Those facing greatest risk for severe COVID treated less often
Medicare patients who were at the highest risk for severe COVID-19—such as Black patients, patients older than 90, and patients living in nursing homes—received antiviral treatments less often than those who had the least risk, according to a…
Senior physicians may care for fewer patients with Medicaid and from racial/ethnic minorities than junior physicians
Senior physicians may avoid seeing racial minorities and lower paying Medicaid-insured patients compared to junior physicians in the same practice, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Antiviral treatments for COVID underused in nursing homes
Even though nursing home residents face high risk of severe infection or death from COVID-19, nursing homes have underused antiviral treatments, even after Paxlovid, a highly effective antiviral pill, became widely available, according to a new study co-authored…
Many in U.S. know someone affected by or who died from opioids
In a recent survey, 3 in 10 U.S. adults said they know someone who has been directly affected by opioid addiction, and more than half of that group said they know someone who died from using opioids. In…
Substantial racial inequalities despite frequent health care contact found in treatment for opioid use disorder
In the wake of an opioid-related event, White patients received medication for opioid use disorder up to 80% more frequently than Black patients and up to 25% more frequently than Hispanic patients, according to a new study led…
Telemedicine appears as effective as in-person care for opioid use disorder
Care for opioid use disorder can be effective whether provided in-person or via telemedicine, according to a new study co-authored by researchers from Harvard Chan School.
Growth of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners helped offset drop in psychiatrists treating Medicare patients
The mental health system is increasingly reliant on psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners to meet the psychiatric needs of Medicare patients, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
Bringing heart and humanity to hematology
A hematology fellow from Australia, Eddie Cliff, MPH ’22, cares just as deeply about the well-being of his patients as he does about improving health systems as a whole. He’s also a writer published in the New York…
Political affiliation may have swayed prescribing of ineffective COVID drugs
Two treatments that have been shown to be ineffective against COVID-19—hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin—were more heavily prescribed in U.S. counties with a higher Republican vote share in the 2020 presidential election, according to a new study.
Fentanyl deaths on the rise among teens—especially Black teens
Fentanyl overdose deaths tripled among teens—and surged five-fold among Black teens—over the past two years.
