Tag: COVID-19
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‘Sharing scholarship in many different registers’
George Aumoithe rings the bell teaching history, exploring electronic music
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Staying ahead of virus mutations
EVEscape uses evolutionary and biological information to predict how a virus could change to escape the immune system.
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A COVID cure worse than the disease?
Some worry a treatment that kills SARS-CoV-2 by helping it mutate could spawn a super virus. New research weighs in on its “evolutionary safety.”
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How durable is your immunity?
William Hanage, an associate professor of epidemiology, talks about hybrid protection, vulnerability of older people, and the wisdom of Taylor Swift.
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So why does my dog get Lyme disease vaccine, and I don’t?
Science can protect your dog, but not you. Expert explains why ’90s vaccine for humans disappeared and details efforts to develop a new one.
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COVID-19 came from animals. Why aren’t we working to prevent new scourge?
A new study suggests we are as vulnerable as ever to the emergence of another virus as deadly, or even more so, than COVID-19.
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COVID prison releases expose key driver of racial inequity
As the incarcerated population dropped overall, the proportion of Black prisoners rose. Researchers point to unequal sentencing.
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‘I realized that I couldn’t say no — not because of personal ambition, but given the moment.’
Harvard’s 29th president shares memories and lessons from his early life and career.
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Doctors not the only ones feeling burned out
Through a national survey, researchers identified prevalent work overload, burnout, and intent to leave health care professions among nurses, clinical staff, and non-clinical staff, including housekeeping, administrative staff, lab technicians, and food service workers.
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Speaking from experience on what makes a global killer
COVID-19 isn’t going away, but one day may be as severe as the common cold, says epidemiologist Larry Brilliant.
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William Hanage on COVID lessons we haven’t learned
Harvard epidemiologist looks back and ahead.
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Measuring the power of vaccines
Scientists have designed a mathematical model that can predict COVID-19 vaccines’ effectiveness over the long term in healthy individuals and those who have cancer or suppressed immune responses.
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Severe COVID-19 linked with brain aging
Researchers have linked the molecular signatures underlying brain aging with the cognitive decline observed in patients with severe COVID-19.
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Halting rising violence against health care workers
Law School discussion weighs effectiveness of legislation, technology, policies.
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Study details better outcomes for Omicron BA.2 patients
A team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital has determined that Omicron BA.2 is weaker than both Delta and the original Omicron variant.
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Is pandemic finally over? We asked the experts.
Harvard faculty discuss changes to views on school, work, winter’s likely surge, danger of “lethal inflexibility.”
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Building ‘bravery muscles’ to fight rising anxiety among kids
Harvard psychologist says pandemic worsened trend and screening, early intervention key to avoiding bigger problems.
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Want more diversity in corporate America? Get rid of some programs
New book by Frank Dobbin suggests getting managers actively involved instead of feeling defensive, resentful is the best way to create a more diverse corporate America.
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Does the world need COVID novels?
Too soon or an artistic imperative? Fiction writers reflect on the history, power, challenges of stories in which real life is a dominant character.
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Surgeries fail to return to pre-pandemic levels
Reductions in surgical procedures precipitated by SARS-CoV-2 have not fully returned to their pre-pandemic levels, resulting in severe backlogs and deferred surgeries.
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Sifting the damage of pandemic-era drinking
As studies signal serious health consequences, specialists scramble to treat acute cases and reinforce limits that define moderate use.
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United by lockdown, divided by ‘Seinfeld’
For Harvard student Phiroze Parasnis and his family, isolated in Mumbai, time spent together made up for lost time.
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Don’t let latest COVID surge overshadow progress, says Hanage
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Professor William Hanage explains how to stay on guard against subvariants, noting role of protective measures in transition to new pandemic phase.
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Getting through it together
Before COVID, a cancer diagnosis. Here’s how one Harvard student and his family grew closer even as the world seemed to come apart.
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Harvard to transition to voluntary COVID testing
Coronavirus Advisory Group cites low campus rates of severe illness, hospitalizations, and a shift in pandemic phase.
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What’s next for the CDC?
Five former CDC directors convened for a panel about the future of the agency.
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Omicron subvariant taking hold, but so far, life goes on
Subvariant is rising in the region, but no sign of dramatic surge in cases that other nations have experienced.