Life expectancy in the U.S. varies widely when analyzed at the census-tract level, and the method may provide a more detailed picture of health…
With the coronavirus pandemic worsening again, the holidays are going to be a challenge this year, so a Harvard epidemiologist offered something of a…
A modeling study looking at more than 32,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in Wuhan, China, offers fresh insights into features of the virus, including ease…
Third in a series that taps the expertise of the Harvard community to examine the promise and potential pitfalls of the coming age of…
The initial surge of COVID-19 patients in Boston-area hospitals has passed, but the memories of caring for them will forever remain with physicians involved…
The clock, not the steam engine, is the key machine of the modern industrial age. —Lewis Mumford, 1934 Forget long, languid summer evenings —…
For COVID-19, the difference between surviving and not surviving severe disease may be due to the quality, not the quantity, of the patients’ antibody…
Temporary loss of smell, or anosmia, is the main neurological symptom and one of the earliest and most commonly reported indicators of COVID-19. Studies…
People who eat two or more servings of avocado each week may lower their risk of cardiovascular disease compared to people who rarely eat…