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Karestan Koenen, professor of psychiatric epidemiology and head of the Population Mental Health Lab, offers her thoughts on policies to reduce the prevalence of mental health problems.
Many men with prostate cancer avoid disclosing their diagnosis—perhaps because they fear being stigmatized or feeling like a burden, or because they’re having difficulty processing the news.
September 23, 2024—Raymond Neutra ’74, DrPH, has had a public health career in environmental medicine and epidemiology holding academic appointments at various academic institutions including Harvard and University of California…
Though fatal suicides have been decreasing among physicians, female doctors remain at an elevated risk, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School.
A large new study aims to reduce the time, cost, and complexity involved with managing patients who have pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
A federal policy set to go into effect in May 2025 would go a long way toward improving oversight of risky virus research, according to a New York Times opinion piece co-authored by Harvard Chan School’s Marc Lipsitch.
While life expectancy remains lower among youth with HIV, these gaps have less to do with the disease itself and more to do with disengagement from care and other sociodemographic factors, according to a new study co-authored by Harvard Chan School’s Kunjal Patel.
