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In this installment of our series highlighting high-impact research, we describe how two long-term cohort studies based at Harvard Chan School have helped generate key findings.

When it comes to burgers, plant-based patties are a better option than beef for personal and planetary health.

Hannah Greenwald Healy, an expert on water quality, explains the most common reasons that ocean, lake, or pond beaches temporarily close during the summer.

The School recently hosted early-stage investigators focused on improving maternal health outcomes in the Mississippi Delta.

Angelica, a personalized AI agent designed to support pediatric patients and their families, won this year’s Venture Building Program.

Around the world, suicide rates are higher among older adults than all other age groups combined—and higher among older men than older women, according to a new study.

A child’s biological sex at birth may not be a 50-50 toss-up, according to a new study.

A new study quantifies the large productivity losses in low- and middle-income countries—billions of dollars’ worth—that can be attributed to lead exposure in children.

Medical journals must be able to operate independently, free of political interference, according to two editors of such journals.

Josiemer Mattei discusses public health research projects in Puerto Rico that are at risk after funding was cut.