Health & Medicine
Academia’s Absence from Homelessness
“The lack of dedicated research funding in this area is a major, major problem.”
by Lydialyle Gibson
You Are What (Your Microbes) Eat
Diet, cooking, and the human microbiome
by Veronique Greenwood
Vikram Patel
He wanted to be a chef, but instead became a leader in global health
by Jonathan Shaw
The Brain-Cancer Link
Growth-stimulating crosstalk between the brain and cancer tumors presents a new target for therapy.
by Daniel Oberhaus
Tackling the Dental Care Desert
Harvard alumnae establish a college of dental medicine in rural Missouri.
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Post-COVID Learning Losses
Children face potentially permanent setbacks
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Rising Risks with COVID Reinfection
Emerging evidence on severe complications
by Jonathan Shaw
COVID-19 Common Sense
Harvard experts on healthy holiday gatherings—and the risk of a “tripledemic”
by Jonathan Shaw
Public Health Dean to Step Down
Michelle Williams led the School of Public Health during the pandemic.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Causes of Long COVID
Trying to understand infections’ persistent effects—and to develop cures
by Jonathan Shaw
Public Health Messaging in a Pandemic
How much intervention is too much, or not enough, when addressing a politically and socially diverse population?
by Isabel Mehta