Health Care
Small study reveals details of brain damage in COVID-19 patients
While it is primarily a respiratory disease, COVID-19 infection affects other organs, including the brain. One of the first spectroscopic...
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How to understand COVID-19-related loss of smell
Temporary loss of smell, or anosmia, is the main neurological symptom and one of the earliest and most commonly reported...
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Ways to stay positive during this year’s holiday season
This Thanksgiving, it may be better to forget about even trying to pretend things are normal. Instead, Karestan Koenen suggested...
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Vaccines may arrive in record time, but the virus has been faster
Scientists have created candidate vaccines, which eventually could protect billions of people from COVID-19, with astonishing speed, compressing scientific efforts...
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What we can expect from 2 experimental vaccines
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Professor of Public Health,...
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Single-shot COVID-19 vaccine proves successful with primates
A single-shot vaccine for COVID-19 being developed by a group of scientists, led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)...
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Vaccine rollout is a chance for the U.S. to get it right
Experts are working out a broad strategy to vaccinate Americans, with an eventual plan likely to prioritize health care and...
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Portable clotting agent slows internal bleeding by 97% in mice
When it comes to traumatic injuries, it’s a race against time. A person with major hemorrhage can die from blood...
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Reversing glaucoma damage and vision loss
Harvard Medical School scientists report they have successfully restored vision in mice by turning back the clock on aged eye...
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Violence and trauma in childhood accelerate puberty
Experiencing adversity early in life has a direct effect on a person’s mental and physical health as they grow, and...
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