CDC backtracks on warning about airborne coronavirus transmission
Harvard Chan School experts have criticized a CDC decision to remove information from its website about airborne transmission of the coronavirus.
Trump shouldn’t have downplayed coronavirus, say experts
President Trump reportedly minimized the danger of the coronavirus last winter to avoid causing panic. Harvard Chan experts say that was the wrong thing to do.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Howard Koh, 09/16/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Howard Koh, the Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…
Decision on convalescent plasma for COVID-19 raises questions
Howard Koh, professor of the practice of public health, discusses the FDA's decision to allow the use of convalescent plasma as a treatment for COVID-19.
Howard Koh found his calling in public health
Harvard Chan School faculty member Howard Koh speaks about his life and career in public health in an interview in Yale Medicine Magazine.
Ending racial injustice in health
George Floyd’s death has magnified both the urgent need to end racism and, in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the urgent need to end the racial injustice of health inequity in America, wrote Howard Koh of Harvard…
Experts: Health care system’s racial bias contributes to COVID-19 disparities
Discrimination in the health care system is contributing to stark disparities in how COVID-19 is sickening and killing people of color, according to health care experts. In a June 15, 2020 article in USA Today, experts talked about…
U.S. withdrawal from WHO could harm global public health
There could be severe public health consequences if the U.S. withdraws from the World Health Organization (WHO), according to two experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. A U.S. withdrawal from the WHO, as proposed by…
Op-ed: Why the federal government should take the lead on COVID-19
The federal government should play a strong role in guiding how states navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and reopen their economies, according to a May 22, 2020 STAT op-ed by Howard Koh, Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Howard Koh, 05/20/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Howard Koh, the Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…