HSPH in the News Archives
2011
Past flu exposures weakened pandemic severity
November 18, 2011
Coverage in Reuters, November 18, 2011, featuring HSPH's Marc Lipsitch
Mass. falls from top in health care costs
November 17, 2011
Coverage in the Boston Globe, November 17, 2011, featuring HSPH's John McDonough
Patient safety expert calls on health care institutions to better manage adverse events
November 15, 2011
In the seventeen years since Boston Globe health columnist Betsy Lehman died due to a medication error at Boston’s Dana-Farber…
Obese find telephone counseling on weight loss most effective
November 15, 2011
Coverage in Bloomberg Businessweek, November 15, 2011, with quote from HSPH's Frank Sacks
Treating trauma patients in Libya, advancing health care in rural Nepal: HSPH alumni share experiences
November 9, 2011
Catherine Mullaly, MPH ’10, an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), was working in a Libyan hospital on October 20,…
HSPH research on benefits of treating AIDS patients cited by Secretary Clinton
November 8, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently cited ongoing research by Stephen Resch, deputy director of the Center for Health…
Poll finds Americans pessimistic about country's health, favor more government health spending
November 7, 2011
A new poll by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that a majority…
HSPH's John McDonough launches new Boston Globe health blog
November 7, 2011
In his new blog for Boston.com, “Health Stew,” John McDonough promises everything from soup to nuts on health care policy,…
Much can be done to ease cancer burden in poorer nations
November 5, 2011
Although more than half of all new cancers and two-thirds of annual cancer deaths worldwide occur in low- and middle-income…
In developing nations, the rich get heavier while the poor stay thin
November 3, 2011
Weight-related ailments such as diabetes and heart disease are growing problems in developing countries. But such diseases are affecting mostly…