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Violence against mothers linked to 1.8 million female infant and child deaths in India
For immediate release: Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Boston, MA -- The deaths of 1.8 million female infants and children in India over the past 20 years are related to domestic violence against their mothers, according to a new…
Environmental health news: Exposure to PCBs, dioxin appears to stunt growth in Russian boys
Russian boys exposed to unusually high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are smaller than their peers, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health researchers published in the January 2011 issue of Pediatrics. Boys with the…
Study finds intensive care cost-effective for newborns in Mexico
A new study by researchers at HSPH, working with colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine and the Mexican Ministry of Health, finds that expensive, intensive care that enables many preterm and low-birth-weight infants to survive is highly cost-effective…
Chemical compounds emitted from common household paints and cleaners increase risks of asthma and allergies in children
October 22, 2010 -- Young children whose bedrooms had high concentrations of fumes emitted from common household water-based cleaners and paints appear to have increased risks of doctor-diagnosed asthma, rhinitis, eczema, as well as multiple allergic diseases according…
New research program to focus on environmental health and child development
October 13, 2010 -- Harvard School of Public Health has been awarded a four-year, $11 million grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences to establish a Superfund Research Program. This network of university- based research projects…
Report calls for schools to adjust lice policies to keep kids in school
HSPH’s Richard Pollack is quoted in a Time magazine article about a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics calling on schools to abandon strict no-nits policies that keep children out of class. Pollack is a research associate…
Chronic disease news: Study links fetal nutrition and risk of high blood sugar
A new study in the journal Diabetes by Frank Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology, finds that adults born during China’s famine in the 1950s and 1960s may have a greater risk of high blood sugar levels, which…
Smoke-free air laws effective at protecting children from secondhand smoke
No Protection Found for Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke in Homes For immediate release: Monday, June 7, 2010 Boston, MA—Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found that children and adolescents living in non-smoking homes in…
Majority of young victims of unintentional shootings shot by another youth
Most Victims Related to or Friends with the Shooter For immediate release: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Boston, MA – Over three-quarters of youths under age 15 who die in firearm accidents are shot by another person, usually another…
Changing the cycle of family abuse in India and South Asia
[ Spring/Summer 2010 ] Child Brides, Child Mothers, Child Victims It’s a tale of two siblings that plays out hundreds of thousands of times every year in rural India. While her older brother completes his education and is…
