Featured series 
Tag: Health Care
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Health
Potential new weapon in battle against superbugs
Harvard team’s synthetic molecule highly effective against drug-resistant bacteria
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Health
New evidence shows COVID-19 isn’t done with us yet
Study suggests lack of regular care and screenings set stage for worse public health outcomes, wider disparities
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Health
AI model flags high-risk pancreatic cancer patients 18 months before diagnosis
Novel approach caught 3.5 times as many cases than current screening guidelines would have for 40-plus group
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Nation & World
For students still feeling pandemic shock, clock is ticking
New report shows some progress but persistent achievement gaps; co-author Kane urges action before federal aid expires
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Health
Gene-therapy breakthrough allows congenitally deaf children to hear
Harvard scientist co-leads research, which targeted specific condition, may yield other treatments for more of the 30 million kids with genetic hearing loss
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Health
High rate of diagnostic error found in ICU
Nationwide study pinpoints testing mistakes as most common cause
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Science & Tech
Robotic exosuit gives Parkinson’s patient smoother stride
Eliminates gait freezing, a common and highly debilitating symptom
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Health
Care riskier for patients at private equity hospitals
Study finds alarming decline in quality, safety measures after buyouts
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Campus & Community
‘Sharing scholarship in many different registers’
George Aumoithe rings the bell teaching history, exploring electronic music
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Campus & Community
‘To understand the world but also to change the world’
Arthur Kleinman pays tribute to beloved student with new class that explores wide-ranging intellectual contributions of Partners In Health co-founder Paul Farmer.
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Nation & World
Memories of air-raid sirens, bombed-out tanks near Kyiv
Ukrainian physicians from Mass. General and Brigham & Women’s are leveraging what they see as their most effective asset — knowledge — to help those back home.
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Nation & World
Rebuilding Ukraine after ‘great de-developer’
Worse than chemical and nuclear weapons may be the utter and widespread destruction of conventional arms, a Harvard humanitarian expert said.
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Health
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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Health
Doctors share views on patients with disability
A national survey finds that four-fifths of physicians believe that significant disabilities are associated with worse quality of life, which may have dangerous implications for the quality of health care patients with disability receive.
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Nation & World
Democrats have both Congress and the White House — but not a free hand
In addition to winning the White House, Democrats will soon take control of Congress for the first time since 2007 after last week’s historic Senate runoff victories by the Rev.…
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Nation & World
Dust is starting to settle after election, yet the way forward is unclear
The Gazette turns once again to scholars and analysts across in the University to get their views of what happened and what comes next.
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Nation & World
After a hard election, the real work begins
Harvard University scholars, analysts, and affiliates take a look at what the election tells us about the prospects for greater unity and progress, and offer suggestions and predictions about where the new administration will, and should, go.
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Nation & World
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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Work & Economy
Opening health care access to trans community
Soltan Bryce, an M.B.A. student and trans man, leads the growth of a digital startup that’s bringing much-needed health care to the historically neglected trans community.
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Nation & World
Staying covered
Affordable Care Act key to keeping people insured amid COVID 19-related job losses, study shows.
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Health
Adding up the cost of pandemic health care
A new report published by the Brookings Institution estimates national health care spending for COVID-19 care and discusses its policy implications.
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Health
Labs donate protective equipment to health care workers
As University facilities close, faculty and staff gather gear to pass along amid a nationwide shortage.
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Nation & World
How slavery still shadows health care
“400 Years of Inequality” focused on how the effects of slavery have persisted, maintaining a basic disparity in health care.
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Health
Spending dips on health care for the Medicare elderly
Health care spending among the Medicare population age 65 and older has slowed dramatically since 2005, and as much as half of that reduction can be attributed to reduced spending on cardiovascular disease, a new Harvard study has found.
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Health
Patients and doctors see the upside to virtual video visits
Study finds virtual video visits, one form of telehealth visit used at MGH, can successfully replace office visits for many patients without compromising the quality of care and communication.
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Health
Even among the insured, cost of illness can be devastating
Professor Robert Blendon of Harvard Chan School led discussion of a new poll that shows devastating costs in serious illness even among patients with health insurance.
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Health
Through the lens of black health
Tania Fabo’s ambition is to bridge the gap between biomedical research in the laboratory and public health efforts to reduce health inequalities among minorities.
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Health
Researchers work to fill gaps in Chinese health care
Harvard researchers are collaborating with government officials in China on an experiment aimed at improving quality of care at hospitals in some of the country’s poorer regions.
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Health
Satisfaction with Medicaid expansion
Enrollees in Medicaid reported in a nationwide survey that they’re largely satisfied with the health care they receive under the program, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Science & Tech
More money, same results
A new study led by Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers examines the impact of individual physicians’ spending patterns on patient outcomes.
