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.
April 22, 2021 • ~18 min
Public confident they can keep themselves safe during pandemic
An ongoing survey by researchers at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative is examining public attitudes toward the coronavirus pandemic.
March 23, 2020 • ~7 min
Ragon Institute receives major gift to expand research into autoimmune diseases
Immunology research at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard has advanced an HIV vaccine into the clinic, and will diversify thanks to a major gift from Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon.
Sept. 19, 2019 • ~9 min
Harvard’s Barry Bloom and Juliette Kayyem discuss measles outbreak
Harvard public health and public safety experts recommended public education, elimination of nonmedical vaccination exemptions for schoolkids, and potentially more severe penalties as a way to get parents to comply with measles vaccination guidelines.
June 11, 2019 • ~24 min
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