Hope for treating food allergies
While the prevalence of food allergies is increasing, a treatment called oral immunotherapy may help patients reduce their symptoms, according to Kari Nadeau of Harvard Chan School.
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Policy change needed to ensure healthy food options in checkout lines, says expert
Most foods and beverages in grocery store checkout aisles are unhealthy—a reality that experts say is unlikely to change unless local, state, or federal laws are passed that require healthier options.
Amid pandemic, trust in childhood vaccines rose—but support for vaccine mandates decreased
Belief in the safety of routine childhood vaccines rose over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, but opposition grew to any sort of requirement that children be vaccinated in order to attend public schools, according to a new study by Harvard Chan School.
Harvard Chan alumna Mandy Cohen to lead CDC
Mandy Cohen, MPH ’04, has been chosen by President Biden as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health disparities costing Massachusetts nearly $6 billion per year
Health inequities experienced by people of color in Massachusetts are costing the state an estimated $5.9 billion each year, according to a new report from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation and the Health Equity Compact.
Predicting prenatal care rates in rural Ethiopia
Through predictive models, it may be possible to identify pregnant women in low-resource settings who are at high risk of failing to attend antenatal care, in order to develop interventions to encourage their attendance, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School.
Enrollment in Medicare/Medicaid integrated care programs is growing—but not by enough, says expert
Enrollment in integrated care programs, which coordinate health care services for people enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, has grown in recent years—but that growth has been small, especially compared to conventional plans, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School.
Lori Lightfoot, former Chicago mayor, named Senior Leadership Fellow for fall 2023
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will serve as a Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at Harvard Chan School during the fall semester of 2023.
Wildfire smoke from Canada poses health risks on East Coast
Wildfire smoke blowing from Canada to the East Coast could have a range of negative health effects, according to experts at Harvard Chan School.
Healthy sleep may lower risk of long COVID
Female health care workers who had healthier sleep prior to COVID-19 infection had a lower risk of developing long COVID than their colleagues’ whose sleep was less healthy, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School.