Keeping things in balance while under self-quarantine
Office of Work/Life Director Nancy Costikyan gives tips and resources for staying sane and productive while working from home.
March 30, 2020 • ~13 min
How to prevent overwhelming hospitals and build immunity
Social distancing could allow a level of infection that can be handled by the health care system, but would build enough immunity to strangle the epidemic.
March 27, 2020 • ~8 min
Chan School session breaks down ways to ease stress
Chan School online forum aims to teach how to deal with pandemic stress.
March 26, 2020 • ~6 min
Harvard M.D. students form COVID-19 rapid response teams
This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insights into what the latest developments in the COVID-19 outbreak may bring. With more than 50,000 patients admitted annually and millions of outpatient visits each year, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), one of the […]
March 25, 2020 • ~10 min
The why’s behind COVID-19 survival and immunity investigated
Using the tool VirScan, researchers are able to detect antibodies in people’s blood that indicate active and past infections by viruses and bacteria. The goal is to learn how the virus affects the immune system.
March 25, 2020 • ~11 min
Harvard labs share personal protective equipment
As University facilities close, faculty and staff gather gear to pass along amid a nationwide shortage.
March 25, 2020 • ~4 min
Finding ways to forge through the COVID-19 pandemic
Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch outlined several scenarios — most of them bad — for getting America back to work
March 20, 2020 • ~5 min
Remote work will stress-test the internet — and parts will fail
The massive shift from the office to remote work will test the internet in ways it hasn’t been tested before, a Harvard expert on the technology industry said, offering a real-time experiment that will likely see failures, but from which unexpected solutions will also emerge.
March 18, 2020 • ~13 min
Tool to help decision-makers during the coronavirus outbreak
Harvard’s Global Health Institute puts its research expertise into motion, helping hospitals assess capacity and quality of care so they can prepare for COVID-19 patients appropriately.
March 18, 2020 • ~6 min
In creating a coronavirus vaccine, researchers prepare for future
In response to this public health crisis, researchers in the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital are on the front lines of developing a vaccine specially targeted toward older populations
March 13, 2020 • ~8 min
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