Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Bill Hanage, 05/29/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Bill Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Friday, May 29. Previous press conferences…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference: Barry Bloom and Bill Hanage, 04/29/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Barry Bloom, professor of immunology and infectious diseases and former dean of the school, and Bill Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology. This…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Bill Hanage, 04/22/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Bill Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 22. Previous press conferences…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Barry Bloom and Bill Hanage, 04/16/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Barry Bloom, professor of immunology and infectious diseases and former dean of the school, and Bill Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology. This…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Bill Hanage, 03/31/20
Transcript You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Bill Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11:30 AM Eastern time on Tuesday, March 31. Previous press…
Seeking the Path of Least Resistance
Rising antibiotic resistance is not just a medical crisis. It's a scientific, economic, political, and moral problem. Can we act before it's too late?
Battling a 'superbug'
In this week’s podcast: The "superbug" that is igniting new concerns over antibiotic resistance, plus the common chemicals linked to health problems in women, and the global toll of slavery.
Targeting drug-resistant infections
November 25, 2015 -- Last week, Chinese and British scientists reported finding a strain of E. coli resistant to a last-resort antibiotic called colistin—and that this resistance can be transferred to other bacteria. Harvard Chan School’s William Hanage, an…
A few simple precautions can help fight the common cold
Whether riding the subway or sitting in a meeting at work, if someone nearby sneezes, coughs, or sniffles, it’s a good idea afterwards to wash your hands with soap and water to remove dirt and bacteria or use…
A selection of genetic discoveries at HSPH
[Fall 2013 Centennial issue] The late Armen Tashjian Jr., chair of the then-named Department of Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, made pioneering discoveries about how toxic environmental chemicals and therapeutic agents induce molecular changes; he also played a key…