Is the slow approach to reopening schools failing kids?
Harvard Chan School’s Joseph Allen gives America an “F” on school reopening efforts, and says we’re in danger of losing thousands of virtual dropouts and wasting mild late summer/early autumn weather we could use to boost in-person learning.
Oct. 14, 2020 • ~15 min
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Hands-on lessons are at the crux of new Harvard course
A new Harvard course challenges students to use science to evaluate COVID-19 policies.
Oct. 13, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: science-technology covid-19 coronavirus pandemic evelyn-hu john-doyle charlotte-moses es20r hepa-filter michael-p-brenner science-and-engineering-for-managing-covid
How COVID-19 impacts cancer research and treatment
Study represents the most comprehensive scientific survey to date about the interrelationship between COVID-19 and cancer.
Oct. 8, 2020 • ~11 min
Tags: cancer covid-19 coronavirus pandemic health-medicine dana-farber-cancer-institute
New tool offers insights into antibody response to COVID-19
“Viral history” tool VirScan offers new insights into antibody response to SARS-CoV-2.
Sept. 29, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: science-technology covid-19 coronavirus pandemic harvard-medical-school brigham-and-womens-hospital sars-cov-2
How to build trust in a COVID vaccine
A public campaign to build trust may be needed if a successful vaccine candidate is to be taken by enough Americans to interrupt the COVID pandemic, a Harvard public health expert said.
Sept. 16, 2020 • ~6 min
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Vaccine protection against COVID-19 related issues
BIDMC-led research team reports vaccine protection against severe COVID-19-related pneumonia and death.
Sept. 3, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: covid-19 coronavirus health-medicine beth-israel-deaconess-medical-center vaccine dan-barouch
Cell phone location data can help monitor COVID-19 rates
Study findings support use of county-level cell phone location data as tool to estimate future trends of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug. 31, 2020 • ~4 min
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Mass. General tests new therapy for pregnant coronavirus patients
Mass General study shows the benefits of inhaled nitric oxide therapy for pregnant patients with severe and critical COVID-19.
Aug. 26, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: covid-19 coronavirus pregnancy health-medicine mgh nitric-oxide mass-general-hospital
Vaccine strategy could aid in COVID-19 immunization
A biomaterials-based infection vaccine strategy shows first promise in eliciting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and could be applied broadly to stave off infectious disease.
Aug. 19, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: science-technology covid-19 coronavirus david-mooney wyss-institute vaccine omnivax
GenderSci Lab finds more than biology influences COVID risk
The GenderSci Lab at Harvard finds that more men than women are dying of COVID-19.
Aug. 18, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: coronavirus gender fas and-sexuality studies-of-women health-medicine history-of-science manisha-aggarwal-schifellite gendersci-lab mimi-tarrant sarah-richardson
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