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Opinion: Health care workers need more mental health support
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacted a dramatic mental health toll on health care workers, including Lorna Breen, a physician and director of the emergency department at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, who committed suicide earlier this year, according to…
Why getting a flu shot is especially important this year
Get your flu shot this year. That’s the strong advice from health experts worried that a double whammy of the flu plus COVID-19 could lead to an overtaxed health care system.
Arkansas’ Medicaid work requirement policy failed, study finds
A work requirement policy imposed by the state of Arkansas on Medicaid participants failed to achieve its stated goal of boosting employment, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Instead, the policy…
Widespread testing, public health investment could help tame pandemic
Fast and easy coronavirus testing could help the U.S. get back to some semblance of normalcy during the coronavirus pandemic, according to surgeon, writer, and public health researcher Atul Gawande.
Lessons from Japan’s COVID-19 response
Lessons can be learned from how Japan's regionalized public health system has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, say experts.
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.
Opinion: U.S. needs a ‘new paradigm’ for health care system
Health care spending in the U.S. is higher than that of all other high-income countries, yet the U.S. has worse health outcomes and the lowest rate of health insurance coverage than its peer nations.
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…
Cohort experience of doctoral program appeals to this extrovert
Bryan Buckley, the first African American male to graduate from the School’s DrPH program, wanted to grow and learn from fellow students May 26, 2020 – Bryan Buckley, DrPH ’20, comes from a big Caribbean family. “One grandfather is…
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…