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You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Barry Bloom, the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson, research professor of public health and William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology and…
Reflecting on patient care and health disparities during COVID-19
Anesthesiologist and critical care physician Sharma Joseph, MPH ’22, spoke about her journey in medicine, racial disparities in health care—including the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on minority communities—and how minority patients can advocate for themselves, especially during the…
Ending racial injustice in health
George Floyd’s death has magnified both the urgent need to end racism and, in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the urgent need to end the racial injustice of health inequity in America, wrote Howard Koh of Harvard…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Joseph Allen, 06/24/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Joseph Allen, assistant professor of exposure assessment science in the Department of Environmental Health and director of the Healthy Buildings Program. This…
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 Michael Mina, 06/22/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at…
COVID-19 and Children
3 Questions for Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, MPH ’16 Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN In addition to helping the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center prepare to care for children with COVID-19, Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, MPH ’16,…
Could protests cause COVID-19 spikes? Tough to tell.
If coronavirus infections surge in the wake of protests against police brutality and racism, it won’t necessarily mean that the protests are what’s causing the increase. That’s because the protests have been happening around the same time that…
Campsites, popular attractions at national parks raise COVID-19 concerns
State-by-state variations in COVID-19 regulations have resulted in different policies in different national parks, and some public health officials are concerned about the potential of summer crowds gathering at high-profile attractions in parks, such as The Amphitheater 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…
