Anne Lusk, research scientist in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, recently has been speaking and writing about ways that cities can encourage more people to bicycle by creating safe and appealing cycle tracks.
An independent panel of experts—including Douglas Dockery, John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Research Professor of Environmental Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School … Continue reading “Panel: U.S. air pollution standards not protecting public health”
People who have negative opinions about genetically-modified (GM) food are likely to feel the same about foods containing additives made with nanotechnology.
Patients recruited for Phase III and Phase IV clinical trials of prevention, screening, and treatment methods for prostate cancer are overwhelmingly white, according to … Continue reading “Black men left out of late-stage clinical trials for prostate cancer”
Companies and researchers racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine will encounter numerous challenges as they try to understand how the immune system reacts to … Continue reading “Understanding the path to a COVID-19 vaccine”
As states ease COVID-19 lockdowns, many people may be uncertain about what activities are safe.
While several companies are bringing antibody tests for COVID-19 to market, it is unclear how meaningful such tests results will be because it is … Continue reading “Antibody tests for COVID-19 important, but gaps in knowledge persist”
The coronavirus pandemic, which has brought sickness, death, and disruption to daily life for millions of people worldwide, may also bring long-term mental health … Continue reading “COVID-19 pandemic may cause long-term mental health issues”
Brazil now has the second-highest number of cases of COVID-19 in the world—behind only the U.S.—and the highest number of new deaths.
Researchers around the world are pausing work on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 to express support for ending racism in the scientific community and society … Continue reading “#ShutDownSTEM marks researchers’ commitment to ending racism”