A major new report in The Lancet contends that, for the first time in human history, the current generation has the financial and technical … Continue reading “Health disparities between nations could be eliminated within a generation”
Harvard’s Cambridge campus next spring will be home to a set of beehives aimed at supporting the university’s organic landscaping program and helping assess … Continue reading “New beehives planned to support environmental research, organic landscaping”
Twenty-five experts from around the world gathered in Boston recently to discuss the impact of chronic stress stemming from low socioeconomic status and discrimination … Continue reading “Role of stress in health disparities explored”
A new partnership between the City of Boston and most of the city’s large supermarkets aims to help consumers choose healthier and less sugary … Continue reading “Boston teams with supermarkets to promote healthy beverages”
Lisa Berkman of Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) testified on November 20, 2013 at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing that called attention to … Continue reading “Lisa Berkman testifies before Senate subcommittee on economic status and mortality”
Katherine Baicker, professor of health economics at Harvard School of Public Health, was quoted in a November 20, 2013 NPR story on the recent … Continue reading “Spike in Medicaid enrollment could have health benefits for low-income adults”
New research led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that the so-called ‘widowhood effect’—an increased chance of dying after a spouse dies—is … Continue reading “‘Widowhood effect’ greatest in first three months”
Safety-net hospitals—those that typically treat the poorest patients—are losing money under a Medicare program that bases reimbursements on hospital quality. In a new analysis, … Continue reading “Safety-net hospitals losing money under Medicare quality-based payments program”
A new phase of the Human Microbiome Project (HMP)—which over the past five years identified the millions of microorganisms living on, and in, the … Continue reading “The role of microbes in health and disease”
John McDonough, professor of public health practice at Harvard School of Public Health and director of the HSPH Center for Public Health Leadership, discussed … Continue reading “Obamacare and the insurance kerfuffle”