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.
Harvard Returns to Normal This Fall
University leaders announce that full, in-person operations will resume, with continuing public-health protocols.
Harvard Requires Student Vaccination for Fall
President Bacow releases directive to the community.
Harvard pilots in-person teaching for fall
Faculty of Arts and Sciences tests hybrid classrooms and other pandemic adaptations.
Rapid Tests, in Time for Fall Surge
Rapid COVID-19 tests, of the kind that Michael Mina has been advocating since last year, are finally approved for home use.
Pediatrician Eileen Costello, profiled by Nell Porter Brown
A pediatrician cares for a city’s children.
Baking Sourdough Bread is a Survival Instinct
A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
by Jacob Sweet
Ivy League Cancels Spring Competition
A fourth consecutive season is shuttered.
by Jacob Sweet
How Many Undergraduates Are At Harvard Now?
Far fewer students in residence than the number invited back to campus for spring
Back to campus for senior spring under COVID
What’s changed—and what hasn’t
Harvard Cautions on Spring Classes
Administrators sound cautious note about on-campus learning amid the intensifying pandemic.