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Adverse Drug Effects During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped health and medicine in ways both dramatic and subtle.

7 min read
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Unraveling the Mystery of Touch

Researchers have uncovered a mechanism that may explain why certain body parts are so sensitive

8 min read
Human hand touching a bed of green moss

Working in the Dark

Nearly half of world’s population lacks access to basic diagnostics

4 min read
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Maintaining a Focus on Excellence

HMS Dean Daley outlines School priorities in annual address

7 min read
Screen shot of Dean George Daley delivering the address

Care, Cure, and Context

Historians explore 150 years of social medicine at HMS

6 min read
An antique black and white photo of the carts and stalls at Boston's Quincy Market from the 19th century.

Brain Development Insights

The origin of two neuron types reveals how some cellular diversity emerges in the brain

5 min read
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COVID Vaccine Safety & Kids

HMS expert encouraged by Pfizer news on COVID vaccine in kids

5 min read
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Immune Escape

Cancer strategies to evade immune system differ by tissue type, study suggests

4 min read
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Precision-Driven Health Equity

HMS symposium maps ways precision medicine can eliminate bias, reduce health disparities

16 min read
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Signaling Defects

Differences in cellular signaling offer clues to insulin resistance

3 min read
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Controlling HIV

Impaired T cell study offers clues to retraining immune systems

5 min read
Illustration of antibodies destroying a cell infected by a virus.

Emoji Power

A new way for patients, doctors to communicate

3 min read
Anatomically correct heart emoji with ventricles, etc.