Health & Medicine


Five Questions with JoAnn Manson

A veteran women’s health advocate on federal funding cuts

by Lydialyle Gibson

Predicting Viral Variants and Vaccine Cures

Biomedical researchers are using AI to survey the viral landscape.

by Nina Pasquini

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

Loneliness—Bad for Body and Mind

Harvard study finds link between loneliness and increased risk of stroke among older adults.

by Jack R. Trapanick

“Big, Fat, and Sick” Institutions—Can Digital Healthcare Help?

Harvard physicians on the future of medicine

by Olivia Farrar