What the U.S. did wrong with COVID-19
An article co-authored by Harvard Chan School researchers assessed federal missteps in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic that have led the U.S. to experience some of the most severe outcomes in the world.
Data animation shows time lag between COVID-19 cases and deaths
A new data visualization created by Harvard Chan School researchers depicts the connection between COVID-19 case rates and deaths, and illustrates clearly the time lag between the two.
How many years of life lost due to COVID? More than 138,000.
An analysis of all the people who died of documented COVID-19 in the U.S. estimates that more than 138,000 years of potential human life have been lost before age 65. The analysis also found a wide disparity in…
Op-ed: Racism underlies both lethal policing and COVID-19 disparities
As protests against police brutality and racism rage across the U.S., some commentators have expressed concern that large numbers of people in close proximity will increase the spread of COVID-19, and some have even compared these risks to…
‘500 years’ worth of history’
June 4, 2020 – The death of George Floyd, an African American man who died on May 25 in Minneapolis after being restrained by a police officer who held his knee on Floyd’s neck for close to nine…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Nancy Krieger, 05/11/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Nancy Krieger, professor of social epidemiology in the department of social behavioral sciences and director of the interdisciplinary concentration on women, gender,…
Analysis: MA communities already facing challenges hit hardest by COVID-19
In Massachusetts, the overall mortality rate during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic was highest in cities, towns, and ZIP codes with widespread economic segregation and heavy concentrations of poverty, people of color, and crowded housing, according…
COVID-19 pandemic highlights longstanding health inequities in U.S.
Preliminary data has shown that African Americans are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than whites, even though they make up a smaller percentage of the population. Nancy Krieger says that the pandemic is highlighting health inequities that…
Viewpoint: Encouraging health professionals’ civic engagement to address health impact of climate crisis
Health professionals who want to address the effects of the climate crisis on the health of people and the planet should become more civically engaged.
Exploring the societal systems behind health inequities
Racism, sexism, heterosexism, and gender binarism (the idea that there are only two genders) can lead to health inequities. A new paper from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Nancy Krieger offered concepts and methods for characterizing…