The 2026 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to five scientists for their work leading to curative genetic ...

A new statistical framework could speed up the search for rare mutations that cause common diseases, helping researchers zero ...

Amid rapid changes that are causing an upheaval in global health, Harvard Medical School community members gathered to ...

This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s continuing coverage of COVID-19. As SARS-CoV-2 seems to settle into the background of our lives, transitioning from an unprecedented crisis to a ...

Take I-93 North to exit 26 (Cambridge/Storrow Drive). Keep left at the end of ramp and take underpass to Storrow Drive. Follow Storrow Drive approximately 2.5 miles to Kenmore Square exit (on left).

Shares honor with NIH researcher for work leading to cures for sickle cell disease, beta-thalassemia ...

This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s continuing coverage of COVID-19. As the world enters year four of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have amassed a great deal of knowledge about the ...

A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School details the step-by-step cascade that allows bacteria to break through the brain’s protective layers — the meninges — and cause brain infection ...

This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s continuing coverage of COVID-19. A new study of more than 800,000 people has found that in the U.S., COVID “long haulers” were more likely to be older ...

A new study in mice describes how the brain rapidly and efficiently increases blood flow to active areas where oxygen and nutrients are needed most. The work shows that the brain relies on a ...

In a study of lab-engineered cells, Harvard Med researchers identify how the immune system neutralizes the herpesvirus. The research maps, for the first time, the maneuvers used by virus and host in ...