Health & Medicine
Cutting-edge developments in biomedical research, public health, and clinical practice at Harvard’s medical institutions.
Discoveries
Short takes on cutting-edge research
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.
Thirty-two Students Removed from Harvard Housing during Fall Semester
Community Council report on COVID-19 compliance
by Jacob Sweet
Fast-spreading coronavirus variants raise concerns
Despite vaccines, Harvard scientists warn, more-transmissible variants make COVID-19 harder to control.
Harvard reunions, alumni meeting to be virtual
The alumni association announces the inevitable.