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![Regulating E-Cigarettes, Cigars, and Hookah – How Far Has the Government Gone?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null4039b72b-ff04-4a10-8fb4-56e17cb1228c/27783540802_29905b5d58_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=231%2C0%2C1137%2C1137&w=290)
In May, 2016, the FDA finalized a rule extending its authority to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco. This historic rule allows the FDA, for the first time, to restrict the sale of these tobacco products to minors nationwide. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy will discuss the importance of this new rule, the implications for co...
![Prudential Financial Presents: What Living to 100 Means for Work and Wealth](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/fceaec56-d6ae-43f2-9e24-6983a3cdfe40/workandhealth.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=872%2C0%2C3101%2C3101&w=290)
Across the globe, humans are living and working longer than ever — and today’s systems, governments and businesses aren’t prepared. Examine how we can reimagine work, wealth and retirement to live our lives both longer and better.
![Research Equity is the Foundation of Health Equity](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/29d200d7-d3e4-4733-8cc1-9d5709db1c40/Untitleddesign10.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=772%2C0%2C1081%2C1080&w=290)
Race, ethnicity, age, sex, environment, and other social determinants of health can all impact how different people respond to the same medicine or vaccine. This is why diversity and inclusivity at every stage of the medical research process are critical to learning about the safety and efficacy of potential treatments for all patients. Presented by Pfizer.
![Federal Health Policy: An Interview with Kathleen Sebelius, 21st Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null45519266-f3f5-468f-b266-15f752249899/35355765411_74d17f4f13_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1068%2C1068&w=290)
Responsibility for implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), in line with Congressional intent, rests with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The 21st secretary of HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, discusses the impact of the law since it was passed under her watch in 2010. She'll also talk about the provisions Congress might alter, the extent to which the execu...
![The Health Sector Goes Green](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/4237935f-9a26-4da8-aa5f-27db4ff3f489/52993144088_1d1fc09981_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
More than 8% of US greenhouse gas emissions originate in the health sector. Recognizing the urgency of change, almost 1,000 hospitals, industry organizations, and trade associations have embraced the federal government’s voluntary Health Sector Climate Pledge, promising to cut their emissions in half by 2030. Practical, cost-effective actions with dramatic payoffs include...
![Is Health Care a Human Right?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/838e6efb-be6c-4b99-9927-93c7856060aa/43024223221_cc71c74b6b_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1376%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
Do we have a right to health care? The United States remains the only developed country in the world unable to come to agreement on the answer. While many feel that the US government crossed a line with the Affordable Care Act’s mandate, others hope the program will expand. But do we even maintain consensus on the status of rights such as security, water, and shelter — and...
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Technology is redefining who we trust, and this shift in trust has fundamental consequences.
![The Global Vaccine Race: A Conversation with Bill Gates](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null39028c82-85f6-4b2f-9c33-9f2ae7ccf48b/speakers-june301.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=416%2C0%2C1718%2C1718&w=290)
Since its founding, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed billions of dollars to the search for and distribution of vaccines across the globe. Its knowledge, network, and resources are now being tapped amid the accelerated search for treatments for COVID-19. Gates joins Stephanie Mehta, editor in chief of Fast Company, and shares his expectations for a vaccine...
![On Climate Policy, Cities Lead the Way](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null414a1554-4430-49b5-b33d-f12c575e71b4/48145267816_31d66da870_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=832%2C0%2C3335%2C3335&w=290)
Cities are responsible for 70 percent of global carbon emissions, and by 2050, two out of every three people will live in one. Fortunately, cities are getting serious about environmental footprint — New York announced its own Green New Deal, Melbourne aims to be carbon neutral by 2020, and Los Angeles will use 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. Mayors are often more nim...
![Reproductive Rights Still a Battleground AIH 2019](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null93e6494e-f090-4718-9d4a-d09411f62e13/48108998363_68d0ff878f_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=ac473e&q=80&rect=515%2C0%2C1065%2C1065&w=400)
![Reproductive Rights Still a Battleground AIH 2019](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null93e6494e-f090-4718-9d4a-d09411f62e13/48108998363_68d0ff878f_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=515%2C0%2C1065%2C1065&w=400)
Who controls a woman’s body? Herself? Her church? Her community? Her government?
![Building Global Health Security from the Ground Up](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulld69e2b2a-783b-4adc-b26f-973b4dc88172/35338048902_1a6d46df0b_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=298%2C0%2C1004%2C1004&w=290)
Community health workers, social media networks, and local residents serve as the first line of defense against global health risks, especially infectious diseases and bioterrorism. While top-down initiatives provide essential resources to detect looming threats, including sophisticated surveillance and diagnostic tools, outbreaks are most likely to be detected first at th...
![Putting the United States on the Path to Universal Coverage: Lessons from Abroad](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null03e47b79-6cff-40db-af7d-3455afb0da87/48109088033_428a19ecf4_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1376%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
Universal access to health care means many things in many nations. Taxes support a single-payer system in the United Kingdom, and health care providers are reimbursed directly by the government; patients pay nothing at the point of service. In the Netherlands, the government defines a basic benefit package and regulates private insurers; everyone is required to buy coverag...
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Despite the deeply tragic, terrifying and high-profile nature of gun violence, the United States has not been able to make significant progress on the problem. The arguments on all sides are exhaustingly familiar, and so is the lack of governmental and societal action. In the meantime, more and more people are dying—researchers say more than 45,000 a year. A group of passi...
![Designing Decarbonization](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0194c6f0-e6ce-429e-bf65-b6da426193f0/230628_design_decarbonization_004.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=666%2C0%2C2667%2C2667&w=290)
Despite the worthy intentions of government and corporate leaders, the Paris Agreement targets of holding global warming to near 1.5°C may not be met, and many organizations say they don’t have plans and data to actually reach climate goals. This session will discuss strategies needed to design a net-zero future. Presented by Deloitte
![10 Newsmaking Conversations from Aspen Ideas: Health 2024](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/58daefc2-333d-4d2e-b5b1-8ca0d98462be/240620_reception_001.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=83%2C0%2C2667%2C2667&w=290)
From the debate over reproductive rights to the epidemic of gun violence to the youth mental health crisis, this year's Aspen Ideas: Health sessions tackled many of today's most pressing health issues. Explore the timely conversations with top government officials, medical researchers, business leaders, public health experts, legal scholars, and journalists to hear the ide...
![Newsmaking Sessions from Aspen Ideas: Health 2022](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/10f65902-564e-435c-9ca4-4bc99cf0c60f/52170949772_3961b63c53_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1012%2C0%2C4024%2C4024&w=290)
From the Supreme Court's ruling on abortion rights to public health's role in addressing gun violence to the devastating human toll of the war in Ukraine, this year's Aspen Ideas: Health sessions tackled some of the most pressing issues driving headlines nationally and globally. Explore the timely conversations with top government officials, business leaders, public health...
![The Endlessly Fascinating Immune System](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0bf3217d-29f8-4a14-90f7-4f90340509e5/AdobeStock_259048293.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1301%2C0%2C4052%2C4050&w=290)
![In Conversation with Governor Laura Kelly](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/9de4361f-a9b8-443c-bf3d-cc29e46f0f79/53806503442_f6b6f1a6b3_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1550%2C0%2C3101%2C3101&w=290)
Laura Kelly sits down to discuss health policy and practice in the state of Kansas. Kelly, a Democrat, heads the traditionally red state of Kansas, where government is divided. She'll discuss challenges—from fiscal pressures, Medicaid cost-sharing, and the need to bolster public health, to the threat of future pandemics and delicate decisions about reproductive health and...
![Carbon Dividends: A Consensus Climate Solution](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/fdbeb5d7-d40b-4dce-90e5-cfddfd108d16/35262879220_91703f9803_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1279%2C0%2C3158%2C3158&w=290)
Can a transformative solution built on the conservative principles of free markets and limited government save the planet? Now that the United States is backing out of the Paris climate accord, many believe that any significant reduction to greenhouse gas emissions must be led by the business community. Can such a business-led effort to promote carbon dividends — carbon ta...
![Broader Access is Vital to the Future of Testing and Healthcare Innovation](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c3da28c8-e5f0-4b2d-b8c1-e1db6cb4473a/Abbott-BinaxNOWHomeTest-DS_L9098.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1669%2C0%2C5341%2C5343&w=290)
Building on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, there are significant opportunities to expand the use of rapid testing to address many health challenges around the world- from infectious diseases like malaria and HIV to non-infectious health needs like prenatal care. Learn how Abbott is intentionally approaching product development to democratize, decentralize and...