Those at highest risk for severe COVID-19 often least likely to get monoclonal antibodies
People over age 65 at the highest risk for severe COVID-19 have often been the least likely to receive monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)—a highly effective treatment for the disease—both across and within U.S. states, according to new research co-authored…
Drug overdose deaths hit record high
More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses between May 2020 and April 2021—the most ever recorded in a single year.
Low wages, high risk strain nursing homes’ workforce
Long-term care facilities have struggled with staff shortages for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the burden and risks of such shortages, according to news reports. A July 6, 2021, CNN article examined the factors behind staff shortages,…
Frontlines Spring 2021
Quick updates about the latest public health news from across the School and beyond.
Philanthropic Impact: Meeting the moment
Unrestricted gifts help the School’s researchers weather the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health became a local, national, and international hub for evidence-based information about the pandemic, all while facing constant challenges…
Getting to know … Gabriela Borin Castillo, MPH ’21
A physical therapist specializing in chronic pain, Gabriela Borin Castillo has done volunteer work with Paralympic athletes and helped build a rehabilitation clinic in Guatemala. The native Brazilian is now living in Chile and working toward her MPH…
A crisis on top of a crisis: COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic
Michael Barnett, assistant professor of health policy and management at Harvard Chan School, discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges for people struggling with opioid use disorder.
Secret shopper study raises concerns about cost, recruitment tactics of addiction treatment programs
An audit of more than 600 residential care programs for opioid use disorder raised concerns about high costs and misleading recruitment practices by the programs, according to new research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The…
‘Go find dental floss!’
During the pandemic, Harvard Chan School's Department of Health Policy and Management got creative with virtual programming to keep faculty, staff, and students feeling connected.
The Connected Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired new research directions across the School
