When Sen. Elizabeth Warren revealed numerous details on how her administration would implement a Medicare for All health care policy, including building upon the … Continue reading “Medicare for All proposal carries risks for Elizabeth Warren’s campaign”
A new proposal from the Trump Administration would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using certain types of data to help create public … Continue reading “Trump plan would limit research used to protect public health”
Amidst a spate of vaping-related illnesses and deaths in the U.S., doctors at a Detroit hospital performed a double lung transplant on a 17-year-old … Continue reading “Double lung transplant performed on patient with vaping illness”
Distracted driving-related car crashes are on the rise in Canada, caused by drivers who are eating, tuning the radio, putting an address into a … Continue reading “How Canadians are dealing with distracted driving”
News about a family of toxic synthetic chemicals called PFASs—“per- and polyfluoralkyl substances”—has recently been making headlines in New England. In Connecticut, PFASs were … Continue reading “Understanding the risks of ‘forever chemicals’”
As Democratic presidential candidates continue to spar over health care, John McDonough, professor of the practice of public health at Harvard T.H. Chan School … Continue reading “Shortage of health care workers poses challenges for Medicare for All proposals”
A new study offers detailed analysis of the relative roles of Medicaid versus private insurance in boosting rates of health insurance coverage for Asian … Continue reading “Investigating how Asian Americans are getting health insurance”
Adding calorie counts to chain restaurants’ menus did not have a sustained effect on customers’ purchasing habits, according to a new study. Researchers found … Continue reading “Posting calories on menus may not prompt long-term dietary changes”
Americans’ views on the risks associated with marijuana are changing, according to a recent poll from Politico and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public … Continue reading “Polls show perspectives on marijuana risks changing in U.S.”
Democratic senators appear hesitant to back a “Medicare for All” plan like the one being touted by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Only … Continue reading “Democratic lawmakers skeptical about ‘Medicare for All’”