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Homelessness ‘undermining the very fabric of our society’
A sharp uptick in homelessness in the U.S.—driven by high rents, shrinking public assistance, a lack of affordable housing, and fallout from the COVID pandemic—represents “a hard and complicated public health issue,” according to Harvard Chan School’s Howard…
Bernie Sanders describes ‘dysfunctional’ U.S. health care system—and how to fix it
Sen. Bernie Sanders called the U.S. health care system "totally broken" and advocated for a Medicare-for-all system at a Studio event that filled Harvard Chan School’s Kresge Auditorium.
Documentary explores ‘invisible’ work of public health
A new PBS documentary about the importance of public health features Harvard Chan School’s Mary Bassett.
Rochelle Walensky reflects on experiences as former CDC director
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) faces challenges such as communicating public health policies to the public, modernizing data collection, and having limited governmental authority to collect data, according to Rochelle Walensky, CDC director from 2021–2023…
Addressing the U.S. homelessness crisis
At a recent virtual event co-sponsored by Harvard Chan School’s Initiative on Health and Homelessness, experts shared the latest statistics on homelessness and discussed approaches to tackling the complex issue.
Improved future pandemic responses hinge on more government involvement, experts say
Increased government oversight of public health research, disease surveillance, and policy is critical to saving lives and promoting equity during future pandemics, according to Harvard Chan School faculty.
Those facing greatest risk for severe COVID treated less often
Medicare patients who were at the highest risk for severe COVID-19—such as Black patients, patients older than 90, and patients living in nursing homes—received antiviral treatments less often than those who had the least risk, according to a…
Child Tax Credit expansion improved parents’ mental health
When Congress temporarily expanded the Child Tax Credit during the COVID-19 pandemic, the increased income for low-income families improved parents’ mental health, according to a new study.
Why countries had such different COVID death rates in spite of similar policies
In countries that saw lower death rates during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it wasn’t so much the policies those countries instituted that kept rates low, but how quickly and flexibly they responded to the emerging outbreak,…
Public health history course holds lessons for today
A new course at Harvard Chan School focuses on the history of public health, highlighting longstanding issues such as vaccine hesitancy, how life expectancy has been measured and used, tensions in the relationship between the fields of public…
