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Summer berries are typically laden with pesticide residue. Harvard Chan School’s Peng Gao offers recommendations on how best to wash them to reduce pesticide content.

A slew of common household items contain endocrine disruptors, chemicals that have been linked with serious health problems. Harvard Chan School's Robin Dodson outlines simple steps people can take to minimize exposures.

Changes to SNAP are expected to lower participation in the program, reduce benefit amounts, and lead to longer-term consequences.

Eating a diet high in ultra-processed food, particularly processed meat, may increase the risk of dementia.

Pressure Points is a webinar series co-hosted by The Studio and the Advanced Learning Academy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health bringing you inside the business of health care....

The Office of Field Education and Practice is pleased to announce recipients for the 2026 Gareth M. Green and James H. Ware Awards. About The Author Related Topics Last Updated...

Irrespective of weight loss, maintaining a lower level of visceral fat—fat stored deep within the abdomen, wrapping around vital organs—may lead to better long-term cardiometabolic and cognitive health, according to two new Harvard Chan School studies.

A big congratulations to Nicholas Horton (SD 1999) who was elected the 123rd President of the American Statistical Association (ASA) for 2028.  Nick is Beitzel Professor of Technology and Society (Statistics and Data Science) in...

Hotamisligil Laboratory Research Associate Dr. Renata Goncalves was recently recognized by Boston Area Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) 2026 Outstanding Manuscript Award for her 2025 publication in Nature, “CoQ imbalance...

Do you need funding to examine a pressing environmental health research question? If so, the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Pilot Project Program can help! Apply by AUGUST 14 for funding of up to $30,000!

Mohammad Haddadnia, (SM 2025) currently serves as the Team USA Coach, International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI). He has been a coach for about a year and a half, and...

Roughly 90-120 minutes of strength training per week was linked with a 13% reduced risk of premature death, a study found.

After several teachers at Uxbridge High School in Massachusetts were diagnosed with breast cancer in recent years, public health officials began to investigate—but determining whether there’s an environmental cause could be difficult, experts say.

The poll, "One Year In: Public Views of a Changing Public Health Landscape," was conducted by Harvard Chan School and the de Beaumont Foundation’s Public Health Listening Lab.

In a new landmark publication in The Lancet, a global effort involving academic, clinical and patient organizations has moved the needle on recognizing the whole-body impacts of Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) – formerly known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). In this perspectives piece, Dr. Shruthi Mahalingaiah details her thoughts.

We’re excited to launch Season 3 of the Frontiers in Health and Happiness podcast with the debut of our new Virtues for Well-being series. Throughout the season, we’ll be interviewing...

Providing training in mental health communication to social media content creators can help improve their audiences’ abilities to gather and understand mental health knowledge as well as boost their emotional support skills, according to a new study.

Strict new Medicaid work rules issued by the Trump administration could make it harder for people to qualify, push a greater-than-expected number of current enrollees off the rolls, and pose administrative challenges.

Paulo Manrique, PhD ’26, is making novel discoveries about the transmission of malaria in Central America, helping the region’s health ministries develop molecular surveillance capacity to monitor and combat the disease.