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Over the past couple of decades, hospitals have implemented safety protocols to prevent medical mistakes—but more improvements can be made, according to Harvard Chan School’s Larry Tye.

Continued investments in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria could result in enormous health gains and a high return on investment, according to a new study.

Living near Coldwater Creek—a Missouri River tributary north of St. Louis that was polluted by nuclear waste from the development of the first atomic bomb—in childhood in the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s was associated with an elevated risk of cancer, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Gonorrhea bacteria are becoming more resistant to the antibiotic doxycycline, potentially because the drug is taken after unprotected sex to preemptively lower the chance of contracting other sexually transmitted infections, according to a study.

Although vaginal probiotic products are marketed to promote vaginal health and treat infection, current scientific evidence does not necessarily support these claims, according to experts.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has targeted ultra-processed foods, saying they’re a major contributor to chronic disease in the U.S. Some food experts welcome his stance, others are skeptical if food policy changes will come to fruition.

Living in neighborhoods with limited access to grocery stores—and thus nutritious foods—can increase children’s risk of asthma, according to a study.

Nurses’ Health Study participants spoke out against its federal funding termination.

Adolescents belonging to racial minority groups are significantly less likely to receive mental health care than white adolescents, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.

Harvard Chan School’s Erica Kenney discusses how federal grant terminations may impact her research on how to help families, particularly children, eat nutritious foods.