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Research Education Care Delivery

Why Finding a Primary Care Doctor Is So Hard

Harvard Medical School physician-researcher diagnoses the problem and offers a plan for a cure

4 min read
A photograph of a doctor (with face out of focus) talking with her patient, who has his back to the camera.
Research Care Delivery

Study Finds Three New Safe, Effective Ways To Treat Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

New options make care faster, safer, and more accessible

3 min read
The germs that cause tuberculosis appear as clumps of red and yellow rod-shaped particles on a jade-green background.
Research Care Delivery

Breast Cancer Increasing Among Younger Women, Latest Data Show

Harvard Medical School physician-scientist shares insights

5 min read
Microscopic image of breast cancer cells with purple, pink, and red shapes
Education Care Delivery

New Courses Respond to Rapid Adoption of AI in Health Care

HMS is equipping clinicians, scientists, business professionals to harness AI’s potential

3 min read
Health care professional wearing a white coat uses a tablet
Education Care Delivery

Mobilizing Voters and Shaping Policy for Better Health

HMS physicians and students promote civic engagement to improve patient care and outcomes

5 min read
A health care practitioner wearing a white coat and holding a stethoscope stands in front of an American flag
Research Education Care Delivery

Global Surgery: A Bold Plan for Access, Equity

HMS-led community is working to bring basic surgery, anesthesia to 5 billion people who need it

9 min read
A surgical team of doctors and nurses wearing blue scrubs, gauzy head coverings, and medical masks adjust lights, provide anesthesia, and perform other actions necessary for an operation, all gathered around the patient on the operating table. Health equity requires access to surgical care.
Education Care Delivery

Preparing Medical Students and Doctors to Confront Climate Change

Gaurab Basu leads climate education efforts at Harvard Medical School and beyond

5 min read
Rod of Aesclepius in front of a globe, all in watercolor style
Research Care Delivery

Study Reveals Public Opinion on Polygenic Embryo Screening for IVF

High approval, high concern about emerging options to estimate likelihood of complex diseases

5 min read
microscope image of a spherical blastocyst--membrane enclosing a few cells that form an early embryo
Research Care Delivery

How to Realize the Immense Promise of Gene Editing

Nobel-winning CRISPR scientist emphasizes need for more equitable treatment access

4 min read
portrait photo of Jennifer Doudna, a slightly smiling white woman with chin-length gray hair, leaning against a railing in front of a wall of windows. she wears a blazer and colorful silk scarf
Research Care Delivery

When Will Patients See Personalized Cancer Vaccines?

Sooner than you may think, says researcher who recently won $1 million prize for contributions to field

5 min read
photo of a smiling asian-american woman with red blazer and necklace standing in a high-tech-looking corridor with many windows
Research Education Care Delivery

Sustaining Health Care as Crisis in Haiti Escalates

Four decades of collaboration with HMS and beyond laid the groundwork for resilience and hope amid violence and insecurity

5 min read
A seated woman in a sleeveless shirt and a headscarf holds a sleeping baby in the foreground, while more people sit in a line behind them in a waiting room.
Research Care Delivery

In a First, Genetically Edited Pig Kidney Is Transplanted Into Human

Procedure marks milestone in quest to provide more organs to patients in need

7 min read
Photo of surgeons in scrubs and masks operating on an unseen patient. Only one is seen head-on. He wears attachments on his glasses to magnify what he's seeing.