Medicaid expansion good for state budgets
Medicaid expansion does increase state spending, but the cost is covered by the federal revenue provided through the program, according to Benjamin Sommers, professor of health policy and economics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Perspective: Racism is ‘pernicious, pervasive, cutting short lives’
The legacy of slavery in the U.S. has led to a wide range of health inequalities that have plagued the African American community for years, wrote Michelle Williams, dean of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in…
Experts: Health care system’s racial bias contributes to COVID-19 disparities
Discrimination in the health care system is contributing to stark disparities in how COVID-19 is sickening and killing people of color, according to health care experts. In a June 15, 2020 article in USA Today, experts talked about…
Viewpoint: Federal government should bolster Medicaid during pandemic
As millions lose their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic, millions are also likely to lose health insurance and to enroll in Medicaid, which will put enormous strain on state budgets. In a June 11, 2020 viewpoint article in…
Black men left out of late-stage clinical trials for prostate cancer
Patients recruited for Phase III and Phase IV clinical trials of prevention, screening, and treatment methods for prostate cancer are overwhelmingly white, according to new research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study, published in…
Cohort experience of doctoral program appeals to this extrovert
The cohort experience of Harvard Chan School's doctoral program appeals to Bryan Buckley, DrPH ’20.
Probing cost-effective strategies for statin use among African Americans
Using the coronary artery calcium score to determine when to start statin therapy among African Americans at intermediate risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is a more cost-effective approach than prescribing the medication to all African American patients at…
Hospitals offer lessons for reopening amid the coronavirus
American hospitals have figured out how to avoid becoming sites of spread of the coronavirus, and lessons can be learned from them as lockdowns are lifted across the country, according to Atul Gawande. In a May 13, 2020…
Researchers awarded funding to update model that forecasts U.S. hospital capacity during pandemic
New funding will enable Harvard Global Health Institute researchers to update a model that forecasts U.S. hospital capacity during COVID-19.
Opinion: Pandemic shows that ‘visiting’ the doctor online works just fine
The coronavirus pandemic has forced much of primary care medicine online—and that’s a good thing, according to health policy expert and primary care physician Michael Barnett. “It took a pandemic to get there, but COVID-19 is giving us…