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The Skeletons at the Lake

The New Yorker | 12.13.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Genetics and the Human Revolution

Guido Goldman, a U.S. Bridge to Germany, Dies at 83

The New York Times | 12.13.2020

N.C.A.A. Crisis Shows How Biden’s Surgeon General Pick Navigated the Pandemic

The New York Times | 12.10.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Vivek Murthy on the “Vision and Values” of Medicine

Campus COVID Testing Advocate Chosen to Head CDC

Inside Higher Ed | 12.7.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: HBS Halts Hybrid Learning

Trump Administration Declines to Tighten Soot Rules, Despite Link to Covid Deaths

The New York Times | 12.7.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Francesca Dominici: How Does Air Pollution Affect COVID-19?

Biden picks MGH infectious diseases chief Rochelle Walensky to oversee CDC

The Boston Globe | 12.6.2020

Why Did Racial Progress Stall in America?

The New York Times | 12.6.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Yearning for an Upswing

Why Do So Many Americans Think the Election Was Stolen?

The New York Times | 12.6.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Conservative

‘Makes you ask why the hell we even bother.’ Infectious disease experts face disillusionment as COVID-19 pandemic worsens

The Boston Globe | 12.6.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Failing the Coronavirus-Testing Test

Atul Gawande on Coronavirus Vaccines and Prospects for Ending the Pandemic

The New Yorker | 12.3.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Unlikely Writer