Revitalize Public Health
We must build political will to transform our hobbled system to address today’s health threats.
A new office aims to break down structural racism and inequities at the School and beyond.
Housing relocation programs aim to address health inequities linked to decades of discrimination.
Four things we’ve learned since the beginning of the pandemic—and one we expected but failed to get right.
Strategies for better trial design could streamline and accelerate testing of new treatments.
Deep-seated structural and systemic racism aren’t just obstacles to addressing Black women’s health issues—they are the health issue.
Racism’s Weathering Effect on Black Men
Multiple factors including socioeconomic status and access to health care have combined to erode Black men’s health.
Black Americans are more likely to live near pollution sources that set off a dangerous cascade of health problems.
New collaborations will more than double the number of safe water access points.
Blacks are more likely than whites to suffer from the most advanced stage of the illness.
Lab-grown organoids show how SARS-CoV-2 infects brain cells.
Transportation Inequities Keep Opportunities Out of Reach
Barriers to mobility have contributed to long-standing structural racism.
Data on systemic inequities reveal the barriers that lead to harder, shorter lives
Isolation Without Vaccination: At War with a Virus
Reassessment and Resilience: How COVID-19 Will Change Us