Health & Medicine
Cutting-edge developments in biomedical research, public health, and clinical practice at Harvard’s medical institutions.
Nicole Maestas
The Harvard health economist not afraid to get in the weeds
by Max J. Krupnick
Rising Risks with COVID Reinfection
Emerging evidence on severe complications
by Jonathan Shaw
COVID-19 Common Sense
Harvard experts on healthy holiday gatherings—and the risk of a “tripledemic”
by Jonathan Shaw
Public Health Dean to Step Down
Michelle Williams led the School of Public Health during the pandemic.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Causes of Long COVID
Trying to understand infections’ persistent effects—and to develop cures
by Jonathan Shaw
Public Health Messaging in a Pandemic
How much intervention is too much, or not enough, when addressing a politically and socially diverse population?
by Isabel Mehta
Tracking Omicron on Campuses
University campuses provide an ideal setting for monitoring the spread of new variants.
by Isabel Mehta
“No Going Back to Normal”
Addressing the complexities of children’s mental health
by Jacob Sweet
What Can Be Used to Treat COVID-19?
Harvard experts weigh in on the state and future of COVID-19 therapies.
by Nancy Walecki
How the Pandemic Killed the Uninfected
COVID-19’s toll on black patients extends to those who never got the virus.
by Erin O'Donnell
The Broken Social Contract
Danielle Allen on America’s broken social contract