Why did so many buy COVID misinfo? It works like magic.

Harvard Law panelists say both exploit how brains process information.

Christina Pazzanese • harvard
Jan. 19, 2023 ~6 min

Weekend ‘catch-up sleep’ might offer a lifeline

The next time you want to hassle your teenager about sleeping in on Saturday, maybe go back to bed instead.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Jan. 6, 2023 ~7 min


Designing a way to make oxygen injectable

Porous liquids hold promise as bridge therapy, game-changer for artificial blood substitutes, preserving organs for transplant.

Yahya Chaudhry • harvard
Sept. 1, 2022 ~7 min

New global survey looks at health, well-being

Researchers at Harvard, Baylor launch groundbreaking Global Flourishing Study.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Jan. 11, 2022 ~6 min

Viewing climate change as a human health problem

Renee Salas, an ER doctor and assistant professor of medicine, addressed questions about a new climate and health report from The Lancet.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 21, 2021 ~12 min

With COVID spread, ‘racism — not race — is the risk factor’

Since the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak, public health experts have noted the disproportionate toll on Black and brown Americans. Those groups are at much greater risk of getting infected than white people; they are two to three times likelier to be hospitalized, and twice as likely to die, according to recent estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Brett Milano • harvard
April 22, 2021 ~18 min

Our co-workers can influence how we eat, study finds

People in our social networks influence the food we eat — both healthy and unhealthy — according to a large study of hospital employees.

Anita Slomski • harvard
April 22, 2021 ~6 min

Walter Willett looks at what’s healthy for you and the planet

Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, takes a closer look at a diet that is as healthy for you as it is the planet,

Clea Simon • harvard
Feb. 10, 2021 ~8 min


Connecting the dots between climate change and health care

Bringing climate change into the examining room by discussing links between a warming environment and the everyday health of patients.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Feb. 10, 2020 ~16 min

Clearing up the confusion over red meat recommendations

Red meat recommendations and meat from plants: Chan School Nutrition Department head Frank Hu talks about recent developments in diet.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Nov. 8, 2019 ~13 min

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