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.
Could the reproduction number of SARS-CoV-2 be double early estimates?
A critical scientific question that bears on policies for fighting the pandemic
Harvard Faculty Meet Remotely on Teaching, Finances
The last regular Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting of the year, convened remotely, addresses teaching, finances, and climate change.
Harvard Projects $750-Million Revenue Shortfall
Executive vice president Katie Lapp details losses from research funding and executive education.
The Pandemic's Unequal Toll
A Radcliffe Institute online discussion of health disparities laid bare by coronavirus
Starlink
Seniors hunker down in communal quarantine.
by Eve Driver
Building a Better COVID-19 Swab
Engineers at the Wyss Institute address a critical shortage of nasal swabs.
Harvard fall reopening plans
Provost Alan Garber outlines the possibilities and options—and the College prepares for continued remote teaching, if necessary
Alone on Harvard’s Campus
Most days, I see no one at all.
by Jeremy Tsai
Letting Go of the “Ideal” Classroom
“The ‘ideal’ classroom never existed anyway, at least not in a perfectly equitable manner,” writes Julie Chung ’20.
by Julie Chung
Poet and physician Rafael Campo on connection and empathy in caregiving during t
Poet and physician Rafael Campo on connection and empathy in caregiving during the pandemic’s isolation