CT scan is a reliable test for COVID-19. Why aren’t we using it?
We could be identifying more Covid-19 cases now, without the swab tests we’re screaming for. Here’s how. More
We could be identifying more Covid-19 cases now, without the swab tests we’re screaming for. Here’s how. More
Samantha Goveia is a current Master of Public Health candidate at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and the Lown Institute’s newest public health intern. We asked Samantha to share with us her journey to public health. This is her story. More
Public health experts are striving to stop the spread of Covid-19 by spreading the word about masks, social distancing, and other preventive measures. But there is much more they can and should be doing to save lives from Covid-19, argues Harvard public health professor Dr. Mary T. Bassett, in a recent article in Nature. More
Manasvini Ranganathan, Masters of Public Health student at Dartmouth and intern at the Lown Institute, shares her journey into public health. More
Today’s news about a “breakthrough” test is certainly not the first we’ve heard like that about a possible Alzheimer’s test. More
Clinicians and public health experts are calling attention to the health risks and financial implications of widespread loneliness. More
Brooke McNaughton shares what she learned as a Lown public health intern during an unprecedented health crisis. More
The final report from the Lancet Commission on Public policy and health in the Trump era offers a bold policy agenda for the Biden administration to undo the damage caused to our nation's health. More
We asked new Lown intern Brooke to tell us what drew her to a career in public health research. Here is the story in her own words. More
Lown Institute intern Emily Acker has had more interactions with the health care system than the typical young adult. Here's how that has informed her experience as a public health advocate and researcher. More
Meet Filipa Carvalho, Lown's latest public health intern! More
The spread of SARS-CoV-2 will only slow if people who test positive for the virus self-isolate. But expecting them to do so is a bigger ask than governments seem to realise. More
Carmen Quintero couldn't get a coronavirus test but ended up with a huge bill for trying to. She also was told to self-isolate and had no choice but to use vacation time to stay home from work. More
The American Medical Association declared racism a public health threat in an effort to highlight healthcare's role toward reducing racial discrimination and bias. More
Lown Institute board members remember Joe Brain, innovative scientist, generous teacher, and devoted friend to Dr. Bernard Lown. More
"That was the title of a seminar presentation I made for the Georgetown University Health and the Public Interest program last week. It was delivered via Zoom for the graduate students in the program and for a broader Zoom audience beyond the University." More
A behind-the-scenes war between some of the state’s largest health systems could soon spill into public view at the State Capitol, after months of negotiations broke down over an obscure but bitterly contested topic: non-compete agreements written into doctors’ contracts. More
The CDC has declared racism a "serious threat" to public health. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones, who worked for the CDC and now studies race and health at Emory University. More
Insurers are stuck with the big bills from Lenox Hill, but the public ultimately pays through higher premiums. More
A top ten list of the worst examples of profiteering and dysfunction in health care, named for Martin Shkreli, the price-hiking "pharma bro" that everyone loves to hate. More