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Human Immunomics Initiative will decode immune system, speed new vaccines
Harvard Chan School, Human Immunomics Initiative announce project to speed vaccines.
Waning immunity allowed Massachusetts mumps outbreaks
In 2016 and 2017, the number of mumps cases in Massachusetts was 250 and 170, respectively, a large increase from the average of 10 cases annually in the state. Most patients in these outbreaks had been vaccinated, and…
Climate in the clinic
Climate change—and how it affects health—should be front and center for doctors, health care workers, and hospitals, said speakers at a symposium.
Instagram remains a hotbed of vaccine misinformation
Leaders of the social media platform Instagram said months ago that they would take steps to curb the spread of misinformation about vaccines, but anti-vaccine content remains prevalent on the platform, according to news reports. A February 2,…
Harvard Chan researchers urge Mass. legislators to pass set of vaccine bills
A letter signed by 130 faculty members, postdocs, students and staff members of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health urged Massachusetts lawmakers to pass proposed legislation aimed at tightening restrictions for vaccine exemptions in order to improve…
Probing public health issues in Massachusetts
Massachusetts may rank as one of the healthiest states in the U.S., but it lags behind countries that are similarly wealthy and industrialized. In a podcast for CommonWealth Magazine, Monica Bharel, MPH ’12, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of…
When to get a flu vaccine? Later may be better.
It’s “probably best” for people to wait to later in the flu season to get a flu shot, according to Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Lipsitch, who was quoted in…
New center aims to advance research toward a vaccine for TB
A new NIH-funded center at Harvard Chan School aims to advance research toward a vaccine for TB.
Michael Mina earns NIH Director’s Early Independence Award
Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is a recipient of an NIH Director’s Early Independence Award.
Poll finds public support for school-based vaccination, but limited trust in vaccine safety and public health agencies
Poll finds support for requirements for parents to have children vaccinated against preventable diseases like measles, mumps, and rubella for school.
