Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced the appointment of HSPH alumna Karen DeSalvo, SM ’02, as the next National … Continue reading “Karen DeSalvo, SM ’02, named National Coordinator for Health IT”
As Obamacare ramped up on January 1, 2014, the United States underwent a profound change in its health care system, according to health policy … Continue reading “As new year kicks off, Obamacare brings profound changes to U.S. health care”
Pakistani physician Anita Zaidi, SM ’99, has won the first-ever $1 million Caplow Children’s Prize, the largest humanitarian prize worldwide dedicated to saving children’s … Continue reading “Alumna Anita Zaidi awarded $1 million to save children’s lives in Pakistan village”
People across the globe are consuming far more sodium than is healthy, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health … Continue reading “Salt consumption too high worldwide”
An article in the January 4, 2014 issue of The Lancet calls for a new, broader conceptualization of the term “global health” that acknowledges … Continue reading “Revisiting global health in an interdependent world”
Eating a small handful of unsalted nuts seven or more times a week may reduce risk of death by 20%, according to a new … Continue reading “Eating nuts may lengthen lives”
Workers at Piramal Life Sciences—a Mumbai, India-based company that develops pharmaceuticals and medical devices—are among the first at a corporation to sign up for … Continue reading “HSPH edX courses help train workers in India”
The most significant triumph in global health in the past decade has been the steep decline in maternal and infant mortality, said [[Jennifer Leaning]] … Continue reading “Decline in maternal, infant mortality a major global health achievement”
David Hunter, Vincent L. Gregory Professor in Cancer Prevention and Dean for Academic Affairs at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), recently added to … Continue reading “Direct-to-consumer genetic testing not ready for prime time”
In a new paper, Eric Rubin, professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues describe how tuberculosis (TB) … Continue reading “TB survival mechanism explained”