, MD

former United States Senate Majority Leader

“Based on a masterful distillation of global health victories, Dr. Frieden reveals critical personal and community steps for longer, healthier lives.”

Helene Gayle, MD

President Emerita, Spelman College

“A masterclass in improving health at scale. Frieden transforms decades of global experience into actionable insights to protect and improve your health and that of your family, community, our nation and our world.”

Dr. Frank Luntz

Political Commentator, Analyst, and Pollster

“Tom Frieden is the most effective health messenger there is. His book, The Formula for Better Health is succinct, specific, and powerful.”

When we as a society work together to

implement the formula - to reveal then overcome the forces and illnesses

that block our paths— millions of people, including you and your family,

will enjoy longer, healthier lives.

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