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What to know about measles
February 20, 2025
As a measles outbreak causes dozens of illnesses in West
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HHS issues new definitions of terms like ‘sex,’ ‘man’ and ‘woman’ that critics say ignore science
February 20, 2025
In one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first moves as
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More Americans identify as LGBTQ+ than ever before, poll finds
February 20, 2025
The proportion of American adults who identify as LGBTQ+ has
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A connection between ancestry and the molecular makeup of cancer
April 26, 2022
Questions about the genealogical imprint of tumors have hovered over cancer research since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003.
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Lessons from the center of the state’s pandemic
April 26, 2022
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation sat down with Katharine Robb, a postdoctoral research fellow at the center’s Bloomberg Harvard
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Wilderness medicine fellows return to lend a hand
April 26, 2022
Brian Strickland was high up in the Himalayas, walking around a rustic clinic a day’s hike from Mount Everest. He was trying
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Harvard medical community steps up to fight pandemic
April 26, 2022
COVID-19 has changed the way we live. For a few, like Annie Cheng, it’s also practically changed where they live. “I have a
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Newly identified ‘metabolic signature’ can help predict CVD risk
April 26, 2022
A newly identified “metabolic signature” can evaluate an individual’s adherence and metabolic response to the Mediterranean diet and help predict future risk
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Harvard Medical School uses telemedicine as a way forward
April 26, 2022
When the COVID-19 pandemic prompted Harvard Medical School (HMS) to move learning online in March, faculty moved swiftly, developing new curriculum approaches,
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Vaccines can protect against COVID-19 in animal models, study says
April 26, 2022
This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer