Health
Students Push for Narcan Availability on Harvard's Campus to Combat Overdoses
The students, Eana X. Meng ’19 and Kailash Sundaram ’19, said they hope to raise awareness on campus of the problems of overdosing and push the University to make Narcan more readily available.
Harvard's ‘Love Your Body Day’ Features Dogs, Food, and Massages
The student group Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach hosted the annual 'Love Your Body Day' celebration, featuring therapy dogs and raffle prizes, in Ticknor Lounge Wednesday evening,.
Harvard Removes Romaine Lettuce From Dining Halls Following E. Coli Outbreak
Harvard University Dining Services pulled romaine lettuce from all dining locations as a result of an ongoing national E. coli outbreak. HUDS is unsure when the recall will be resolved and the vegetable returned to dining halls.
Mumps Returns to Harvard Yet Again, Per Health Services Director
This is not the first time this year University affiliates have contracted the disease. Cases of mumps most recently were found among campus affiliates in February 2018.
Harvard Health Services Implements Consumer Drug Take-Back Program
The dropbox, located in the HUHS pharmacy in the Smith Campus Center, accepts “unused or expired prescription medication, unused or expired over-the-counter medication, and pet medication."
Mental Health Initiative for Asian-American Women Comes to Harvard
A new Boston-area mental health initiative focused on Asian-American women enrolled its first cohort at Harvard this fall.
With ‘I Got My Flu Shot’ Stickers, HUHS Wards Off Winter Epidemic
Earlier this month, HUHS started hosting vaccination clinics, offering free flu shots to all University affiliates.
Chicken Soup with a Side of Hypnosis
I felt sure it was not a mind problem, but a physical one — I had the bloat to prove it. When I asked how I might resolve said “mind-body” problem, she prescribed hypnosis.
Paul J. Barreria
Paul J. Barreria is the director of Harvard University Health Services and the Henry K. Oliver Professor of Hygiene.
Back in Smith Center, University Health Services Begins New Year
University Health Services will restructure and renew certain campus offerings for the new school year.
Harvard, Univ. of Michigan Partner to Address Economic Opportunity, Opioid Crisis
Harvard and the University of Michigan will partner on initiatives and summits to address economic opportunity and the opioid epidemic.
Every Harvard Dorm and House Will Now Provide Free Menstrual Products
Heeding students' calls, the College installed menstrual product dispensers in each upperclassman House and freshman yard over the summer.
HUHS Overnight Urgent Care to Return to Smith Campus Center
Director of Harvard University Health Services Paul J. Barreira announced that HUHS overnight urgent care services will return to the Smith Campus Center for the fall semester in an email to University affiliates Wednesday.
I Can’t Believe I Genuinely Got Scarlet Fever in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
The only situation in which someone should get scarlet fucking fever is on the Oregon Trail.
