The Healthiest Goldfish

A call for structured heterodoxy in medicine and public health

Can we have the discipline to create space for productive disagreement?

Nov 15 • 

Sandro Galea

19

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Idea Factories

How understanding where “our” ideas come from can help us have better ideas

Nov 8 • 

Sandro Galea

12

4

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Who speaks for health?

When communities do not agree with us in the age of MAHA

Nov 1 • 

Sandro Galea

12

8

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October 2025

We should talk

On doing the difficult work of engaging in conversation

Oct 25 • 

Sandro Galea

14

2

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On finding courage to stay the course

Part 2 of 2. The importance of doing what we do, even in difficult times

Oct 18 • 

Sandro Galea

25

4

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On changing when we should change

Part 1 of 2. The importance of reimagining public health in an uneasy time

Oct 11 • 

Sandro Galea

14

3

2

How data can support a values-based argument for health

On the consequential, rigorous, and inquisitive science that should support a vision of a healthier world.

Oct 4 • 

Sandro Galea

13

2

September 2025

The Social Life of Ideas

Ideas about ideas, at a time when ideas feel endangered

Sep 27 • 

Sandro Galea

15

2

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On the complexity of moral argument

Understanding that good people, for good reasons, hold on to ideas we strongly disagree with

Sep 20 • 

Sandro Galea

32

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Building health on shared values

Why a focus on enduring principles should underlie all efforts in health.

Sep 13 • 

Sandro Galea

14

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Clarifying misunderstandings about population health

A science refresher to help move us past the health mistakes of the moment

Sep 6 • 

Sandro Galea

14

4

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August 2025

On keeping the faith

Leaning into hope at the start of a new school year

Aug 30 • 

Sandro Galea

22

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