Harvard Chan: This Week In Health

In this week’s podcast we take you inside the intense, three-day simulation that prepares humanitarian workers to respond to disasters around the world.

This week’s headlines: One state’s push to regulate the modeling industry, plus medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, and the effort to change our perceptions of what healthy food can be.

This week’s headlines: The effects of “infra-sound,” a type of noise you can feel, but can’t always hear, plus the new push to eliminate chewing tobacco from Major League Baseball, and new research linking spanking with negative outcomes.

This week’s headlines: How green space can improve health, plus the new research center expanding our understanding of happiness, and the new concerns surrounding fast food. Visit the website for the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness. View satellite images showing different levels of vegetation.

This week’s headlines: The dramatic life expectancy gap between rich and poor Americans, plus how one state plans to battle the mosquitoes that carry Zika virus, and scientists reveal the best way to wash your hands. Learn more View the data on life expectancy and income. View the World Health Organization (WHO) handwashing method. View handwashing recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

This week’s headlines: How pollution is making people sick in Detroit, plus the “most-shopped” for medical procedures, and new research reveals how many people in the world are now obese. Read Zoë Schlanger’s Newsweek article on pollution and environmental racism in and around Detroit.

This week's headlines: A new poll reveals major misperceptions about Zika virus, plus a closer look at President Obama's "Cancer Moonshot," and we'll tell you about a push to change the way businesses view sustainability and health.