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Harvard Chan School’s Alecia McGregor shares what’s driving rising rates of maternal morbidity and mortality in the U.S., and what policies could help begin mitigating the crisis.
Michael Barnett, associate professor of health policy and management, offered his thoughts on combatting the opioid epidemic by destigmatizing addiction and making treatment pathways more accessible.
Autism research should focus less on discovering the condition’s causes and more on potential policies and resources that could concretely support autistic people to lead healthy, fulfilling lives, says Harvard Chan School’s Ari Ne’eman.
At a symposium, a dozen experts discussed how health care in the U.S. can be more accessible, more affordable, and more equitable during the next presidential administration.
Meredith Rosenthal, the C. Boyden Gray Professor of Health Economics and Policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, offered her thoughts on the challenges related to health care affordability and opportunities for action in the short- and long-term.
The imminent closure of Steward Health Care-owned Carney Hospital threatens to widen Boston’s already dramatic health inequities, writes Harvard Chan School’s Alecia McGregor.
While Massachusetts residents were recently found to have the second-highest life expectancy in the country, major health disparities still plague the state—and could widen if vulnerable patients lose access to the hospitals and health centers they’ve relied on.
Many deaths in the U.S. from the most common causes could be delayed or prevented with lifestyle changes and improved primary care delivery, experts say.
