Health & Medicine
The Evolutionary Case for Exercise
The off-label prescription from our hunter-gatherer ancestors
by Olivia Farrar
Harvard Alumnus Wins Chemistry Nobel
David Baker ’84 invents new proteins not found in nature.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Predicting Viral Variants and Vaccine Cures
Biomedical researchers are using AI to survey the viral landscape.
by Nina Pasquini
How the Mind Assigns Meaning to Words
New research on how the brain uses sounds to form words and create meaning.
by Jonathan Shaw
Gary Ruvkun Shares Nobel Prize in Medicine
Harvard Medical School genetics professor honored
by John S. Rosenberg
How to Reform Healthcare
104 Harvard thought leaders outline medicine’s unmet needs.
by Olivia Farrar
Can New Drugs Help Millions of Americans with Obesity?
How GLP-1s like Ozempic will impact the future of healthcare
by Olivia Farrar
The Goodness of Being Together
Why social interactions are as vital as food and water
by Erin O'Donnell
In Search of the Social Microbiome
The microbiome may be socially exchanged, modulating both health and metabolism.
by Ann Thomas
The Medical Civil Rights Act
Harvard affiliates seek a statutory right to emergency care for persons interacting with law enforcement officers.
by Jack R. Trapanick
Teaching Nutrition in Medical Education
Will Harvard Medical School return nutrition instruction to pre-eminence?
by Jack R. Trapanick