Multiple micronutrient (MMN) supplements given to pregnant women reduced deaths among female newborns and provided better birth outcomes than iron and folic acid supplements alone, especially among anemic and undernourished women, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers and colleagues. They found no evidence to support concerns that MMN supplements…

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards were established in 1990 to recognize outstanding service to Harvard University through alumni activities. This year’s awards ceremony was held Oct. 26, during the fall meeting of the HAA Board of Directors. Lelia T. Fawaz, A.M. ’72, Ph.D. ’79 of Cambridge, Mass., has had an illustrious career in alumni…

On Friday, Oct. 27, Harvard College will host Public Service Recruiting Day, aimed at matching public service employers with students interested in beginning public service oriented careers. Nearly 20 diverse organizations will be represented, and will conduct interviews with over 130 students who applied during the 2017 recruitment cycle. The program was created by the…

On Oct. 25 the members of the Faculty Council discussed a motion by Professor Danielle Allen. They also discussed legislation on the timing of the meetings of the Faculty, on advanced standing, and on cross-registration. The Council next meets on Nov. 15. The next meeting of the Faculty is on Nov. 7. The preliminary deadline…

An estimated three million Americans carry a loaded firearm daily, and an estimated nine million do so on a monthly basis, according to new study from the University of Washington School of Public Health, the University of Colorado, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Northeastern University. The study was published Oct. 19, 2017, in…

Approximately 40 percent of U.S. adults and about 20 percent of adolescents are obese, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. This is the highest obesity rate ever recorded in the U.S. and is especially troubling due to the number of children and adolescents considered obese, according to an Oct. 13, 2017…

Agreement supports collaborative advancement of research in a range of therapeutic areas by researchers from across Harvard Harvard University has established a 3-year strategic research alliance with Servier to support multiple, multi-year research projects that will focus on the development of innovative therapeutics across disease areas of mutual interest. Under the new research alliance, coordinated…

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni returned to campus for their annual weekend Oct. 13-15, 2017 where they heard about public health perspectives on aging and longevity from a variety of experts and connected with former classmates. In addition, the Alumni Association honored three individuals chosen by their peers with the School’s 2017…

More than 25 million people around the world die every year in pain—even though off-patent morphine, which could ease their suffering, costs just pennies per dose, according to an Oct. 12, 2017 report from The Lancet. About 2.5 million children are among those who suffer while dying each year. Another 35.5 million people have serious…

African-American men with prostate cancer die at almost 2½ times the rate of white men in the United States. One explanation is that they receive unequal access to health care, but that doesn’t fully account for the disparity, according to Timothy Rebbeck, a professor of cancer epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics is pleased to announce that Ph.D. student Siyuan Ma and postdoc Boyu Ren were part of the winning team at the Boston Datathon. Along with Harvard Statistics Ph.D. student Ryan Lee, and Eric Alt, a Ph.D. student from MIT, the team took home the first-place prize of $20,000. The Datathon…

Researchers have found that, in a mouse model, it may be possible to achieve lifelong metabolic health. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health scientists found that mice that lack fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) exhibit substantial protection against obesity, inflammation, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and fatty liver disease as they age compared with…

On Oct. 11 the members of the Faculty Council discussed a motion by Professor Danielle Allen and a proposal on the timing of the meetings of the Faculty.  They also heard an update on the work of the Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging and discussed proposals on advanced standing and on cross registration. The…

  The analysis of DNA extracted from archaeological remains has transformed the study of the human past. Until now the new insights have been restricted chiefly to “pre-history,” and to northern, cooler regions of the globe, where DNA is better preserved. DNA is now beginning to illuminate the period that saw the rise of civilizations in the…

In the wake of a mass shooting on Oct. 1 in Las Vegas that left at least 59 people dead and more than 500 injured, David Hemenway, professor of health policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, offered insights on the public health approach…

Nearly 40 percent of the uninsured population in America lives in the suburbs and nearly one in seven suburban residents lacks health insurance. Despite the suburbs’ general reputation of affluence, the U.S.’ growing poor population in suburban areas faces substantial barriers to accessing health care—similar to those faced by the urban and rural poor—according to…

Thirty remodeled “green” public housing units in Boston were each found to have at least one toxic chemical — including concentrations of formaldehyde that exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s cancer-based screening level — in the air both before and after renovation, according to a new study by Silent Spring Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan…

Puerto Rico is facing an unfolding public health disaster in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Stephanie Kayden, vice chair and chief of the division of International Emergency Medicine and Humanitarian Programs in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and assistant professor in the Department of Global Health…

The Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging has announced a long-list of 20 semi-finalists in the competition to revise the final line of Harvard’s alma mater. These text entries were selected out of a pool of 168 entries by a subcommittee of the Task Force, with input from the Task Force generally. There were…

On Sept. 27 the members of the Faculty Council discussed a draft of the final report of the Committee on Unrecognized Single-Gender Social Organizations and voted on proposed legislation. The Council next meets on Oct. 11. The next meeting of the Faculty is on Oct. 3. The preliminary deadline for the Nov. 7 meeting of…