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Undergrad’s papers published in prestigious medical journals
For Simar Singh Bajaj ’24, the key to equity begins on the page. The history of science concentrator is still...
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Vitamin D may protect against young-onset colorectal cancer
Consuming higher amounts of vitamin D — mainly from dietary sources — may help protect against developing young-onset colorectal cancer...
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Moderna vaccine slightly more effective than Pfizer
Compared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has a slightly lower risk of COVID-19 outcomes, including documented...
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Exposure to parental smoking increases risk of rheumatoid arthritis
A new study by investigators from Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital found a potential direct link between exposure to parental...
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Vaccinated who get breakthrough infections less contagious
People who are vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2 but get breakthrough infections may be less likely to spread the virus because they...
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Gift launches precision medicine research at Harvard and in Tel Aviv
Why does SARS-CoV-2 shapeshift wildly from one person to the next, causing barely a sniffle in some but raging, lethal...
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Experts say lessons from abroad can rein in COVID variant
Steep declines in delta variant outbreaks in India and, more recently, the U.K., are likely not due to the nations...
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Harvard’s Hanage discusses Omicron as first U.S. case is detected
Pandemic scientists have spent the last few days racing to learn more about the coronavirus variant Omicron, which spread rapidly...
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Michael Pollan discusses new book, ‘This Is Your Mind on Plants’
In 2019, nearly 50,000 Americans died from opioid-related overdoses. In 2020, a record year for drug overdoses, that number rose...
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New study forecasts how SARS-CoV-2 variants could evade vaccines
In an effort to predict future evolutionary maneuvers of SARS-CoV-2, a research team led by investigators at Harvard Medical School...
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