The Harvard Crimson spoke with Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) faculty members for a Year in Review article on implementing the Affordable Care … Continue reading “Four HSPH faculty weigh in on Affordable Care Act”
In response to growing undergraduate interest in global health, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) faculty are teaching more courses for undergraduates, establishing a … Continue reading “HSPH faculty teaching more undergraduate global health courses as demand grows”
Bernard Lown, professor emeritus at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Group Improving … Continue reading “Bernard Lown honored by British Medical Journal”
Despite progress in the global fight against malaria over the past decade, the emergence in Southeast Asia of malaria parasites resistant to artemisinin — … Continue reading “Burma: A central battleground for malaria control”
While Americans debate whether to scrap President Obama’s health care law, many less wealthy countries already provide universal health care or are working to … Continue reading “While Americans debate universal health, other nations adopt coverage for all”
The healthy eating pyramid developed at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) is front and center in the cafés of one of the world’s … Continue reading “HSPH healthy pyramid helps guide offerings at Google’s cafés”
A new comprehensive training program for humanitarian workers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) aims to help thousands around the world who work … Continue reading “At new Humanitarian Academy, disaster responders will learn best practices”
In an article marking the bicentennial of The New England Journal of Medicine, Harvard School of Health Prof. Atul Gawande described the evolution of … Continue reading “HSPH’s Atul Gawande tells the evolving story of surgery over the past two hundred years”
Women who drank water rather than sugar-sweetened beverages had a lower risk of developing diabetes, according to a new study led by Harvard School … Continue reading “Replacing one daily sugary beverage with water may lower women’s diabetes risk”
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should develop a more systematic and rigorous approach to determining the safety, over time, of already-approved drugs, according … Continue reading “IOM panel: FDA should continue to carefully monitor approved drugs”