Scientists from Harvard, China to unite against coronavirus
With nearly 78,000 cases and more than 2,300 deaths from the novel coronavirus, Harvard University scientists will join forces with colleagues from China to improve diagnostics, develop vaccines to prevent new infections, and antiviral therapies to treat existing ones.
Ekaterian Pesheva | Feb. 24, 2020 | harvard~5 mins
Tags: health-medicine alan-m-garber basic-research china china-evergrande-group coronavirus covid-19 george-q-daley harvard-medical-school harvard-th-chan-school-of-public-health larry-bacow
U.S. life expectancy goes up as cancer deaths go down
A decline in cancer mortality was a prominent feature of recent good news about U.S. life expectancy. The Gazette spoke with the director of the Chan School’s Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention to understand why.
Alvin Powell | Feb. 21, 2020 | harvard~14 mins
Tags: health-medicine alvin-powell basic-research breast-cancer cancer cervical-cancer disparities harvard-th-chan-school-of-public-health life-expectancy melanoma national-center-for-health-statistic prostate-cancer timothy-rebbeck zhu-family-center-for-global-cancer-prevention
Food summit examines sustainability, health, and justice
According to a summit on food production, diet, and sustainability, humanity needs to refocus on a diet that encompasses sustainability and social justice.
Clea Simon | Feb. 20, 2020 | harvard~6 mins
Tags: science-technology all-aces american-farmland-trust and-forests atyia-martin climate-change enviroment environments-sustainability farms fisheries food food-pyramid food-solutions-new-england global-warming harvard-forest harvard-law-school harvard-pilgrim-healthcare-foundation harvard-th-chan-school-of-public-health inc kennedy-school-of-government naima-penniman obesity planetary-health-diet soul-fire-farm university-of-massachusetts-club walter-willett
AI researchers share data on how we sort options, make decisions
Artificial intelligence researchers and neurobiologists share data on how options are sorted in decision-making.
Clea Simon | Feb. 19, 2020 | harvard~5 mins
Tags: science-technology ai basic-research brain cellular-and-molecular-biology clara-starkweather deepmind dopamine google harvardmit-health-sciences-technology-program hms matthew-botvinick naoshige-uchida nature neurobiology
In soda tax fight, experts hear echoes of tobacco battles
Taxes on sugary drinks are potentially effective tools to fight the obesity epidemic and advocates are drawing lessons from the long battle against tobacco as they plot what they know will be a tough road ahead.
Alvin Powell | Feb. 18, 2020 | harvard~5 mins
Tags: health-medicine alvin-powell and-bioethics-emily-broad-leib basic-research biotechnology carmel-shachar diabetes harvard-law-school harvard-medical-school-center-for-bioethics obesity petrie-flom-center-for-health-law-policy soda soda-tax steven-gortmaker sugar-sweetened-beverages
‘Game Changers’ puts muscle behind its message at Law School
“The Game Changers” brought a panel of athletes and experts to tout the benefits of a plant-based diet to Harvard.
Nate Herpich | Feb. 13, 2020 | harvard~8 mins
Tags: health-medicine the-game-changers animal-law-policy-program derrick-morgan dotsie-bausch james-wilks morgan-mitchell nimai-delgado office-for-sustainability patrik-baboumian plant-based-diet scott-jurek vegan vegetarian
The global economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak
A Harvard Business School expert says effects will strengthen as manufacturers everywhere feel the pinch of slowing one of the world’s largest economies.
Alvin Powell | Feb. 13, 2020 | harvard~9 mins
Tags: health-medicine alvin-powell business coronavirus factory global-economy harvard-business-school supply-chain willy-shih
Novel drug targets tumor growth in advanced kidney cancer
Harvard researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a novel targeted drug that shows promise in advanced kidney cancer by interfering with the abnormal blood vessel formation that fuels tumor growth.
Richard Saltus | Feb. 12, 2020 | harvard~4 mins
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Harvard expert says coronavirus likely now ‘gathering steam’
Harvard’s Marc Lipsitch said evidence indicates that the international cordon keeping coronavirus cases bottled up in China is a leaky one, and it’s likely that the relative handful of global cases reported so far are undercounted. If true, that will lead to widespread illness internationally, including in the U.S.
Alvin Powell | Feb. 11, 2020 | harvard~12 mins
Tags: health-medicine alvin-powell basic-research china coronavirus epidemic flu harvard-th-chan-school-of-public-health marc-lipsitch quarantine sars vaccine wuhan
Connecting the dots between climate change and health care
Bringing climate change into the examining room by discussing links between a warming environment and the everyday health of patients.
Alvin Powell | Feb. 10, 2020 | harvard~16 mins
Tags: health-medicine alvin-powell asthma climate-change clinical-care emergency-room environments-sustainability harvard-medical-school health heat-stroke heat-wave intravenous-fluids massachusetts-general-hospital pollen renee-salas symposium
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