Marking five years of COVID
March 11, 2025 marked five years since the World Health Organization declared that the world was in the grips of a pandemic, the first in a century.
COVID-19
Study Finds Rate of COVID-19 in Massachusetts Jails and Prisons Is Three Times the General Rate in the State
A recent epidemiological study finds that the rate of COVID-19 for incarcerated individuals in Massachusetts is almost three times that of the state’s general population and five times that of the U.S. general population. As shown in Figure B (caption…
Mental Health and COVID-19 Focus of Health and Human Rights Journal’s Largest Issue
The June issue of the Health and Human Rights Journal (HHRJ) is especially timely with a special section on mental health and human rights. It was published shortly after the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged the…
Working Paper, The Unequal Toll of Covid-19 Mortality by Age in the United States: Quantifying Racial/Ethnic Disparities
FXB Center for Health and Human Rights Director Dr. Mary T. Bassett is the lead author of a new working paper exploring racial/ethnic differences in age-specific Covid-19 mortality rates in the U.S. The Harvard Center for Population and Development…
Coordinated and Evidence-Based Easing of Social Distancing Restrictions That Centers Equity and Justice is the Only Way to Save Lives and Protect the Poor During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The following statement was issued by the Poor People’s Campaign Health Justice Advisory Committee on May 3, 2020. FXB Center Director Dr. Mary T. Bassett, Executive Director Natalia Linos and Director of Communications Veronica Lewin serve on the…
Standing Up Against Anti-Romani Racism During A Pandemic
By Drs. Aluízio de Azevedo Silva Júnior and Margareta (Magda) Matache
Across the world, a violent and disturbing trend of anti-Romani racist acts by the police, policy makers, media, and others is putting Romani families and communities at risk during…
Opinion: The Urgent Need to Transfer Vulnerable Migrants from Europe’s Largest Migrant Hotspot
In a recent opinion piece, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights’ Director of Research Professor Jacqueline Bhabha and Instructor Vasileia Digidiki discuss the current COVID-19 situation in Greece, the migrant hotspot Greek…
Responding to the Domestic Violence Crisis of COVID-19
By Roshni Chakraborty
Worldwide, countries have imposed lockdowns and issued stay-at-home orders to mitigate the community transmission of COVID-19. For many, however, staying at home poses a greater threat to their health than leaving. Activists and…
New Data Visualization Tool Can Help Officials Assess COVID-19 Vulnerability in Their Communities
The COVID-19 epidemic in the United States is already exposing a disastrous convergence of demographic and socioeconomic inequities that make some communities more vulnerable than others. Hotspots of COVID-19 are emerging in urban cities, from New York…
FXB Center Leadership Joins Poor People’s Campaign COVID-19 Health Justice Advisory Committee; Calls for Equitable U.S. Response
The following is an April 8, 2020 press release issued by the Poor People’s Campaign. Learn more about the Campaign here.
Poor People’s Campaign new advisory committee says prevention efforts, treatment must be equitable
The Poor People’s…