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Evidence suggests that discrimination harms health through multiple pathways.
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Op-ed: Repairing and expanding the health care system in Canada
Although Canadians take pride in the fairness of both their society and their health care system, inequities continue to exist in both, according to a recent op-ed co-authored by Andrew Boozary, a visiting scientist in Harvard T.H. Chan…
Poll: Adults in the top 1% highest income bracket have dramatically different life experiences than middle- and lower-income adults when it comes to financial problems, health care, and life satisfaction
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Colleges can help address students’ ‘sense of hopelessness’
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Student fieldwork helps anchor Worcester-based health care system in community
August 13, 2019 – Two doctor of public health (DrPH) students at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health worked with UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC) in Worcester, Mass. to develop an ambitious new strategy aimed at addressing…
For children born with HIV, adhering to medication gets harder with age
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