U.S. veterans aged 20 to 39 were found to have higher blood levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, than ...

The Health Professionals Follow-Up Study has generated important insights into diet and health, aging, and diseases such as ...

DrPH student Germán Chiriboga uses art—as well as the stories people tell about their own lived experiences—to promote health.

Zeest Mahmood Jalib, MPH ’26, shares how dealing with her diagnosis of PCOS led her to pursue a master's degree in public health.

This summer, wildfire smoke degraded air quality across parts of Canada, the U.S., and other regions, threatening the ...

Drawing on field investigation, teaching, and engagement, this event discussed what we've learned about crisis leadership 25 years after 9/11.

People who drank more fruit juice, soda, and sports drinks beginning in childhood had a greater risk of high blood pressure as adults than those who drank fewer sweet beverages, according to a new ...

The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola—for which there are no drugs or vaccines—continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda and threaten neighboring countries in Central ...

Dozens of diseases are partially if not entirely attributable to alcohol consumption—but many can be slowed or reversed by cutting down on or quitting drinking, according to a new review co-authored ...

On May 17, the World Health Organization declared the current Ebola epidemic in Central Africa a public health emergency of international concern, and days later warned it could be months before the ...

How many Americans use tobacco, and how? Every year, the federal government answered these questions—until now. Last spring, the federal Office of Smoking and Health (OSH), a division of the Centers ...

Intermittent fasting researcher Courtney Peterson joins Harvard Chan School and will direct Department of Nutrition’s new research kitchen. Peterson moved her lab from the University of Alabama at ...