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Health U.S. innovation ecosystem is envy of world. Here’s how it got started. During World War II, government-supported research led...

Health More evidence of power of exercise in study of colon cancer survival Post-treatment physical activity narrows gap between patients...

Health Did a socially awkward scientist set back airborne disease control? Carl Zimmer. Photos by Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Clea...

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Ula Jurkunas performs the first CALEC surgery at Mass Eye and Ear. Photo courtesy of MGH Health New hope for...

Health Cancer? No, thank goodness, it’s just high cholesterol. Joseph Woo (on screen, from left), Ami Bhatt, Tommaso Danesi, Jorge...

Illustrations by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Health How much sleep do you need? And what you can do to get it...

Ding Liu (right), a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Catherine Dulac (left). Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Health Food, water...

Health Older adults at highest risk for suicide, yet have fewest resources Study highlights imbalance in targets of online suicide...

Kinvard Bio co-founder Ben Tresco inspects a colony of drug-resistant bacteria. Health Harvard startup creating a new class of antibiotics...