Rising global temperatures are threatening our health—but there are reasons to be hopeful
Experts discussed solutions for dealing with the health impacts of climate change-driven extreme heat at a panel during the Harvard Climate Symposium.
What are the best pandemic investments right now?
Next-generation vaccines and air filtration are among the most important areas to invest in to tame the pandemic going forward, according to experts.
Why we have trouble assessing climate risk
Experts quoted in a January 23, 2022 CNN article talked about why humans do a poor job of evaluating climate risk, how they tend to avoid an overload of distressing information, and how it’s crucial to better communicate…
Weighing the benefits and costs of COVID-19 restrictions
Lisa Robinson of the Center for Health Decision Science has been exploring the complexities involved in valuing deaths averted by COVID-19 policies.
How uncertainty and mixed social cues affect decision making in a pandemic
The reasons why some people don’t wear masks to protect themselves from COVID-19 and engage in other risky behaviors, including attending large gatherings, are complex and due to a number of factors, according to news reports. A November…
Warning labels on consumer products not effective
Lisa Robinson, senior research scientist at the Center for Health Decision Science and the Center for Risk Analysis at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Richard Zeckhauser, the Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, Harvard…