In U.S. territories in the Caribbean, cases of dengue are on the rise in children because of inequities in the effects of climate change and the accessibility of vaccines, according to experts.
U.S. life expectancy has declined to 76.4 years, the shortest it’s been in nearly two decades, according to December data from the CDC. Two experts from Harvard Chan School—Dean Michelle Williams and Ariadne Labs’ Asaf Bitton—discussed the problem on WP Live, a podcast from the Washington Post.
As states begin to reverify their Medicaid rolls amid the expiration of pandemic-era protections, recipients should be prepared to prove their continued eligibility or to find a new health insurer—a task that puts millions at risk of losing coverage unnecessarily, experts say.
Experts say that climate change may be leading to worse pollen allergy seasons, as trees and plants such as ragweed are producing pollen sooner because warmer weather is starting earlier in the year.
Ten years’ worth of data from Massachusetts shows that children living in communities with higher rates of firearm licensure are more likely to have elevated blood lead levels, according to a study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Christian Hoover, MPH ’23.
Children in low-opportunity neighborhoods—where employment options are few, transportation is unreliable, and crime and poverty rates are high—face an increased risk of premature death and of experiencing the premature death of a caregiver, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School.
PEPFAR was the largest public health effort by one country against a single disease, and as of late last year, has provided lifesaving treatment to more than 20 million people suffering from HIV/AIDS.
Nursing homes in the U.S. that conducted more COVID-19 testing of their staff early in the pandemic experienced fewer COVID cases and deaths among residents, according to a study co-authored by Harvard Chan School’s Michael Barnett.
As maternity wards continue to close around the country, some states are implementing “bold and innovative” solutions—though none that will be as effective as federal intervention, according to Harvard Chan School’s Alecia McGregor.
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative has collaborated on the development of online humanitarian training in Turkish, to support those responding to ongoing needs following the devastating earthquake in Turkey in February, and in Ukrainian, to support responders to the war in Ukraine.