Climate change and food
In part three of our series on climate change and health we examine how environmental changes will affect not only the food we can grow, but how they will make what we're already growing less nutritious.
Tackling the health effects of climate change
Experts predict potentially dire health effects from climate change and say that negative effects are already occurring. But health systems and health professionals can play a key role in protecting the public, according to experts from Harvard T.H.…
The impact of climate change on health
Heat-related illness and death, increases in infectious diseases, injuries and deaths after violent storms—these are some of the serious potential human health impacts of climate change discussed at a recent Climate & Health Meeting. The one-day meeting drew…
Watch livestream of Climate and Health Meeting
The Climate and Health Meeting, organized to fill the gap left by a cancelled Centers for Disease Control and Prevention event, will be available by livestream on February 16, 2017 from 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET. The event is…
Foreign-trained doctors in U.S. provide quality care
Doctors practicing in the U.S. who graduated from medical schools outside of the country appear to provide quality medical care that exceeds doctors who graduated from medical schools in the U.S., according to a new study from Harvard…
Coalition helps revive canceled climate change meeting
The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) has partnered with a coalition including former Vice President Al Gore to revive a canceled meeting on climate change and health.
Testing a high-deductible health plan
High-deductible, lower premium health insurance plans appear poised to have an increasing role in American’s insurance options as the Trump administration, employers, and others seek to control health costs, even though researchers know little about how these plans…
Ask the Expert: Are Female Doctors Better than Male Doctors?
Do female doctors have an edge over male doctors when it comes to treating their patients? That's the question that will be considered during a Facebook Live Q&A on Thursday, January 19, at 4:00 PM ET.
Putting a human face on climate change
December 22, 2016 – Focusing on the potential health impacts of climate change—such as malnutrition, an increase in infectious and chronic diseases, and more deaths from heat waves and cold snaps—may be the best way to communicate its dangers, according…
Hospitalized patients treated by female physicians show lower mortality, readmission rates
For immediate release: Monday, December 19, 2016 Boston, MA – Elderly hospitalized patients treated by female physicians are less likely to die within 30 days of admission, or to be readmitted within 30 days of discharge, than those…
