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,…

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…

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…

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…

  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,…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

In an effort to renew its commitment to collaborations with Mexico on research and education, Harvard University has established the Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Lecture Series. This series celebrates the excellence…

A newly discovered cellular messaging mechanism could lead to a new way to deliver therapeutics to tissues affected by disease, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School…

Researchers, students, and academic leaders from the U.S. and Japan recently gathered at the Longwood Campus to share experiences and brainstorm ideas for supporting and promoting women in academic research…

The Harvard Black Students Association (BSA) held its inaugural convocation for first-year students earlier this month. Freshmen, upperclassmen, and graduate students filled Memorial Church on Sept. 2 for an event…

A new study of the human microbiome—the trillions of microbial organisms that live on and within our bodies—has analyzed thousands of new measurements of microbial communities from the gut, skin,…

The most recent guidelines on statins recommended that millions more Americans take the cholesterol-lowering drug to prevent cardiovascular disease. But most of this additional population are from disadvantaged backgrounds, making it…

The SNAP program — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps — is a federal program designed to reduce food insecurity and help families obtain nutritious foods.…

From assessing what motivates women in rural Zanzibar to give birth at a health facility rather than at home, to studying what fuels obesity rates among Tanzanian women before and…

Daily physical activity — including household chores and walking to work — may help lower colorectal cancer risk, according to a new study. Strong evidence also suggests that consumption of…

On Sept. 13 the members of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences nominated a Parliamentarian for the fall term of 2017 and a Parliamentarian for the…

Wide cycle tracks that separate bicyclists from other traffic and bike parking facilities with security guards or cameras are among the factors that motivate college students in China to bicycle,…