HSPH in the News Archives
2013
Does being overweight really reduce mortality?
February 22, 2013
Panelists challenge controversial findings In a recent paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association that combined the results…
Whole community gets a health boost from HIV treatment
February 22, 2013
Coverage on NPR, February 22, 2013, featuring HSPH's Till Barnighausen
Preventing suicides by reducing access to guns
February 19, 2013
The national debate about gun violence has focused on mass shootings and assault weapons, but statistics show that most gun…
Suicide made easier
February 15, 2013
Editorial in the New York Times, February 15, 2013, referencing Harvard Injury Control Research Center
HSPH researchers support petition calling for limits on added sugars in beverages
February 14, 2013
The amount of added sugars in soda and other sweetened beverages needs to be regulated, according to a Washington, D.C.-based…
Cutting costs, buoying health care
February 14, 2013
Coverage of HSPH's Voices From the Field talk with Donald Berwick, February 14, 2013, Harvard Gazette
Study of Oregon health insurance experiment wins award
February 7, 2013
A study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers that used for the first time a randomized, controlled study design…
Infectious disease expert works to ban landmines, fight tuberculosis and AIDS
February 6, 2013
Since the 1980s, infectious disease specialist Anne Goldfeld has worked to ban landmines, treat victims of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in…
Worldwide, women’s inequality
February 5, 2013
Coverage of HSPH Forum featuring Helen Clark Forum, February 5, 2013, Harvard Gazette
Prolonged TV viewing linked to lower sperm count
February 4, 2013
Coverage on BBC, February 4, 2013, featuring HSPH researcher Audrey Gaskins