Tag: COVID-19
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Wondering about COVID-19 vaccines for kids 5 to 11?
Pediatric infectious disease specialist Kristin Moffitt offers parents insight on recently approved COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11.
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How acupuncture fights inflammation
Researchers have identified a subset of neurons that must be present for acupuncture to trigger an anti-inflammatory response.
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How death shapes life
With help from Kierkegaard, Rilke, and Heidegger, Susanna Siegel, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy, examines the ways we process mortality.
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A warning for academia in study of Great Recession-era hiring
Diversity efforts suffer in times of crisis, sociologists find, noting possible parallels amid pandemic.
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Rapid rollout of COVID vaccine as important as its efficacy
Scientists find that a rapid rollout of the COVID vaccine to low- and middle-income countries is as important as the vaccine’s efficacy.
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In a war zone, COVID isn’t the only health problem
A Chan School panel details need for broader health campaigns that also include various vaccines in conflict areas.
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When COVID robbed children of their friendships, learning suffered
Relationships with peers, teachers, and counselors protect mental health and boost learning, experts say.
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A year of revelations
Baking, gardening, and other activities taken up during COVID provided a new perspective.
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Fetal sex a factor in COVID-19 immune response, study says
A new study finds that placentas of male and female fetuses respond very differently when a mother is infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy.
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Where’s all your stuff? It’s complicated.
HBS’ Willy Shih on the shipping logjam and trucking shortage that could spell trouble for holiday retails and how the ubiquitous dollar stores, which rely on imports from Asia and low wages, are hoping to defy dark trends.
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University reports budget surplus despite pandemic challenges
The Gazette spoke with Executive Vice President Katie Lapp and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance Thomas Hollister to learn more about how the University’s performance got a boost from long-term planning, leadership at the School level, and the commitment of so many within the community to Harvard’s mission to teaching and learning.
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Children could be dangerous carriers of virus
A new study confirms that children can carry high viral loads of SARS-Co-V-2, making them possible spreaders of current and emerging variants.
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Enough with the quackery, Pinker says
Steven Pinker thinks “we will always need to push back against our own irrationality,” but that education, democracy, science, and journalism, along with an awareness of our individual biases, can help us embrace a more rational approach to everyday issues.
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Why being a working mom is still so tough
In a new book, “Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity,” Professor Claudia Goldin traces five generational groups of college-educated women across 120 years.
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Did we really gain weight during the pandemic?
Looking at data from 15 million patients, researchers found that 39 percent had gained weight.
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The peril of 5 percent
The delta variant’s increased infectiousness, coupled with remaining pools of unvaccinated people and those whose immunity has waned, are enough to drive a winter COVID-19 surge even in highly vaccinated parts of the country, a Harvard infectious diseases expert said.
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Epidemiologist predicts likely decline in U.S. COVID cases, deaths
William Hanage predicts a likely decline in U.S. COVID cases, depending on vaccination rates, control tactics, and the absence of variants.
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FDA panel member cheered by Pfizer news on COVID vaccine in kids
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been shown to be safe in school-age children, a potentially key development in the fight to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.
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How Harvard’s multilayer strategy helps keep COVID rates low
Health Services chief points to air filtration systems, high vaccination rates, masking and testing protocols, and other measures.
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Diet may affect risk and severity of COVID-19
Massachusetts General Hospital study links healthy plant-based foods with lower risks of getting of COVID-19 and of having severe disease after infection.
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How to help your kids with classroom anxieties
Experts from the Harvard Graduate School of Education offer advice to parents and teachers on how to ease student anxiety as another pandemic school year begins.
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Tying COVID information to worker — and employer — well-being
With COVID-19 cases going back up just as workplaces and schools prepare to reopen, a Harvard Chan School talk digs into the challenges of maintaining worker well-being on the job.
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Prognosis: Grim
A surge in COVID-19–related deaths in the U.S. could exceed the peak seen in early 2021, according to experts.
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Link between wildfires and COVID cases established
Researchers have found strong evidence of an association between exposure to fine particulate air pollution from 2020 wildfires in the U.S. and increased risk of COVID-19 cases and deaths in three western states, for up to four weeks after the exposure.
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COVID’s future: From pandemic to endemic?
Immunologist Yonatan Grad explains what has been learned from COVID-19 and how to apply the lessons moving forward.
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COVID messages from doctors change behaviors across racial lines
A new study found that COVID-19 messages tailored to Black audiences and presented by physicians of color did not enhance the effectiveness for minority participants.
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Citing COVID threat, researchers urge policy changes to ease prison crowding
Researchers say policymakers should weigh decarceration for inmates at low risk of reoffending to combat COVID inside prisons.
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New test detects COVID-19 variants in your spit
Researchers have now created a simple, inexpensive diagnostic test that allows users to test themselves for multiple variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus at home, using just a sample of their saliva.