A new paper from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University outlines ways that policymakers and others can use the science of child development to guide choices affecting children and families.
African American men with prostate cancer die at almost 2.5 times the rate of white men in the United States. One explanation is that they receive unequal access to health care, but that doesn’t fully account for the for disparity, according to Timothy Rebbeck, a professor of cancer epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He believes that there may be biological differences behind more aggressive cancers in men of African descent.
Philippe Grandjean, adjunct professor of environmental health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discussed the potential health effects of PFASs in drinking … Continue reading “Chemical contamination in Australian drinking water”
President Trump’s plan to replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan with a more limited option would lead to more heart attacks, hospital admissions, … Continue reading “Replacing Clean Power Plan could cost lives, money”
The projected rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the coming decades may diminish the nutritional value of staple crops, putting the health of more than 100 million of the world’s most vulnerable people at risk. Samuel Myers, principal research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and colleagues found that the dietary protein, iron, and zinc in wheat, rice, and other crops is likely to decline by 2050 and cause a significant impact on human health.
While copious data document the career of former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, few statistics are available on the phenomenon he protested by kneeling during … Continue reading “U.S. data scant on deaths, injuries by law enforcement”
A recent study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers that found not all plant-based diets to be healthy was the subject … Continue reading “Plant-based diets can be hit or miss when it comes to health”
Jay Winsten, associate dean and the Frank Stanton Director of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Center for Health Communication, discussed the … Continue reading “Oregon law aims to curb distracted driving”
Thirty remodeled “green” public housing units in Boston were each found to have at least one toxic chemical — including concentrations of formaldehyde that … Continue reading “Even ‘green’ homes contain hazardous chemicals”
Once emergencies have passed, social enterprise can help fill the funding gap in refugee service delivery between donor-funded humanitarian agencies and host countries.