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1 month ago | 
hsph.harvard.edu | Amy Roeder
Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, and staff.
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1 month ago | 
hsph.harvard.edu | Amy Roeder
Coffee has been linked to lower risk of several chronic diseases—one reason why may be its role in helping maintain a healthy gut.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
hsph.harvard.edu | Amy Roeder
Home / News / Meta’s fact-checking changes raise concerns about spread of science misinformationMeta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced on Jan. 7 that it would end its use of fact-checkers and launch a user-based “community notes” system to flag inaccurate or misleading posts. The move has raised concerns among experts—including Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s K.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
hsph.harvard.edu | Amy Roeder
Home / News / New report addresses misinformation about scienceThe National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine released a report on December 19 that explored the nature and scope of misinformation about science, and offered recommendations for limiting its spread and reducing its potential harms. K. Vish Viswanath, Lee Kum Kee Professor of Health Communication at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and chair of the report committee, recently spoke about its findings.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
hsph.harvard.edu | Chronic Diseases |Amy Roeder
Home / News / Make sitting less and moving more a daily habit for good healthProlonged sitting has been linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and premature death. I-Min Lee, professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, recently shared her thoughts about the dangers of sedentary behavior and how much exercise is needed to offset its harms.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
hsph.harvard.edu | Amy Roeder
Home / News / For a longer life, focus on healthy habits, not quick fixesEvidence suggests that healthy lifestyle habits can help people not just live longer but spend more years in good health. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Frank Hu was one of the experts quoted in a Jan. 2, 2025, Healthline article on New Year’s recommendations for healthy habits.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
hsph.harvard.edu | Amy Roeder
Home / News / Opinion: Storytelling about homelessness may increase empathy, spur actionThe homelessness crisis in the U.S. is exacerbated by a lack of empathy for unhoused people, but using storytelling might change sentiments around who is worthy of help, according to a recent commentary in Time co-authored by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Howard Koh and Amanda Yarnell. In the Dec.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
harvardpublichealth.org | Amy Roeder
Social scientist Kasley Killam wants you to know that spending time with people you love is good for your health. She studies social health, which focuses on wellbeing related to human connections. A growing body of evidence links such interactions to physical health outcomes, including longevity.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
harvardpublichealth.org | Amy Roeder
Written by Amy Roeder Published April 3, 2024 Read Time 6 min In a series of journal entries she labeled “The Last 10 Days of My Life,” high school junior Aria described struggling with depression below the surface of her “perfect” life. She was surrounded by social supports that should have been protective—loving parents, devoted friends, and a tight-knit community—but Aria concluded that the only way to end her pain was to take her own life. Youth suicide in the United States has risen...
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
harvardpublichealth.org | Amy Roeder
Written by Amy Roeder Published January 10, 2024 Read Time 6 min Jen Gunter, an OB/GYN and pain medicine physician, got her start as a writer more than a decade ago, after her sons were born prematurely. As she sought out information online to support their health, she discovered just how easy it is to fall down a rabbit hole of mis- and disinformation. Since then, she’s launched a blog, The Vajenda, that mixes evidence-based reproductive health information with righteous indignation. She’s...
