OMICRON, VACCINES AND HOLIDAY TRAVEL: Latest Updates Live Online Q&A with Stephen Kissler, Research Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH Thursday, December 9, 2021 12 pm ET @ForumHSPH Watch on YouTube Register for free to join the discussion. Email your questions to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. An Read More…
Calling a Pandemic Ceasefire: Vaccinating in Conflict Zones Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH Monday, October 25, 2021 Watch on YouTube To contain the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people living in conflict zones will need to be vaccinated. But what will it take to negotiate “pandemic ceasefires” when warring factions have largely Read More…
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…
The Coronavirus Pandemic: The Delta Variant and Children’s Health Live Online Q&A with Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Watch on YouTube With many children returning to school, questions about the coronavirus pandemic– particularly the Delta 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…
The Coronavirus Pandemic: The Delta Variant Surge Live Online Q&A with William Hanage, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH Tuesday, August 3, 2021 Watch on YouTube The highly infectious COVID-19 Delta variant is spurring global surges, sparking concerns among public health Read More…
The Coronavirus Pandemic: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Deepening Crisis Live Online Q&A with Wafaie Fawzi, Professor of Population Sciences, and Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH Tuesday, July 27, 2021 Watch on YouTube With the Delta variant fueling numbers of Read More…
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: The Mental Health Impacts of Reopening Society Live Online Q&A with Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH Tuesday, June 29, 2021 Watch on YouTube After more than a year of measures such as mask mandates and Read More…
The Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Forums The Global Pandemic Crisis: Variants, Surges, and Vaccines Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH Watch on YouTube The global coronavirus pandemic picture is mixed. While vaccination rates increase and death rates drop in some countries, others are struggling with deadly surges and vaccine shortages. Read More…
