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Perseverance Is the Prescription for Global Health Challenges

Louise Ivers on how Harvard community is persisting on path to global health equity

5 min read
A group of adults seated closely together inside a simple brick-walled room listen attentively as two women stand at the front speaking. The audience includes men and women of different ages, some holding notebooks or bags, creating the feel of a community meeting or training session.
Research Care Delivery

Harvard Medical School’s Top Science News of 2025

10 biomedical discoveries that expand knowledge, may improve health

6 min read
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Care Delivery

Emergency Room Doctor Steps Up Where Help Is Needed Most

Michael VanRooyen has pursued careers in emergency medicine, humanitarian relief

6 min read
A headshot of a man in a white shirt and blue jacket
Education Care Delivery

Improving Communication With Deaf Patients

Workshops introduce students, health professionals to best practices

2 min read
Close-up of two hands belonging to a person of color as they form the ASL sign for “interpreter.” The person’s head is unseen as they sit in a chair in a button-down shirt.
Research Care Delivery

Building Stronger Health Systems Saves Lives, Madagascar Experiment Shows

Project highlights importance of data-driven science to advance global health

6 min read
Two people walk along a dirt path bordered by green vegetation and rice paddies in a hilly rural area.
Research Education Care Delivery

Family Van Shows How Mobile Health Clinics Can Save Lives, Money

But federal funding cuts put the brakes on project to improve national health care access

4 min read
A brightly painted blue mobile clinic van parked on a city street. The side reads “The Family Van” and advertises free health screenings, with the website and phone number displayed above the windshield.
Research Care Delivery

The First Precision Medicine for a Genetic Heart Disease

Discoveries in the Seidman Lab gave way to a novel treatment for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

4 min read
Kricket and Jonathan Seidman and industry colleague Robert McDowell share the story of the journey that led to mavacamten
Education Care Delivery

Finding an Identity in Sports Psychiatry With Compassion and Commitment

Graduating MD student Jowan Watson on helping others through medicine, faith, love

4 min read
smiling young man in a bow tie and HMS white coat
Research Care Delivery

Stem Cell Therapy Repairs Cornea Damage Thought Irreversible

Regenerative medicine trial shows promise using patients’ own healthy corneas

4 min read
In an operating room, three people in blue surgical gowns, masks, and head covers look through microscopes while performing surgery on a patient.
Research Care Delivery

Creating the World’s First CRISPR Medicine, for Sickle Cell Disease

How a genetic insight paired with gene editing technology led to a life-changing new therapy

5 min read
Stuart Orkin, standing in a laboratory wearing a suit, looks into the camera with a slight smile
Research Care Delivery

Should AI Be Used in End-Of-Life Medical Decisions?

HMS bioethicist discusses the roles of technology and humanity in making care choices

6 min read
Close up of doctor in white coat holding the hand of an elderly patient
Care Delivery

Surgeons Perform Second Pig Kidney Transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital

Surgery moves field closer to alleviating organ shortages, saving lives

4 min read
Eight people in surgical garb cluster around an operating table