Featured News Archives
2011
National public health week 2011: Live injury-free
April 5, 2011 -- Each year since 1995, National Public Health Week has been celebrated during the first week in April. Organized by…
Risk to U.S. from Japan radiation low, expert says
March 29, 2011 -- A radiation expert at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), says that radiation leakage from the continuing…
WHO's Bustreo delivers Dean's Distinguished Lecture with a 'hidden agenda' to inspire students to join fight for women's and children's health
March 29, 2011 -- Marking the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, Flavia Bustreo (right), assistant director-general for women and…
Crises responders seek to bridge gaps in emergency response
March 29, 2011 -- When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers, injuring dozens and spewing…
Experts at HSPH forum give views on 'unprecedented' triple crisis in Japan
March 28, 2011 -- People in Japan may look calm on the outside but they are depressed on the inside,…
HSPH prof. Nancy Krieger pens new book, Epidemiology and The People's Health: Theory and Context
March 28, 2011 Ask a typical student who is studying epidemiology what she or he is learning, and the overwhelming…
Conference calls for global focus on the burden of non-communicable diseases of the world's poorest billion
March 23, 2011 -- Ten years ago, attention given to HIV/AIDS at a United Nations special session was followed by the…
Brendan Manning receives Armen Tashjian, Jr., award for excellence in endocrine research
March 22, 2011 -- Former colleagues, faculty, students, staff and family members of the late Armen H. Tashjian, Jr., professor of toxicology,…
Economic growth fails to remedy undernutrition in India's children
March 11, 2011 -- Growth in India’s economy since 1992 has not ended undernutrition among children in that country and may…
HSPH delegation visits Tanzania and Botswana nutrition, AIDS program
March 9, 2011 -- A delegation of Harvard School of Public Health friends and faculty – including HSPH Dean Julio Frenk and Dean…