A person’s ability to be resilient in the face of adverse experiences such as the COVID-19 pandemic depends on multiple factors including genetics, personal history, and the situational context.
How the coronavirus pandemic plays out in the coming months depends on a number of factors, such as states’ decisions on reopening their economies, … Continue reading “Eyeing the future of the coronavirus pandemic”
Full implementation of a 2018 law requiring major chain restaurants to list calorie counts on their menus could prevent 136,000 new cases of heart … Continue reading “Calorie counts on menus could prevent chronic diseases, save health care costs”
If coronavirus infections surge in the wake of protests against police brutality and racism, it won’t necessarily mean that the protests are what’s causing … Continue reading “Could protests cause COVID-19 spikes? Tough to tell.”
The chronic stress of experiencing discrimination can gradually erode people’s physical well-being over time, according to Mary Bassett, director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center … Continue reading “Racism can erode physical well-being”
After Boston Mayor Marty Walsh declared on June 12 that racism is a public health crisis in Boston, several local public health experts—including Jarvis … Continue reading “How racism impacts human health”
Two doctoral students in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health recently wrote articles focused on environmental justice … Continue reading “Student articles focus on housing insecurity, urban farming, and environmental justice”
State-by-state variations in COVID-19 regulations have resulted in different policies in different national parks, and some public health officials are concerned about the potential … Continue reading “Campsites, popular attractions at national parks raise COVID-19 concerns”
While reflecting on the killing of George Floyd, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean Michelle Williams decided to read Toni Morrison’s “The … Continue reading “Want to learn more about racism? Here’s a place to start.”
Discrimination in the health care system is contributing to stark disparities in how COVID-19 is sickening and killing people of color, according to health … Continue reading “Experts: Health care system’s racial bias contributes to COVID-19 disparities”