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A recent action plan on children’s health from the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission—aimed at tackling high rates of obesity and chronic disease among children in the U.S.—raises important issues but misses the mark in a number of ways, according to experts quoted in media reports.
Mary Rice and Amruta Nori-Sarma discuss the potential public health impacts from the Trump administration’s rollback of several EPA air quality regulations.
After a federal judge in Boston ruled that the Trump administration’s cancellation of nearly $3 billion worth of grants to Harvard University was unlawful, several faculty members from Harvard Chan School expressed relief as well as concern about Harvard’s future.
Nickel, vanadium, sulfate, nitrate, bromine, and ammonium contributed the most weight to the association between long-term exposure to air pollution and asthma hospitalization, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
About $800 million in funding for hundreds of federal research grants related to topics such as health disparities, LGBTQ+ health, and vaccines can be paused while the grants’ fate is litigated, the Supreme Court ruled on August 22.
An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City has killed at least six people and sickened at least 113 since late July. Experts say the disease, a severe type of pneumonia, has been on the rise in recent years, fueled by climate change.
When children are exposed to acetaminophen—also known by the brand name Tylenol or as paracetamol—during pregnancy, they may be more likely to develop neurodevelopmental disorders including autism and ADHD, according to a new study.
To reduce the health risks of lead exposure from soil contaminated by wildfires, governments should improve soil testing practices and implement stricter safety standards for lead levels, according to Harvard Chan School researchers.
