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A COVID-19 Curriculum

April 14, 2020

HMS MD students create online curriculum adopted globally

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Option to Serve

March 28, 2020

Graduating med students given early degree option to help in COVID-19 fight

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Paying the Price

March 3, 2020

Health care spending for homeless population 2.5 times more than nonhomeless population

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When Science Can Harm

March 2, 2020

HMS course explores social responsibility of scientists

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Hospital Mergers and Quality of Care

January 16, 2020

The quality of care at hospitals acquired in recent wave of consolidation stayed the same or got…

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Health Boost

January 6, 2020

Study links southern states’ Medicaid expansion with better health status

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Spinning Inequality

December 16, 2019

Male scientists more likely than female colleagues to use language framing their research findings…

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Keeping Health Care Human

November 26, 2019

Nancy Oriol recognized with 2019 Humanism in Healthcare Award

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Youth Tobacco Epidemic

November 14, 2019

Former FDA commissioner calls for ban on pod-based e-cigarettes

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Too Good to Be True?

November 4, 2019

Study offers alternative explanation for decline in readmission rates under pay-for-performance

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Keeping Watch

October 4, 2019

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute funded for next phase of FDA Sentinel System

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Online Birth Control

September 25, 2019

Secret-shopper-style study shows prescription services overall safe, efficient

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