A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll shows that as households across the U.S. are widely report experiencing serious problems from inflation, Black Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans are substantially more likely than whites to report they are currently having serious financial problems.
For immediate release: July 12, 2022 Boston, MA—Spirituality should be incorporated into care for both serious illness and overall health, according to a study … Continue reading “Spirituality linked with better health outcomes, patient care”
Boston, MA – A paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that Nurse-Family Partnership ® (NFP), a prenatal and early child … Continue reading “New research on intensive nurse home visiting program shows no impact on birth outcomes; study is ongoing”
Facing extreme weather events is impacting Americans’ views about the need for climate change action, according to a new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard Chan School poll.
When accounting for miles traveled during biking, walking, or driving, Black and Hispanic Americans experience higher motor vehicle-related death rates than White Americans or … Continue reading “Racial disparities in traffic fatalities much wider than previously known”
Higher levels of optimism were associated with longer lifespan and living beyond age 90 in women across racial and ethnic groups in a study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
For immediate release: Thursday, April 7 Boston, MA – A team led by the Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention at Harvard T.H. … Continue reading “Cancer FactFinder website launched to provide fact-based, reliable information about causes of cancer”
For immediate release: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 Boston, MA – Cells use their molecular architecture to regulate their metabolic functions, and repairing diseased cells’ … Continue reading “Obesity alters molecular architecture of liver cells; repairing structure reverses metabolic disease”
For immediate release: February 18, 2022 Boston, MA – Two treatments that have been shown to be ineffective against COVID-19—hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin—were more heavily … Continue reading “Political affiliation may have swayed prescribing of ineffective COVID drugs”
For immediate release: February 15, 2022 Boston, MA – Before lifting mask mandates in elementary schools in the U.S., local COVID-19 case rates should … Continue reading “Too soon to lift mask mandates for most elementary schools in U.S., study finds”
