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Asthma may be over-diagnosed in children born with HIV, according to a new study from the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS), based at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Tulane University School of Medicine. Instead, the…
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More than 25 million people around the world die every year in pain—even though off-patent morphine, which could ease their suffering, costs just pennies per dose, according to an October 12, 2017 report from The Lancet. About 2.5…
Examining community health workers’ role in fighting HIV in Africa
Community health worker (CHW) programs can play a key role in providing HIV services in Africa. But such programs are often fragmented, poorly integrated into national health systems, and lack support, according to a new study from Harvard…
Madina Agénor participates in HIV research program
Madina Agénor of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health was one of eight junior faculty from around the country who participated this summer in an intensive four-week program at Yale University aimed at advancing HIV/AIDS research by…
Albina du Boisrouvray receives France’s highest honor
Countess Albina du Boisrouvray, founder of the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health & Human Rights, located at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, recently was awarded the honor of Officier de la Légion d’honneur, France’s highest…
Addressing key questions about HIV
Pedro Lamothe-Molina, PhD ’17, is an HIV researcher, aspiring physician-scientist, and an accomplished triathlete. He's also one of the hundreds of future public health leaders who will graduate from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on May…
Statisticians lend critical expertise to infectious disease research
April 27, 2017 — A positive HIV test result was once a near-certain death sentence, with more than 75% of people infected with the virus in the 1980s dying from AIDS. Today, HIV can be managed with antiretroviral…
Adhering to treatment during adolescence keeps HIV-positive youth on healthier track
American youth infected with HIV since around birth who take their medications and follow their treatment plan during adolescence and young adulthood are less likely to develop serious health problems than those with poor control of the disease,…
Educating kids in rural South Africa helps keep their parents alive
The more years of formal schooling children in rural South Africa have, the better their parents’ life expectancy, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Researchers followed more than 17,000 parents in…
Opioid-HIV connection a troubling trend
December 22, 2016 — Opioid abuse has become a major public health problem in the U.S. According to the Centers for Diseases Control (CDC), overdose deaths involving prescription opioids increased to about 19,000 deaths in 2014, more than…
