Health & Medicine
Cutting-edge developments in biomedical research, public health, and clinical practice at Harvard’s medical institutions.
Harvard Panel Debunks the Population Implosion Myth
Public health professors parse the evidence surrounding falling U.S. birth rates.
Choices challenges facing Harvard approaching fall
The choices and challenges facing the University and the Harvard community
The Pandemic’s Economic Fallout
How the COVID-19 economic crisis has been fundamentally different from past recessions
by Matteo Wong
Harvard College Outlines Fall Residence and Teaching Option
Dean Claudine Gay outlines “minimal,” “moderate,” and “full” residential scenarios, and the hurdles that have to be overcome.
Searching for a COVID-19 vaccine
The when and how of vaccines
Harvard Will Guarantee Staff Pay and Benefits Past June 28
“[W]e will not be pursuing any furloughs or layoffs of our employees at this time,” executive vice president Katie Lapp wrote in an email.
Harvard’s COVID-19 lessons, and new challenges
What Harvard has already learned from the pandemic—and strategic challenges to come
Harvard’s VirScan exposes viral vulnerabilities
A serological test may reveal the COVID-19 virus’s weaknesses—and expose its strategic decoys.
Massachusetts Hall at 300
Harvard’s oldest building at 300
Harvard Commencement 2020
Details of the virtual degree-conferral ceremonies
Harvard fall coronavirus decisions
The factors influencing the fall semester—and beyond