Scientists develop AI tool that predicts virus mutations

EVEscape uses evolutionary and biological information to predict how a virus could change to escape the immune system.

Catherine Caruso • harvard
Oct. 11, 2023 ~8 min

Could COVID drug spawn super virus?

Some worry a treatment that kills SARS-CoV-2 by helping it mutate could spawn a super virus. New research weighs in on its "evolutionary safety."

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Sept. 12, 2023 ~3 min


Expert offers COVID outlook for fall and winter

William Hanage, an associate professor of epidemiology, talks about hybrid protection, vulnerability of older people, and the wisdom of Taylor Swift.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Sept. 7, 2023 ~9 min

The case of the missing Lyme vaccine

Science can protect your dog, but not you. Expert explains why '90s vaccine for humans disappeared and details efforts to develop a new one.

Alvin Powell • harvard
July 24, 2023 ~10 min

COVID-19 came from animals. Why aren’t we working to prevent new scourge?

New research finds threat not just in foreign lands, live markets in U.S. enormous, largely unregulated.

Alvin Powell • harvard
July 19, 2023 ~10 min

Alcohol-related liver disease soared during pandemic, hitting one race hardest

During the pandemic, American Indian and Alaska Native populations experienced nearly six times the mortality of white people from alcohol-associated liver disease.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
May 2, 2023 ~4 min

COVID burnout hitting all levels of healthcare workforce

Through a national survey, researchers identified prevalent work overload, burnout, and intent to leave health care professions among nurses, clinical staff, and non-clinical staff, including housekeeping, administrative staff, lab technicians, and food service workers.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
March 31, 2023 ~4 min

William Hanage on COVID lessons we still need to learn

Harvard epidemiologist looks back and ahead.

Alvin Powell • harvard
March 16, 2023 ~9 min


Modeling the power of vaccines

Scientists have designed a mathematical model that can predict COVID-19 vaccines’ effectiveness over the long term in healthy individuals and those who have cancer or suppressed immune responses.

Katie Marquedant • harvard
Jan. 9, 2023 ~4 min

Severe COVID-19 linked with brain aging, says study

Researchers have linked the molecular signatures underlying brain aging with the cognitive decline observed in patients with severe COVID-19.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Dec. 6, 2022 ~4 min

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