Technology can keep up with COVID variants, say experts
Despite worries that a new coronavirus variant may be able to evade vaccines just being distributed, a Harvard public health expert expressed confidence in the same technology that produced the vaccines in record time.
Jan. 22, 2021 • ~6 min
Study finds guidelines to reduce heartburn symptoms
A study of diet has found that by adhering to specific guidelines, women can reduce more than one-third of incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms.
Jan. 5, 2021 • ~3 min
Paul Farmer receives prize for work in public health and human rights
Paul Farmer awarded Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture.
Dec. 16, 2020 • ~7 min
Anthony Fauci offers a timeline for ending COVID-19 pandemic
Anthony Fauci predicted herd immunity by next fall and “normality” by 2021’s end, as long as enough people get vaccinated to bring the pandemic to an end.
Dec. 10, 2020 • ~8 min
How neurons form long-term memories
A Harvard Medical School study in mice reveals how memory neurons reorganize after new experiences.
Dec. 9, 2020 • ~9 min
Researchers study relationship between obesity and cancer
Researchers find that obesity allows cancer cells to outcompete tumor-killing immune cells in a battle for fuel in mice.
Dec. 9, 2020 • ~10 min
Closing the mortality gap between Black and white patients
Mortality rate after cancer surgery drops during 10-year period, but gap persists between Black and white patients.
Dec. 3, 2020 • ~3 min
Will there be a post-Thanksgiving coronavirus surge?
Evidence of a post-Thanksgiving surge should be emerging this week, a Harvard epidemiologist said, advising people who gathered together to get tested or assume they’re infected.
Dec. 2, 2020 • ~5 min
Reversing glaucoma damage and vision loss
Harvard Medical School scientists reverse age-related vision loss, eye damage from glaucoma in mice.
Dec. 2, 2020 • ~11 min
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