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.
The End of Spontaneity
Lauren Fadiman ’21 on being away from college, where one is never alone
Toward a Pharmacology of Resolution
An HMS symposium highlights the immune system’s role in ending inflammation.
President Bacow on Harvard in pandemic
Larry Bacow puts Harvard in the perspective of the pandemic.
A Harvard Senior’s Call to the Home Front
“We are the generation that is coming of age in the COVID-19 crisis,” writes Lauren Spohn ’20. “What can we build? What can we sacrifice? What risks can we take?”
by Lauren Spohn
Harvard Overseer Election Postponed
The coronavirus pandemic threatened to disenfranchise alumni balloting.
All College Spring Semester Grades Will Be Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory
“We cannot proceed as if nothing has changed,” FAS dean Claudine Gay wrote. “Everything has changed."
What Happens to Harvard’s Workers?
Harvard is expected to announce a decision by the end of this week about whether and how it can help subcontracted workers.
Harvard Financial Pressures Coronavirus Crisis
Barely a decade after the 2008 crisis and Great Recession, new challenges loom. An early assessment of the University’s strengths this time
Harvard President Bacow Coronavirus Positive
The president and his wife are in isolation.
Harvard College class remote learning
On taking a Harvard Gen Ed class remotely with William C. Kirby