Moira Woods →
Doctor, feminist, and health and social campaigner. Born on Sept 26, 1934, in London, she died of pneumonia on March 27, 2023, in Dublin, Ireland. Read more.
Robin Guenther →
Architect who advanced sustainable health-care design. Born on Oct 2, 1954, in Detroit, MI, she died of ovarian cancer on May 6, 2023, in New York, NY. Read more.
Mathura Prasad Shrestha →
Public health expert, human rights activist, and former Health Minister of Nepal. Born on May 6, 1936 in Kathmandu, Nepal, he died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on Feb 20, 2023 in Kathmandu. Read more.
Zafrullah Chowdhury →
Surgeon, public health activist, and champion of health equity. Born on Dec 27, 1941 in what is now Raozan, Bangladesh, he died from chronic kidney disease complications on April 11, 2023 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Read more.
Colin McCord →
Heart surgeon committed to improving global public health. Born on May 15, 1928, in Chicago, IL, he died on March 11, 2023, in Oxford, UK, of congestive heart failure. Read more.
Barbara Staggers →
Pediatrician who championed adolescent health. Born on March 6, 1954, in New York, NY, USA, she died in Castro Valley, CA, USA, on Feb 19, 2023. Read more.
Judith Heumann →
Disability rights activist. Born on Dec 18, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA, she died on March 4, 2023 in Washington, DC. Read more.
Andrew Goldberg →
Expert in gerontology and geriatric medicine. Born in the Bronx, NY, on March 12, 1945, he died of pancreatic cancer on Oct 25, 2022, in Columbia, MD. Read more.
Luis Cuevas →
Epidemiologist and expert in infectious diseases and diagnostics. Born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on July 29, 1956, he died of pancreatic cancer on Jan 2, 2023 in Wirral, UK. Read more.
Audrey Evans →
Paediatric oncologist. Born March 6, 1925 in York, UK, she died on Sept 29, 2022 in Philadelphia, PA. Read more.
Kwaku Ohene-Frempong →
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist and authority on sickle cell disease. Born on March 13, 1946 in Kukurantumi, Ghana, he died of metastatic lung cancer on May 7, 2022 in Philadelphia. Read more.
Morton Mower →
Cardiologist and co-inventor of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Born on Jan. 31, 1933 in Baltimore, MD, he died of cancer on April 25, 2022 in Denver, CO. Read more.
Aaron Beck →
Psychiatrist who pioneered cognitive therapy. Born on July 18, 1921 in Providence, RI, he died on Nov. 1, 2021 in Philadelphia, PA. Read more.
Jose Eduardo Lima Pinto da Costa →
Champion of legal medicine in Portugal. He was born on April 3, 1934 in Porto, Portugal, and died there of cancer on Dec. 8, 2021. Read more.
Calls to restart testing for parasitic disease at U.S. CDC →
American experts on neglected tropical diseases are warning that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's suspension of testing for most parasitic infections, which has been ongoing now for more than seven months, is delaying diagnoses and treatment and affecting patient care. But there is still no timeline for resuming most of the tests. Read more.