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October 25, 2024 – Dozens of public health, business, and faith leaders gathered at a community bookstore in Boston’s South End on Oct. 17 to discuss innovative health solutions at…
New faculty members appointed to Harvard Chan School’s Department of Environmental Health are studying how environmental factors impact health from a variety of angles, including potential harms from “toxin cocktails,” microbes in engineered water systems, and climate-related extreme weather events.
A major initiative aimed at spurring research on climate and health—a joint venture between Harvard Chan School and Boston University School of Public Health—is marking a year’s worth of work and charting a path for the future.
Cooking with a gas or propane stove can lead to respiratory problems such as asthma—and women in most parts of the world are particularly at risk because they generally spend more time cooking than men.
Nearly 200 Harvard Chan School community members, including alumni, students, faculty, and guests, came together in late September to celebrate Alumni Weekend 2024 with an event focused on public health solutions for climate resilience.
Mary Rice, new director of Harvard Chan School’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, thinks that health should be part of all decisions when it comes to addressing climate change and fossil fuel pollution.
September 27, 2024 — Today marks the end of Climate Group’s 2024 Climate Week in New York, and the Department of Environmental Health was well represented among the many panels…
Among a group of nearly 2,000 former NFL players, one-third think that they have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease that can cause symptoms such as cognitive impairment, behavioral and mood changes, and motor problems, according to new findings from the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University.
A December 1984 toxic gas leak in Bhopal, India killed and maimed thousands and led to chronic health problems. Survivors of the tragedy—which has been called the worst industrial accident ever—came to Harvard Chan School on Sept. 23 as part of a U.S. tour to share their stories and to build support for activities related to the 40th anniversary.
