Issues
We are designing two print formats. Both are in development — nothing here has been published, priced, or scheduled yet.
In development. There are no issues, covers, release dates, prices, ISBNs, subscriptions, advertisers, or availability to announce. This page describes the plan and the architecture behind it — not a product you can buy.
For adult readers
The Seasonal Review
A quarterly print collection that would gather the best reporting, analysis, and explainers from across the eight worlds into one considered volume.
- Draw from published web stories tagged as adult print candidates.
- Group work thematically rather than chronologically.
- Carry the same editorial standards and corrections policy as the site.
For younger readers
The Kids Seasonal Book
A separate, age-appropriate print book that would adapt public-health stories into big-idea, small-words features for children and classrooms.
- Built independently from the adult review, with its own editorial voice.
- Adapted from content tagged as kids print candidates.
- Designed with age-appropriate language, review, and permissions.
How stories become print candidates
Every published story carries a print-candidacy tag — adult, kids, or neither — so that if and when we produce a print edition, its contents are drawn from real, already-published work rather than invented for print.
Adult candidates
34
published stories eligible for the Seasonal Review
Kids candidates
0
published stories eligible for the Kids Book
Neither
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stories kept web-only
Current adult candidates
- Bangladesh Is Reviewing the Vaccination System, Not Just the Measles CampaignGlobal Health · Immunization
- Europe’s Drug-Resistance Warning Is About More Than One SuperbugAntimicrobial Resistance · Surveillance
- Cholera Reports Fell in 2025. Deaths Reached Their Highest Level Since 1999.Global Health · Water and Equity
- Zambia Is Training a Rapid-Response Team. The Hard Part Begins After the Course.Global Health · Emergency Readiness
- In the Pacific, El Niño Is a Health Event Before It Becomes a HeadlineClimate · One Health
- The Americas Adopted a Health Agenda. Now the Verbs Need Owners.Global Health · Policy
- The World Is Living Longer Again. The Harder Number Is Healthy Life Expectancy.Global Health · Health Systems
- Seventy-Three Drills Tested Clinic Readiness. Only 44 Completed Both First-Line Protections.Preparedness · Infection Prevention
- Europe’s Mosquito Season Is Producing Three Different Public-Health MapsSurveillance · Vector-Borne Disease
- Seventy-Six Illnesses, One Seed Lot, and a Recall That Kept ExpandingFood Safety · Outbreaks
- Uganda Has Five Days to Reach 7.9 Million ChildrenGlobal Health · Immunization
- When the Outbreak Is Real but the Product Is Still UnknownFood Safety · Evidence
- Most Heat Illness at Big Events Can Be Managed On Site. That Is Not the Same as Zero Risk.Human Health · Climate & Environment
- When a Family Cannot Afford Care, the Health Crisis Has Already Entered the HomeGlobal Health · Children & Families
- Africa’s New Health Data Layer Is Live. The AI Story Is Still Being Built.Global Health · Technology & Infrastructure
- An Ebola Count Is a Snapshot. Response Capacity Is the Story.Human
- Two Sprout Outbreaks, Three Pathogens, One Supply-Chain ProblemFood
- The Outbreak Is Over. The Investigation Is Not.Food
- How the World Chooses a Flu Vaccine Before the Next Season BeginsHuman
- The Pandemic Agreement Still Has One Critical Piece UnfinishedGlobal
- One Reported Illness Can Trigger a 45-State Seed Recall. That Is the System Working.Food
- What It Means When a Health System Has to Function During DisplacementGlobal
- When a Local Health Department Loses Capacity, Follow the BudgetHuman
- The Public Health System Humans Will Need Off EarthSpace
- Your Teeth Apparently Aren't Part of Your BodyDental
- What Public Health Actually Means When the ER Is FullHuman
- The Shift No One in Healthcare Wants to Talk AboutTech
- Oil, Fertilizer, and Food Resilience in the United StatesFood
- Farmers Markets Are Public Health InfrastructureFood
- Why Oral Health Still Sits Outside the Public Health ConversationDental
- The Future of Healthcare Access in AmericaHuman
- Building Better Public Health Systems Through TechnologyTech
- Community Health Workers: The Backbone of Local Health SystemsHuman
- Food Deserts and Health Outcomes: What the Data ShowsFood
Future underwriting
If a print edition is ever underwritten, it will follow the same firewall as the rest of the platform: underwriters may support production, but cannot buy, shape, or veto editorial content, and any support will be disclosed. There are no advertisers or underwriters today.
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