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Harvard Pop Center faculty member Nancy Krieger, PhD, has penned an op-ed in the New York Daily News that warns about the potential lethal consequences of censorship in a public health context.

In this piece on IndianXpress, Harvard Pop Center faculty member Rohini Pande, PhD, explains how the cell phone gender gap in India (33% of women use cell phones compared to 77% of men) can negatively impact women economically by limiting access to:…

Research by recent Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar program alumna Colleen Reid, PhD, on the health hazards of wildfire smoke is featured in this release by University of Colorado Boulder.

The results of a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine by lead author Steven Gortmaker, PhD, reinforce the necessity to implement interventions, policies and programs targeting children that emphasize healthy eating and exercise.…

Henry Timms, executive director of the 92nd Street Y and creator of Giving Tuesday, references research by Ichiro Kawachi on the importance of social connections after a disaster in this piece in Time on how Giving Tuesday got started.

The new book on social networks, Someone to Talk To, by faculty member Mario L. Small is out and receiving much attention in the media. Congrats, Mario!

A study by Harvard Pop Center faculty member Sara Bleich, PhD, published in the journal Obesity finds that while the consumption of sugar sweetened beverages is on the decline among both children and adults, it is still too high among adolescents and…

Gary King, Harvard Pop Center faculty member, is lead author on a ground-breaking study published in Science that is the result of over five years of work. Learn more about the results of this randomized experiment in The Boston Globe and the Harvard…

Harvard Pop Center faculty member S V Subramanian, PhD, has co-authored an editorial in the Hindustan Times that calls for India to rise to the challenge of addressing the nutritional, health care, and educational needs of the 48 million children living…

Part of the answer may depend on where you live (industrial vs. agricultural economy). The findings of recent work by Harvard Pop Center faculty member and health economist David Cutler and his colleagues is cited in this New York Times article. He also…