From the archives: After September 11 attacks, community gathered for support
Just two days into a week of orientation events for new students, the school’s community found itself drawn together suddenly by terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Perspective: The intersection of public health and clinical medicine is changing
To achieve the World Health Organization’s goal of helping provide “the highest attainable standard of health” for individuals, it’s time to rethink the divisions between public health and clinical medicine, especially preventive medicine, according to an August 5,…
Number of COVID-19 ‘breakthrough cases’ lower than expected
Given the number of people fully vaccinated in the U.S.—more than 87 million as of April 20, 2021—the roughly 7,150 so-called “breakthrough cases” of COVID-19 that have been reported is extremely low, according to experts.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Barry Bloom, 04/16/21
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Barry Bloom, the Joan L. and Julius Jacobson research professor of public health and former dean of the school. This call was recorded at…
A Shot in the Arm
Vaccines are underfunded, understudied, and underappreciated as a vital tool in public health. could COVID-19 be the start of a vaccine renaissance?
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Barry Bloom and William Hanage, 02/19/21
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Barry Bloom, the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson research professor of public health and former dean of the school, and William Hanage, associate…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Barry Bloom, 01/28/21
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Barry Bloom, the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson, research professor of public health and former dean of the school. This call was recorded…
‘A very difficult set of decisions’
Figuring out who to prioritize for COVID-19 vaccination is an incredibly difficult task, given the vulnerability of a variety of groups, including elderly people, residents of nursing homes and other congregate settings, frontline workers, people with comorbidities, and…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Marc Lipsitch and Barry Bloom, 01/05/21
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, and Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Barry Bloom and William Hanage, 12/22/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Barry Bloom, professor of immunology and infectious diseases and former dean of the school, and William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology and a faculty…