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COVID messages from doctors change behavior across racial lines
A team led by Harvard researchers found that presentations about COVID-19 delivered by physicians improved knowledge about the disease and...
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MGH expert responds to 100,000 overdose deaths
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that overdose deaths exceeded 100,000 over a 12-month period for the...
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Moderna vaccine slightly more effective than Pfizer
Compared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has a slightly lower risk of COVID-19 outcomes, including documented...
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Harvard’s Hanage discusses Omicron as first U.S. case is detected
Pandemic scientists have spent the last few days racing to learn more about the coronavirus variant Omicron, which spread rapidly...
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Vitamin D may protect against young-onset colorectal cancer
Consuming higher amounts of vitamin D — mainly from dietary sources — may help protect against developing young-onset colorectal cancer...
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New study forecasts how SARS-CoV-2 variants could evade vaccines
In an effort to predict future evolutionary maneuvers of SARS-CoV-2, a research team led by investigators at Harvard Medical School...
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With delta variant dominant, COVID-19 Simulator sees surge in deaths
As delta surges, what can we expect if vaccination and mask-wearing rates don’t change? According to investigators who previously developed...
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Time of day matters when getting COVID vaccine
Our internal 24-hour circadian clock regulates many aspects of physiology, including the response to infectious disease and vaccination. A new...
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Vaccination surveys fell victim to ‘big data paradox,’ Harvard researchers say
When Delphi-Facebook and the U.S. Census Bureau provided estimates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake last spring, their weekly reports drew on...
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Gift launches precision medicine research at Harvard and in Tel Aviv
Why does SARS-CoV-2 shapeshift wildly from one person to the next, causing barely a sniffle in some but raging, lethal...
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