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Governor Maura T. Healey ’92 at The Crimson
Health

Healey, State Leadership Criticize Trump’s Latest Cuts to Public Health Funding

The Healey-Driscoll Administration condemned President Trump’s Wednesday termination of more than $12 billion in public health grants, following funding cuts at the Harvard School of Public Health.

School of Public Health
School of Public Health

Harvard Suspends Research Partnership With Birzeit University in the West Bank

The Harvard School of Public Health suspended its research partnership with Birzeit University in the West Bank, bowing to longstanding calls to sever the collaboration.

Chan School of Public Health
Health

Healthy Diets Linked to Holistic Healthy Aging in Long-Term Harvard Study

Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that certain dietary patterns — such as avoiding processed foods and eating a balance of animal and plant-based foods — promote healthy aging after 30 years, according to a long-term study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine.

Harvard School of Public Health
Research

As Trump Slashes Federal Grants, the Harvard School of Public Health Has the Most To Lose

As President Donald Trump escalates his attacks on universities’ access to federal research funding, the Harvard School of Public Health has felt the pain especially acutely.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Research

With Federal Funds Stalled, Two Harvard School of Public Health Graduate Programs Reduce Admissions

The reductions to Biostatistics Ph.D. admissions are the first reported cuts to a graduate program at Harvard amid President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on federal funding.

Harvard School of Public Health
Research

‘Journalism Is Expensive’: Harvard Public Health Magazine Closes After Financial Struggles

More than a decade after its launch, the Harvard Public Health Magazine announced on Monday that the publication would shut down after struggling to turn a profit.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
School of Public Health

Former N.C. Governor Cooper To Join Harvard School of Public Health as Leadership Fellow

Beginning in late March, former North Carolina Governor Roy A. Cooper III will spend eight weeks as a Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Crime

Former Brigham and Women’s Doctor Indicted on Two Rape Counts

Ex-Brigham and Women’s rheumatologist and former Harvard postdoctoral student Derrick J. Todd, accused of sexually assaulting more than 200 former patients, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on two counts of rape.

Chan School of Public Health
Research

Pesticide Consumption May be Linked to Male Infertility, Harvard Study Suggests

A study conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health demonstrated that high intake of pesticide residue from fruits and vegetables may reduce fertility in men.

Stephen Breyer
Politics

Stephen Breyer Calls for Compromise at Harvard School of Public Health Event

Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Stephen G. Breyer, discussed the importance of listening to opposing views and reaching consensus at the Harvard School of Public Health this past Friday.

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Health

Ozempic, Wegovy Use Doubled as Bariatric Surgery Procedures Declined in 2022-2023, Harvard Researchers Report

The national use of weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy more than doubled as bariatric surgery frequency dropped by about 25 percent from 2022 to 2023, researchers report in an Oct. 25 study.

Chan School of Public Health
Health

Medicare Advantage Plans Receive Billions in Excess Funding for Veterans Health, Harvard Researchers Find

Medicare Advantage plans may receive as much as $1.3 billion in excess funding for veterans who receive nearly no care through Medicare, researchers reported in a Monday study.

Richard Cash
School of Public Health

Richard A. Cash, Developer of Oral Rehydration Therapy, Dies at 83

Richard A. Cash died on Oct. 22 at his Cambridge home after an eight-month battle with brain cancer. He was 83.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Research

Harvard School of Public Health Study Finds That Deforestation May Increase Malaria Transmission

A Harvard School of Public Health study published Oct. 21 found that ecological changes in the Brazilian Amazon have led to a significant increase in the risk of malaria transmission.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Health

Decades-Long NHS Research Jeopardized by Funding Cuts

The Nurses’ Health Study – a 48-year long medical study run jointly by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Harvard Medical School – is at risk of shutting down due to a lack of funding, according to researchers involved with the project.

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