What will office life be like during the pandemic?
Working in an office during the coronavirus pandemic will be very different from what it used to be. A May 16, 2020 Boston Globe article outlined some of the changes that office workers can expect, from temperature checks…
Op-ed: How to protect from coronavirus in your car
Keeping your car windows open a crack is an easy way to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission when you’re driving, according to experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. COVID-19 can be spread not just…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Joseph Allen, 04/2/20
Transcript You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Joseph Allen, assistant professor of exposure assessment and director of the Healthy Buildings Program. This call was recorded at 11:30 am…
Op-ed: Risk of COVID-19 exposure from packages is ‘small and manageable’
The risk of being exposed to COVID-19 from a delivered package, restaurant takeout, or groceries from the market is low, according to Joseph Allen, assistant professor of exposure assessment science at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.…
Busting coronavirus social distancing myths
As states and communities around the U.S. take action against the spread of coronavirus by closing schools and canceling public events, Marc Lipsitch and Joseph Allen of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health busted a few common…
Bridging the worlds of health and design
Juan Reynoso, MPH/MUP ’20, is interested in the intersection of health and design.
Opinion: How our buildings can be optimized to curb coronavirus
While the conditions of crowded cities can aid the spread of viral illnesses such as coronavirus, the buildings we inhabit can act as important barriers to contamination when properly optimized, according to a March 4, 2020 op-ed in…
Glucan, a microbial toxin, found in Juul’s nicotine vaping liquids
E-cigarette products made by Juul Labs were contaminated with a microbial toxin that can cause long-term lung damage, according to an analysis conducted by researchers from Harvard Chan School.
E-cigarettes linked with lung disease in adults
Vaping e-cigarettes is a risk factor for lung disease in adults, whether or not the user also smoked traditional cigarettes, according to a new study. According to a December 17, 2019 article in Popular Science, researchers from the…
A primer on ‘forever chemicals’
There’s been more and more news lately about the presence of “forever chemicals” in the environment. These widely used chemicals—whose technical name is “per- and polyfluoralkyl substances,” or PFASs—remain in the environment for thousands or even millions of…