Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms September 22, 2025 Staffing, salary cuts offer likely explanation for increase compared to non-private-equity hospitals
Breathing Low-Oxygen Air Improves Parkinson’s Symptoms in Mice August 15, 2025 Evidence that hypoxia can prevent or reverse progression suggests new way to address disease
How Buying Primary Care on the Free Market Adds to Doctor Shortages June 24, 2025 Health care policy researcher discusses the pros and cons of concierge medicine
Why Federal Funding for Health Care Policy Research Matters June 5, 2025 Nicole Maestas on how cuts threaten quality, sustainability of care
Building Vaccines for Future Versions of a Virus May 8, 2025 AI model EVE-Vax provides valuable clues about how a virus may evolve
Meet Two of the Researchers Selected by the Pope To Promote Science May 5, 2025 Members of Pontifical Academy of Sciences share hopes for improving human health
Probing the Mysteries of the Aging Brain March 20, 2025 Research led by new faculty member Michael Segel focuses on mammalian lifespans
Why Finding a Primary Care Doctor Is So Hard January 31, 2025 Harvard Medical School physician-researcher diagnoses the problem and offers a plan for a cure
The Year in Harvard Medical School Science December 18, 2024 Reflecting on research discoveries reported in 2024
How Cells Habituate November 19, 2024 Surprising new study shows single-cell organisms exhibit this simple form of learning
HMS Researcher Wins NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award October 24, 2024 Stem cell and regenerative biologist Ryan Flynn will receive funding for glycoRNA research
Nicole Maestas Named Chair of Health Care Policy August 29, 2024 Appointment highlights opportunities for policy research to improve well-being