The amount of tobacco a person with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) consumes is associated with the type and amount of genetic mutations found … Continue reading “Links found between smoking history and tumor mutations in some lung cancer patients”
John McDonough explores the history of the “individual mandate”—the requirement under the ACA that most Americans obtain health insurance.
Alice Hamilton, a leading authority on workplace health and Harvard University’s first female faculty member, was the subject of a recent WBEZ Chicago article.
Dirty emissions from coal-fired power plants have been declining in recent years. But other sources of air pollution—including soot from the burning of gas, … Continue reading “Natural gas, biomass surpassing coal as biggest pollutants, study finds”
A selection of articles from May 2021 featuring Harvard Chan School experts discussing the coronavirus pandemic.
Health Affairs recently featured two blog posts written by students from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
A new international task force is aimed at stopping new diseases like COVID-19 from spreading from animals to humans.
Michelle Williams discussed the importance of the field of public health and how racism is a public health issue.
Mixtures of toxic metals in umbilical cord blood were associated with reduced birth size, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan researchers.
A collaboration between Colorado Mesa University and the Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard has yielded “the most sophisticated system in the country to … Continue reading “At a small Colorado university, COVID tracking goes high-tech”