Harvard School of Public Health

Don’t Pass the Bacon

Study links red meat consumption to premature death

3.13.12

Into India

President Faust’s first visit to the South Asian nation highlights research and curricular connections old and new.

2.17.12

Common Chemicals May Diminish Children’s Benefit from Vaccines

A Harvard study reports that children exposed to chemicals in food packaging and textile products may have compromised immune systems.

1.26.12

Harvard’s Recipe for Healthy Eating

Harvard’s healthy eating plate challenges the USDA’s recommendations.

12.5.11

Allston Anticipation

The University explores co-development in Allston that might help fund science research there, and possibly a move by the Harvard School of Public Health.

4.8.11

Gregory N. Connolly

The former smoker turned anti-smoking guru directs Harvard School of Public Health’s Center for Global Tobacco Control.

2.23.11

The Politics of Paying for HIV Care

In agreeing to help administer PEPFAR (President Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), Harvard chose in part to step outside its traditional missions of training and research. But now that funding may be waning.

8.19.10

A Milestone for the Designated Driver

Harvard School of Public Health professor Jay Winsten enlisted popular TV shows to reduce drunk-driving fatalities.

12.14.09

Brevia

Short takes on recent news

9.1.09

Harvard Layoffs Update, and More "Reshaping" to Come

School-specific news on layoffs; FAS cost-cutting working groups; and the endowment’s forward commitments

6.30.09

Clean Air, Longer Life

Controls on fine particle pollution extended average lifespan in the United States by five months between 1980 and 2000.

5.1.09

Jim Yong Kim Named Dartmouth President

Kim directs Harvard’s François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, and is known for his involvement in tuberculosis and AIDS relief work.