Recent research suggests that eating a low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet—which Americans were advised to do for about 40 years—is not a good idea. But Harvard T.H. … Continue reading “Forty years of low-fat diets: a ‘failed experiment’”
Colonoscopies may not provide much cancer prevention benefit after age 75, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public … Continue reading “Colonoscopy benefits after age 75 questioned”
A series of papers that look at how far nations have come toward meeting Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 to reduce child mortality … Continue reading “Tracking progress on maternal and child survival goals”
David Williams spoke about health, race, and policing in an October 4, 2016 Facebook Live Q&A with USA Today.
Six years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans are divided over how well it’s working, according to a new poll … Continue reading “Poll: Drug, insurance companies blamed for high health care costs”
Two decades ago the U.S. Public Health Service convened a panel of non-government scientists and scholars with expertise in economics, clinical medicine, ethics, and … Continue reading “Cost-effectiveness panel issues new guidelines”
Two Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health faculty members received awards at the 28th annual meeting of the International Society For Environmental Epidemiology … Continue reading “Grandjean, Weisskopf honored for contributions to environmental epidemiology”
Companies need to better protect workers and the environment from exposure to heavy metals and toxic chemicals generated during the recycling of electronics such … Continue reading “Many electronic recycling companies put workers, environment at risk”
A series of fires in Indonesia in 2015 to clear land for agriculture caused an estimated 100,000 premature deaths in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
The rate of serious injuries caused by police and/or security guards appears to have risen nearly 50% between 2001 and 2014, according to a … Continue reading “Rate of serious injuries caused by police, security guards may be rising”