Health & Medicine
Cutting-edge developments in biomedical research, public health, and clinical practice at Harvard’s medical institutions.
Five Questions with Tien Jiang
How brushing and flossing can protect your heart
Reopening. . .Carefully
Resuming Harvard in residence, with continuing coronavirus cautions
The Mystery of Smell
COVID-19 shines a spotlight on a once-obscure field of science.
Home Among Strangers
A recent graduate visits Harvard during a semi-normal semester
Harvard Scientists’ Leadership in Fighting Infectious Diseases
Dan Barouch awarded $24.5 million for HIV research, Marc Lipsitch named to national center for public health forecasting
The State of the Pandemic
Lessons learned from the continuing confrontation with the coronavirus
Contending with Long Covid
Some patients experience lingering and debilitating symptoms after COVID-19.
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.