Tag: coronavirus
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Easing children’s COVID-19 anxieties
Recent Harvard grads created an educational website featuring a South Asian protagonist for children to assuage worries and answer questions.
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Talking pandemic across borders
Two Harvard alumni created the Bridging Borders Project to assemble the perspectives of world leaders and exchange health policy ideas about the pandemic.
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The gig is up
A report found that 90 percent of companies surveyed see a future in shifting their talent model to a blend of full-time and freelance employees.
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Keeping safe from pandemic during the holidays
William Hanage, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, offers key advice as the holidays approach.
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Vaccine close, but it likely won’t be a silver bullet
Medical experts say a vaccine will be a key development in the fight against the coronavirus, but warned against thinking its deployment will mean the fight is over.
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Work that is vital, workers who are essential
The Gazette interviewed nine Harvard workers who have been laboring on the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic, holding the place together and keeping everybody safe.
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A fraught season for health care
With Election Day approaching and the coronavirus pandemic surging, Benjamin Sommers discusses how shifting political winds might affect health care.
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Is go-slow schools’ reopening failing kids?
Harvard Chan School’s Joseph Allen gives America an “F” on school reopening efforts, and says we’re in danger of losing thousands of virtual dropouts and wasting mild late summer/early autumn weather we could use to boost in-person learning.
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Pandemic academics
A new Harvard course challenges students to use science to evaluate COVID-19 policies.
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COVID-19 and cancer
Study represents the most comprehensive scientific survey to date about the interrelationship between COVID-19 and cancer.
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When COVID and the election collided
Hospitalization, a shift in campaign messaging, and carrying on: Harvard faculty members and others discuss what may be ahead as President Trump’s COVID-19 battle ripples across America.
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Marking the passing of a grim pandemic milestone for the nation
Harvard scholars reflect on the death toll from the novel coronavirus.
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Infection detection
“Viral history” tool VirScan offers new insights into antibody response to SARS-CoV-2.
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Preparing grad and professional Schools for remote fall
We look at how the different graduate Schools are handling online learning in the fall.
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Serving up job training
Breaktime Cafe, started by two Harvard students, works to feed vulnerable community members.
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Strong signals
Study findings support use of county-level cell phone location data as tool to estimate future trends of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Breathing freely
Mass General study shows the benefits of inhaled nitric oxide therapy for pregnant patients with severe and critical COVID-19.
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Staying covered
Affordable Care Act key to keeping people insured amid COVID 19-related job losses, study shows.
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Steps for students returning to campus
Provost Alan M. Garber and Executive Director of Harvard University Health Services Giang Nguyen outline details of plan to bring students back on campus safely.
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Putting a crown on OMNIVAX
A biomaterials-based infection vaccine strategy shows first promise in eliciting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and could be applied broadly to stave off infectious disease.
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More than biology influences COVID risk
The GenderSci Lab at Harvard finds that more men than women are dying of COVID-19.
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Soothing advice for mad America
The anger you’re seeing in the nation and your neighborhood — call it pandemic rage — is not in your imagination, according to a McLean hospital psychologist, who explains where it comes from and how to fight it.
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Cheap, frequent COVID tests could be ‘akin to vaccine,’ professor says
Shifting the U.S.’s COVID-19 testing strategy to emphasize inexpensive, daily tests would break national transmission chains within weeks, an infectious disease testing expert said.
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Testing for COVID, ensuring safety
Harvard is testing those who return regularly to campus for COVID-19 at two locations, including Harvard Stadium in Allston. Here are photos of how it’s working.