TB superstrains
[ Fall 2008 ] Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis is research focus Covering 200 square kilometers of arid scrubland in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province, the rural district of … Continue reading “TB superstrains”
[ Fall 2008 ] Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis is research focus Covering 200 square kilometers of arid scrubland in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province, the rural district of … Continue reading “TB superstrains”
[ Fall 2008 ]
[ Fall 2008 ] On May 2, Cyclone Nargis hit the coast of Myanmar, devastating the low-lying Irrawaddy delta with 120 miles-per-hour winds and a 12-foot … Continue reading “A tale of two countries: Q and A with Professor Jennifer Leaning”
[ Fall 2008 ] The World Health Organization’s surgical checklist view full-size pdf of the WHO surgical checklist This first edition of the WHO’s surgical safety … Continue reading “19 steps to safer surgery”
[ Fall 2008 ] Fighter pilots use checklists to avoid deadly errors. Why not surgeons, too? So complex was the new B-17 bomber introduced during World … Continue reading “A simple checklist that saves lives”
[ Fall 2008 ] A proposal to make health care more affordable Though we Americans bicker about how best to fix our health care system, on … Continue reading “Health insurance and Uncle Sam”
[ Fall 2008 ] Monica Ter-Minassian is scouring the genome for time bombs. Using gene-reading technology and analytic techniques, this Harvard School of Public Health doctoral … Continue reading “How genes and environmental forces raise cancer risk”
[ Fall 2008 ] Standouts in public health tend to view big problems as boulders that must be rolled uphill, however steep those hills might be. … Continue reading “2008 Alumni Award of Merit winners”
In this issue HSPH faculty members suggest ways the next U.S. President can level the playing field for all Americans. Extend a safety net … Continue reading “Harvard Public Health: Spring 2008”
[ Spring 2008 ] Premature death is more than three times more likely to occur in those at the bottom income levels of American … Continue reading “7 ways to fight health inequities”