Health Care

Questions about the genealogical imprint of tumors have hovered over cancer research since the completion of the Human Genome Project...

Among the pandemic’s biggest challenges for public health experts have been just how novel it is, how hard it’s been...

When the COVID-19 pandemic prompted Harvard Medical School (HMS) to move learning online in March, faculty moved swiftly, developing new...

This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other...

The hospitalization rate for acute cardiovascular disease events in a large southern California health system was 1.62 times higher in...

This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other...

Genetic mutations that promote the growth of the most common type of adult brain tumors can be accurately detected and...

A novel liquid biopsy method can detect kidney cancers with high accuracy, including small, localized tumors which are often curable...

Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are testing a new approach to fighting COVID-19, using a repurposed antiviral AIDS...

This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other...