COVID-19, Women and Health: Global Impacts Live Online Q&A with Ana Langer, Professor of the Practice of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH Thursday, December 16, 2021 12 pm ET @ForumHSPH How have women globally been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic? From their Read More…
Calling a Pandemic Ceasefire: Vaccinating in Conflict Zones Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH Monday, October 25, 2021 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 abandoned conventional laws 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 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 inequities in Black 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 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 electric and fuel Read More…
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 With many children returning to school, questions about the coronavirus pandemic– particularly the Delta variant — and children’s health risks have become even more pressing. What 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 From major wildfires, to deadly heat, to massive flooding, the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere have Read More…
The Vaccine Rollout: Perspectives from the States Presented jointly with Reuters Tuesday, March 16, 2021 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 impact. How do Read More…
Homelessness In America: The Search for Solutions During COVID-19 Presented jointly with GBH News Wednesday, February 24, 2021 On a single night in January 2019, approximately 568,000 people in the United States were homeless, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A year later — with months of a subsequent and ongoing 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: Airborne Transmission, Ventilation and School and Workplace Reopenings Facebook Live Q&A with Joseph Allen, Director of the Healthy Buildings Program, 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 Friday, December 11, 2020 Read More…
