Tag: public health

• Features

Healing the Divide

Throughout the United States, deep and long-standing health inequities exist along socioeconomic and racial lines.

• Features

Containing Contagion

Stopping the spread of disease, misinformation, and science resistance

• Departments
• Feature Sidebar

Infectious Diseases, Explained

A closer look at infectious diseases and how medicines tackle them.

• Departments
• Feature Sidebar

SIFTing for Facts in an Infodemic

Misinformation can be powerful and destructive, but simple tools can help people separate fact from fiction.

• Departments
• Team Board

What have you seen or learned during the pandemic that will stay with you?

Brigham clinicians and scientists reflect on unforgettable moments and lessons they learned this year.

• Catalyst
• Departments

Must Read: Together

Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, the next U.S. surgeon general and Brigham alum, explores the public health benefits of social connection.

• Departments
• Wellness

Texting Behind the Wheel

Parents often text and drive, according to new research from the Brigham.

Texting and Driving

Regan Bergmark, MD, discusses her distracted driving research in this Boston 25 News interview.

A Changing Climate for Health

Is climate change making people sicker? Multi-disciplinary experts, convened by the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, explore this question together.

• Features

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• Catalyst

Semiautomatic Rifles Contribute to More Gun Deaths, Injuries

Study fills in data gaps to inform gun policy debate.