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President Obama’s immigration plan could offer health care boost for immigrants—both undocumented and legal: http://hsph.me/cx

New study reveals potential link between air pollution and anxiety symptoms. Read the new research: http://hsph.me/cw

Researchers have developed the first global model for predicting risk of cardiovascular disease. Learn why this will have a particularly large impact on public health professionals, clinicians, and patients in developing countries: http://hsph.me/cv

“We don’t ask.” During a Forum event Professor Atul Gawande reveals the questions that doctors should be asking terminally ill patients.

Watch the full Forum discussion: http://hsph.me/cn

Today at 12:30 p.m. ET Voices in Leadership hosts a live webcast with Janet Napolitano, President, University of California, and former Security of Homeland Security. Watch live: hsph.me/ck

When a trained chef cooks school meals, kids eat healthier.

A research team figures out how to make super-tiny “nanobombs” out of water that can destroy food pathogens.

Cost of hormone-disrupting chemical exposure in Europe in billions.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/…/cost-of-hormone-disrupting-c…/

Measles outbreaks worrying, but ‘on-time’ childhood vaccination remains norm in U.S. hsph.me/c7

Drug resistance is a major public health challenge for malaria treatment and eradication. http://hsph.me/c1

Flawed ebola response is a learning opportunity hsph.me/c3

Altering perception of feeding state may promote healthy aging hsph.me/c4

What should we eat to be healthy—and to stay that way?

More fruits and vegetables. Less red and processed meat. Whole grains instead of refined. Nonfat dairy foods, legumes, nuts, and seafood. Fewer foods with added sugars or high levels of saturated fat and sodium. Read more about the science behind the new dietary guidelines:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/…/the-science-behind-the-new-d…/

A new poll finds that more than six in ten people living in the U.S. (62%) are concerned about their future health. Nearly four in ten (39%) said that they had one or more negative childhood experiences that they believe had a harmful impact on their adult health.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/…/poll-u-s-public-sees-ill-hea…/

Carrying on our tradition of addressing the greatest challenges in public health, biomedical research, and computational biology.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Harvard-Biostatistics/395681920606124?sk=timeline

In our video series “Why Public Health?” we ask Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health students and alumni to talk about what drew them to the field.

With an interest in cost efficiency, cost containment, and performance improvement, Tari Owi, SM ’14, hopes to create systems that reduce the administrative burdens physicians often face, thereby allowing them to focus their time and energy on delivering quality care.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlTf9ZZDLeE

To combat the failure of countries to reverse the global obesity epidemic, authors of a new paper are calling for “smart food policies” by governments, alongside joint efforts from industry and society, to improve food environments and make healthy eating easier.

http://hsph.me/bi