How a bioethicist and doctor sees abortion

Director of Medical School's Center for Bioethics discusses ethical dimensions of abortion and how a ruling against Roe might affect providers.

Alvin Powell • harvard
May 5, 2022 ~9 min

It may be increasingly legal but doesn’t mean cannabis is safe

Neuroscientist says the jury’s still out on effects on neurodevelopment of fetuses, teens.

Clea Simon • harvard
April 20, 2022 ~7 min


Bedside art cuts cancer patient anxiety

Art at their bedside can be helpful in tackling anxiety for cancer patients, new research indicates. Art appreciation can be a mood booster and distraction.

Leslie Orr-Rochester • futurity
April 19, 2022 ~6 min

Bedside art cuts cancer patient anxiety

Art at their bedside can be helpful in tackling anxiety for cancer patients, new research indicates. Art appreciation can be a mood booster and distraction.

Leslie Orr-Rochester • futurity
April 19, 2022 ~6 min

What is palliative care? How is it different from hospice?

Palliative care, often misunderstood, is not synonymous with hospice care.

Yael Schenker, Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences • conversation
April 6, 2022 ~8 min

COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest children may be inching closer to authorization – a pediatrician explains how they're being tested

Moderna will ask the FDA to allow emergency use for its vaccine in children as young as 6 months, a step many parents have been anticipating.

Debbie-Ann Shirley, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia • conversation
March 30, 2022 ~9 min

Alcohol may not benefit the heart, researchers say

A large study challenges the theory that light alcohol consumption benefits heart health.

Tracy Hampton • harvard
March 25, 2022 ~4 min

If I am vaccinated and get COVID-19, what are my chances of dying? The answer is surprisingly hard to find

Calculating your risk of death or hospitalization if you are infected with the coronavirus requires good data – notably, the total number of infections in the US. Unfortunately, that data is fuzzy.

Lisa Miller, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
Feb. 24, 2022 ~7 min


Remembering Paul Farmer

Colleagues at Harvard and Partners In Health mourn the loss of professor and Partners In Health cofounder and pledge to continue the work he pioneered.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Feb. 23, 2022 ~7 min

Harvard experts worry about new wave of long COVID cases

As Omicron fades, specialists seek answers for patients who can’t shake symptoms.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Feb. 14, 2022 ~7 min

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