Making the case for reparations
In the wake of atrocities, violence, and discrimination, reparations can play an important role in improving public health and emotional healing, according to scholars and human rights activists who spoke at a December 10, 2021 virtual event at…
Symposium encourages ‘anti-racism’ focus for public health
More than a dozen experts at the intersection of race and public health recently gathered for a virtual symposium to discuss structural racism’s negative impacts on health and how public health research can help inform policy change aimed…
Shock to the System
A recession with a pandemic at its core may help us reckon with the links between the economy, inequality, and health.
Perspectives: Why incarcerated people should be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination
December 18, 2020 – As states implement plans for allocating COVID-19 vaccines, the question of whether to prioritize incarcerated people to be among the first groups of recipients—along with health care workers and the elderly—looms large. Three Harvard…
Opinion: Federal response to COVID-19 inadequate, exacerbates health inequities
The lack of a coordinated national strategy for COVID-19 is exacerbating health inequities.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Natalia Linos, 06/02/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. With Natalia Linos, executive director of the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern…