The Latest Breaking News from Harvard Medical School

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors’ offices nationwide, telemedicine was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. Patients and their physicians turned to virtual visits by video or phone rather than risk meeting face-to-face.

The findings indicate simply getting enough sleep is not good enough, and that the quality of sleep has an important role to play, researchers say.

The coronavirus has been a shifty foe, with new variants and subvariants rapidly evolving to evade vaccines and treatments. Researchers at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are working on an experimental drug that takes one of the virus’ most dangerous traits — its talent for mutation — and turns it back…

According to Penn State College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School researchers, reducing the quantity of nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels may help smokers with mood or anxiety issues quit without harming their mental health. Read on for details:

As marijuana products get stronger, experts and policy-makers grapple with safety and health questions

Most people have an inner critic that sometimes judges their actions and behaviors, including those related to money

Lee was a diorama-maker, criminal investigation educator and the first female police captain in the US.

In 2011 I was a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School. I was on my psychiatry rotation — and I had a secret.

Aftershock, a grimly revealing new documentary, focuses on grieving families in a system that endangers women of colour