February 12, 2016 — In our new podcast series, Harvard Chan: This Week in Health, we'll bring you top health headlines—from wellness tips to important global health...
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February 2016 — In our video series, “Take 2,” faculty and researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health provide the lowdown on a...
12/21Why is gun violence a public health issue?December 2015 — In our new video series, “Take 2,” faculty and researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health provide the lowdown on a...
1/7Oral contraceptives not linked to birth defectsJanuary 2016 -- Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, according to a new study by...
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Harvard Chan: This Week in Health
Expanding cervical cancer screeningsAugust 2015- Each year there are more than 500,000 cases of cervical cancer around the world, leading to the deaths of 300,000 women. 85% of...
Unraveling the mystery of sepsisJuly 2015 - Sepsis kills more than 500,000 Americans each year, but in some ways it remains a mystery to both researchers and doctors. Lester...
Tiered physician networksApril 2014 - Anna Sinaiko, research scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management, discusses tiered physician networks and their effect on how consumers...
The ACA and jobsFebruary 2014 – Katherine Baicker, professor of health economics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, talks about the potential effects of the Affordable...
Big data holds big potentialJanuary 2014 – Winston Hide, associate professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses the enormous promise big data holds for public health...
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Animation: Coffee’s healthy benefitsNovember 2015 – A few cups of coffee a day can have healthy benefits. Read the press release.
Dysfunction junction in the endoplasmic reticulumJune 17, 2015 — This brief animation shows how a new drug screening technology developed at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has identified a...
How do vaccines prevent disease?September 2015 — In our new video series, “Take 2,” faculty and researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health provide the lowdown on...
Why Public Health? Selasi DankwaMay 2015 – In our series “Why Public Health?” we ask Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health students and alumni to talk about what...
Food microbes beware: It’s raining nanobombsMarch 2015 -- Using nanotechnology, a team led by Philip Demokritou, associate professor of aerosol physics and director of the Laboratory for Environmental Health NanoSciences at...
Why Public Health? Charles UptonMay 2015 – In our series “Why Public Health?” we ask Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health students and alumni to talk about what...
Getting better estimates of air pollution’s effect on healthOctober 2015 -- Prof. Donna Spiegelman and her team have found that the effects of air pollution on health are underestimated. Their mission: to refine...
Why should I eat breakfast?July 2015 -- In our new video series, “Take 2,” faculty and researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health provide the lowdown on...