Biochemical analyses provide an answer to the question of how the gut bacterium Morganella morganii might contribute to some ...

Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical ...

A third drug, pretomanid, received emergency authorization from the FDA for specific use within a regimen against highly drug ...

Immune cells called regulatory T cells have long been known for their role in countering inflammation. In the setting of ...

Patients are having difficulty finding or keeping a primary care provider. They’re experiencing long waits to see a doctor, ...

Oliver Wendell Holmes identifies the cause and prevention of puerperal fever, also known as childbed fever. Theobald Smith identifies the mechanism of insect-borne disease transmission, discovers the ...

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year . . . It’s the hap-happiest season of all.” So says a classic song of the holiday season. But is it? The end-of-year holidays are certainly a happy time for ...

Gaab, an HMS associate professor of pediatrics, heads a research unit in the Laboratories for Cognitive Neuroscience at Boston Children’s Hospital. Infants must learn to process sounds. By early ...

The first administrative organization of Harvard Medical School after its founding in 1782 took place in 1816 with the appointment of Dr. John Collins Warren as Dean, a new office created to oversee ...

They’ve lived on 28-hour cycles at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), with their eating and sleeping shifted four hours later every day, while researchers test their glucose, insulin, and other blood ...

Eight early career researchers at Harvard Medical School received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE is the ...