‘Planetary health’ focuses on disruption from human activity
To learn more about how human activity is disrupting the planet’s natural systems and impacting the health of people around the world, researchers are focusing on a field called “planetary health.” The first-ever planetary health conference drew 400…
Climate change and health
In our podcast series on climate change and health we explore the wide-ranging effects of environmental changes in a number of areas, including infectious diseases, the global food supply, and mental health. Listen to all of the episodes…
Climate change and food
In part three of our series on climate change and health we examine how environmental changes will affect not only the food we can grow, but how they will make what we're already growing less nutritious.
The impact of climate change on health
Heat-related illness and death, increases in infectious diseases, injuries and deaths after violent storms—these are some of the serious potential human health impacts of climate change discussed at a recent Climate & Health Meeting. The one-day meeting drew…
Watch livestream of Climate and Health Meeting
The Climate and Health Meeting, organized to fill the gap left by a cancelled Centers for Disease Control and Prevention event, will be available by livestream on February 16, 2017 from 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET. The event is…
Agricultural fires in Southeast Asia linked to 100,000 premature deaths
A series of fires in Indonesia in 2015 to clear land for agriculture caused an estimated 100,000 premature deaths in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Harvard University, Wildlife Conservation Society launch new ‘Planetary Health Alliance’ with support from The Rockefeller Foundation
Unprecedented effort to address major public health threats caused by human impacts on the natural world For immediate release: December 11, 2015 NEW YORK, December 11, 2015 — Today Harvard University, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and a range…
Samuel Myers honored for research on crop nutrients, pollinators
Samuel Myers, senior research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health, has received the Prince Albert II de Monaco – Institut Pasteur Award. The award recognizes Myers’ research on the impact of environmental and climatic changes on nutrient…
Samuel Myers will discuss planetary health in reddit ‘AMA’
How will climate change affect our health? Samuel Myers, a senior research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will discuss that issue during a reddit “AMA” (Ask Me Anything)…
Human-wrought environmental changes impacting crops and pollinators could harm health of millions
Studies quantify potential effects of pollinator declines, decreased zinc levels in food For immediate release: July 15, 2015 Boston, MA ─ Changing environmental conditions around the globe caused by human activity could negatively impact the health of millions of…