Health & Medicine

Cutting-edge developments in biomedical research, public health, and clinical practice at Harvard’s medical institutions.

Where Does Biomedicine Go from Here?

A former Harvard physician on why public trust in healthcare is falling.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Getty, Harvard Art Museums in Pandemic

Pandemic perspectives from the Getty and the Harvard Art Museums—and art’s role in refreshing “the dialogue with other human beings”

by Caroline Engelmayer

The challenges of researching the pandemic’s effects on pregnant women

The challenges of researching the pandemic’s effects on pregnant women

by Matteo Wong

Harvard Fall Pandemic Uncertainties

In volatile circumstances, plans are upended and remade.  

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard fall student and staff conditions

Who will be at Harvard when the academic year begins—and under what conditions

by John S. Rosenberg

Preview of Harvard fall term 2020

Campus constraints amid the coronavirus pandemic

by John S. Rosenberg

New Test Paradigm Needed for SARS-CoV-2

Michael Mina maintains a new testing regimen could end the COVID-19 pandemic—in three weeks.

by Jonathan Shaw

Balancing Mental Health and COVID Safety

Students urge closer attention to care on campus this fall. 

by Matteo Wong

Could COVID-19 Transform U.S. Education?

A conversation on the crisis and its outcomes with the Graduate School of Education’s Paul Reville 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

First-Year International Students Won't Be Allowed on Campus This Fall

Federal visa restrictions will prevent freshman international students from living in the United States. 

Active Duty in a Pandemic

Harvard affiliates aid the Defense Department's response to COVID-19 in New York.

by Matteo Wong