Gun violence is a public health issue
As the gun control debate reignited following the mass shooting at a nightclub in Florida, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public expert David Hemenway … Continue reading “Gun violence is a public health issue”
As the gun control debate reignited following the mass shooting at a nightclub in Florida, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public expert David Hemenway … Continue reading “Gun violence is a public health issue”
It is unlikely that the influx of travelers to Brazil for the Olympic Games in August will accelerate the spread of the Zika virus, … Continue reading “Postponing the Olympics ‘a wrong and dangerous message’”
While transgender people have increasingly received public recognition, there has been little concerted effort to support and improve their health, according to a Harvard … Continue reading “Health and rights linked for world’s 25 million transgender people”
Poor people around the world who depend on seafood for a significant portion of their diet are likely to suffer malnutrition if global fisheries … Continue reading “Global fishery declines linked to malnutrition threat”
Andie Smidler, PhD ’19, took STAT inside Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s mosquito insectary for a June 14, 2016 article. Smidler conducts … Continue reading “Hijacking mosquito evolution to prevent malaria’s spread”
Deborah Azrael, a gun violence researcher at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, spoke to the Harvard Gazette for a June 14, 2016 … Continue reading “Stopping ‘contagion’ of gun violence will require long-term efforts”
Philadelphia could become the first big city in the nation with a tax on sugary beverages, after its City Council voted in favor of … Continue reading “Philadelphia moves toward sugary drink tax”
One-quarter of the world’s tuberculosis cases are in India, and the disease kills one Indian every 90 seconds. But India—strong in TB research and … Continue reading “India’s potential to beat tuberculosis”
Exposure to certain microbes as young children may help prevent autoimmune disorders later in life, according to a new study by researchers at the … Continue reading “Delayed exposure to once-common infections may boost autoimmune disease risk”
The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health released a new Obstetric Emergency Drills Training Kit online June … Continue reading “Obstetric Emergency Drills Training Kit aims to reduce deadly complications”