Countries can help address malnutrition and food insecurity by expanding their production of blue foods—including fish, seafood, and seaweed—but should do so in a sustainable way, according to experts. “For a long period of time, fisheries were just a contribution to GDP [gross domestic product], and now there’s a shift in thinking towards how fisheries…
Home Extreme Heat Is Exacerbating Air Pollution, a ‘Double Whammy’ for Health By Anna Miller June 24, 2025 Hide caption Show caption AdobeStock / Boonterm Jump to Section Share Post LinkedIn Facebook WhatsApp Email Copy link About The Author Anna Miller Related Topics Last Updated Related News In the Media Increasing production of ‘blue foods’…
Although Sierra Leone is working hard to contain a dangerous mpox outbreak, more support from the U.S. government and other international sources is needed in order to respond effectively, according to experts at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In a June 11 Time op-ed, Pardis Sabeti, professor of immunology and infectious diseases, and…
A travel ban enacted by President Donald Trump in early June is affecting thousands of international students—including Fatou Wurie, a doctoral student at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who wrote about the impact of the ban in a June 20 op-ed in The Guardian. Wurie is from Sierra Leone, whose citizens face partial…
STRIPED has released a new 7-part video series, Holding Social Media Platforms Accountable: A Roadmap for State Action. These short, accessible videos unpack the core components of our policy Roadmap, including the mental health risks linked to social media use, the economic forces that shape platform behavior, and the legal strategies available to states. The…
On June 16, a federal judge in Boston ruled that the National Institutes of Health’s termination of hundreds of research grants was illegal and ordered the funds reinstated. In his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young called the terminations “arbitrary and capricious.” A small handful of the roughly 200 federal grants to Harvard…
A clinical trial aimed at reducing the likelihood of near-fatal food allergies among 800 infants is one of the many studies at risk of ending because of Trump administration cuts to federal research funding, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Kari Nadeau. “When this type of clinical trial is ended … you…
Home / News / Manning Lab / AKT-mediated phosphorylation of TSC2 controls stimulus- and tissue-specific mTORC1 signaling and organ growth Growth factor signaling pathways are known to drive tissue growth and development, but how these molecular mechanisms function across different organs in a living organism has remained unclear. In particular, the physiological role of AKT-mediated…
Home Healthy Schools Need Healthy Air By Carly Stearnbourne June 13, 2025 Jump to Section Share Post LinkedIn Facebook WhatsApp Email Copy link New working paper looks at why better air in classrooms matters. About The Author Carly Stearnbourne Related Topics Last Updated June 16, 2025 Related News In the Media Medicaid work requirement is…
Adding a federal work requirement to Medicaid won’t root out “waste, fraud, and abuse” as many lawmakers are claiming—instead, the move will likely push eligible people out of their health coverage, says Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Adrianna McIntyre. McIntyre, assistant professor of health policy and politics in the Department of Health Policy…
