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Recent advances in technology have enabled a cheap, effective way to expand the nation’s number of hospital beds while maintaining...

New “clocks” may provide answers to the question: What causes us to age? Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital...

Since early 2020, when the pandemic exploded around the world, Massachusetts has seen nearly 19,000 COVID deaths and more than...

Eating milk chocolate every day may sound like a recipe for weight gain, but a new study of postmenopausal women...

When Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced last month that its investigational stem-cell-derived replacement therapy was, in conjunction with immunosuppressive therapy, helping the...

A skin pigmentation mechanism that can darken the color of human skin as a natural defense against ultraviolet (UV)-associated cancers...

The delta variant of the coronavirus has been spreading rapidly throughout the U.S. and worldwide. William Hanage, associate professor of...

In 2018, a study found that a high dose of an omega-3 fatty acid given to patients with an elevated...

New research in humans and mice identifies a particular signaling molecule that can help modify inflammation and the immune system...

Harvard experts in medical therapeutics say the recent development of pills to treat COVID-19 may turn out to be a...