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Our journalism explores bold approaches to public health, with a rigorous focus on what works, what doesn't, and why. We support public health leaders, policy makers, advocates, and researchers in improving lives, erasing inequities, and driving societal change. Harvard Public Health magazine updates regularly on the web and in print three times a year.

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Fall 2023

Harvard Public Health Fall 2023 Magazine Cover. Text reads: Reinventing Medicaid: Treating social factors in North Carolina, Expanding access in California, Rooting out racism in Minnesota
On reinventing Medicaid, using social media for good, and South Africa's path to universal health care.

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Cover of Harvard Public Health, Spring 2023. Photo: Black and white photo: Seven family members stand close together and stare directly into the camera. In the center is a twenty-something man, who holds the hand of a young black boy. To his left are an elderly man and woman. To his right are a middle-aged woman who holds the young boy's other hand, a middle-aged man, and a young woman. They stand in a backyard, with a grill and house on one side, and a modern tipi on the other. Text reads: Devon Parfait, the 25-year-old chief of a coastal Louisiana tribe, fights to keep his people together as climate change erases their land and erodes their health.

Spring 2023

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On indigenous displacement, family leave, and the future of PEPFAR
Harvard Public Health magazine cover: A blond stuffed dog with a red bandana is placed in front of a bright purple and pink sunburst background. The words “Fido! Heal!” extend above and below the animal. Sub-title reads: Technology be an essential tool for treating loneliness. But does it work?

Winter 2023

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On robot companions, making public health more precise, and reforming global aid work.
Magazine Cover: Harvard Public Health (magazine name). Headline reads: Sick from the system and getting worse" in white text on a bright red background. Subhead reads:How structural racism affects health—and what people are doing about it.

Fall 2022

Structural Racism
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How structural racism affects health—and what people are doing about it.
Illustration of the continent of Africa, broken into four pieces and trying to be put together by four African public health professionals.

Spring 2022

African public health
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Plus: public health startups, catharsis in New Orleans, and art for wellbeing
Harvard Public Health Winter 2022 cover: "Can this box save coral reefs?"

Winter 2022

Climate, changed
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The events of 2021 put a stark point on our global crisis and its impact on well-being. Look for inspiration in these stories of resilience, creativity, and fortitude.