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November 21, 2024 – Earlier this month, the California Department of Public Health adopted a minimum value of 30 cfm as a new air quality standard for the state’s public…
Harvard Chan School’s Ronnie Levin discusses contamination in the country’s drinking water supply, and policies that could address the public health issue.
November 14, 2024 – A recent study co-authored by Dr. Barrak Alahmad and Dr. Petros Koutrakis explored the relationship between extreme heat and atrial fibrillation in patients with implanted cardiac…
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.
