Confronting Racism in Health Care Delivery: An Imperative to Improve the Public’s Health Presented in Partnership with The Commonwealth Fund and Jointly with STAT Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Watch on YouTube Structural racism, implicit bias and discrimination in health care settings factor into longstanding health disparities in the U.S. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these Read More…
The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ELECTRIC VEHICLES: The Promise for Health and Equity Presented jointly with Reuters Monday, September 13, 2021 Watch on YouTube President Biden’s recent Executive Order set a new target to make half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 zero-emissions, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid Read More…
Extreme Weather: Climate and Health in Crisis Live Online Q&A with Renee Salas, Yerby Fellow, C-CHANGE, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Emergency Medicine Physician Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Watch on YouTube From major wildfires, to deadly heat, to massive flooding, the U.S., Europe, Read More…
COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES: Americans’ Sharp Divide Live Online Q&A with Robert Blendon, Health Policy Political Expert, and Joanne Kenen, Editor-at-Large for Health Care at POLITICO Presented jointly with POLITICO Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Watch on YouTube A deepening divide along political party lines regarding COVID-19 vaccine requirements raises pressing questions about how the U.S. might Read More…
The Alzheimer’s Treatment Controversy: Implications of Accelerated Drug Approvals Live Online Q&A with Aaron Kesselheim, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Director, Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL), Brigham and Women’s Hospital Presented jointly with Reuters Tuesday, July 20, 2021 Watch on YouTube The recent controversy surrounding the FDA approval of a new Read More…
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: The Brazilian Crisis and More Facebook Live Q&A with Marcia Castro, Chair, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH Watch on YouTube As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, Brazil, Latin America’s largest country, is experiencing Read More…
The Coronavirus Pandemic: Vaccine Acceptance and Public Attitudes Facebook Live Q&A with Gillian SteelFisher, Deputy Director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program Presented jointly by The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and The World from PRX & GBH Watch on YouTube As coronavirus vaccinations increase in the United States, questions Read More…
The Vaccine Rollout: Perspectives from the States Presented jointly with Reuters Tuesday, March 16, 2021 Watch on YouTube More than 18 percent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the CDC. And with a third vaccine, another tool has been added to help curb the pandemic’s Read More…
The Coronavirus Pandemic: Variants, Vaccines and More Facebook Live Q&A with William Hanage, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Presented jointly by The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and The World from PRX & GBH Tuesday, February 23, 2021 The emergence of COVID-19 variants raises Read More…
The Coronavirus Pandemic: Testing, Vaccines, and the Way Forward Facebook Live Q&A with Michael Mina, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Presented jointly by The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Reuters Tuesday, February 16, 2021 The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is now underway. But it Read More…
