While reflecting on the killing of George Floyd, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean Michelle Williams decided to read Toni Morrison’s “The … Continue reading “Want to learn more about racism? Here’s a place to start.”
Discrimination in the health care system is contributing to stark disparities in how COVID-19 is sickening and killing people of color, according to health … Continue reading “Experts: Health care system’s racial bias contributes to COVID-19 disparities”
Diabetes rates among women in India were highest in the south and east, and lowest in the center of the country.
Researchers are proposing a new strategy to quickly track outbreaks of diseases such as COVID-19—by testing for antibodies to infectious agents in millions of … Continue reading “Tracking disease spread through a global blood ‘observatory’”
As millions lose their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic, millions are also likely to lose health insurance and to enroll in Medicaid, which will … Continue reading “Viewpoint: Federal government should bolster Medicaid during pandemic”
Older adults who volunteer for as little as two hours per week can substantially lower their risk of early death, become more physically active, … Continue reading “Study: Volunteering is good for your health”
Anne Lusk, research scientist in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, recently has been speaking and writing about ways that cities can encourage more people to bicycle by creating safe and appealing cycle tracks.
An independent panel of experts—including Douglas Dockery, John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Research Professor of Environmental Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School … Continue reading “Panel: U.S. air pollution standards not protecting public health”
People who have negative opinions about genetically-modified (GM) food are likely to feel the same about foods containing additives made with nanotechnology.
Patients recruited for Phase III and Phase IV clinical trials of prevention, screening, and treatment methods for prostate cancer are overwhelmingly white, according to … Continue reading “Black men left out of late-stage clinical trials for prostate cancer”