Bearing witness
Harvard Chan School scientists at the forefront of the pandemic response share their stories of stress, exhaustion, anger, grief, gratitude, and soul-searching.
Why getting a flu shot is especially important this year
Get your flu shot this year. That’s the strong advice from health experts worried that a double whammy of the flu plus COVID-19 could lead to an overtaxed health care system.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Paul Biddinger, 09/11/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Paul Biddinger, the director of the Emergency Preparedness Research, Evaluation and Practice Program. Also vice chairman for emergency preparedness in the Department…
Eyeing the future of the coronavirus pandemic
How the coronavirus pandemic plays out in the coming months depends on a number of factors, such as states’ decisions on reopening their economies, continuing improvements in COVID-19 testing, and health care system readiness, according to experts from…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Paul Biddinger, 05/26/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Dr. Paul Biddinger, vice chair for emergency preparedness in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and medical director for…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Paul Biddinger, 04/9/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Dr. Paul Biddinger, vice chair for emergency preparedness in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and medical director for…
Disaster planning means saving lives
August 3, 2018 – There are a lot of scary threats in the world—extreme weather, terrorist attacks, deadly infectious diseases, mass shootings—but if health care organizations plan ahead for such disasters, lives can be saved. That was the…
Changing Places
Kashmere Gardens has seen better days. In this neighborhood of northeast Houston, modest ranch homes are framed by murky drainage ditches and rusting chain-link fences. About 15 percent of its residents are unemployed, and most of those who…
Off the cuff: The best possible response
[ Winter 2014 ] Paul Biddinger, director, Emergency Preparedness and Response Exercise Program, Harvard School of Public Health The world seems increasingly under the siege of public health emergencies: deadly new infections, catastrophic weather events, terrorism, industrial accidents. Do successful…
With flu season approaching, experts push vaccination
Even though flu season isn’t in full swing, now is the time to get vaccinated, say health experts. More children than ever got vaccinated last year, but health experts say the U.S. needs to do better, as many…