Letters

How to Save a Life Our profiles of heroic people whose energy and passion are making a difference in the fight against preventable illnesses garnered praise and generated concern about the need to do more

Your report on the courageous efforts of common citizens around the world to fight appalling diseases in the poorest countries [Nov. 7] should be required reading for all. I especially recommend it to members of Congress. Instead of funding pork-barrel projects, why not finance completion of the malaria vaccine? As a health-care worker, I was astonished to read how far...