Immune checkpoint inhibitors, which unleash the immune response against tumor cells, have revolutionized cancer treatment; however, the medications aren’t effective in a large number…
Excerpted from “Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life” by Suzanne Koven, associate professor, Harvard Medical School, and primary care…
By studying 110 children aged two weeks to 21 years who tested positive for COVID-19 at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) or urgent care clinics,…
We all know that exercise is good for us and that being fit can lower our risk of heart disease and possibly help us…
In pregnant women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, male placentas showed increased immune activation compared with female placentas, according…
While it is primarily a respiratory disease, COVID-19 infection affects other organs, including the brain. One of the first spectroscopic imaging-based studies of neurological…
This Thanksgiving, it may be better to forget about even trying to pretend things are normal. Instead, Karestan Koenen suggested acknowledging up-front that it…
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Professor of Public Health, offers context about the…
Experts are working out a broad strategy to vaccinate Americans, with an eventual plan likely to prioritize health care and essential workers, as well…