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Vaccination surveys fell victim to ‘big data paradox,’ Harvard researchers say
When Delphi-Facebook and the U.S. Census Bureau provided estimates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake last spring, their weekly reports drew on...
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Gift launches precision medicine research at Harvard and in Tel Aviv
Why does SARS-CoV-2 shapeshift wildly from one person to the next, causing barely a sniffle in some but raging, lethal...
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Fauci speaks to the perilous moment in Harvard lecture
It’s typical for an academic lecture to borrow from years- or decades-old data. On Friday, Anthony Fauci, the nation’s most...
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Michael Pollan discusses new book, ‘This Is Your Mind on Plants’
In 2019, nearly 50,000 Americans died from opioid-related overdoses. In 2020, a record year for drug overdoses, that number rose...
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Few alarms over cases of drug-resistant COVID
As the latest coronavirus variant upends expectations about the pandemic’s coming months, drug manufacturers are working to expand treatment options...
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Delta shouldn’t stop kids from returning to class, expert says
With the delta variant surging in the United States just as the school year begins, parents are wondering — and...
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Early stage lung cancer may be detected from a drop of blood
A diagnostic blood test may provide early detection of lung cancer in asymptomatic patients, according to a new study. Lung...
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FDA panel member offers closer look at Pfizer vaccine for kids
Pfizer and BioNTech said Monday that their coronavirus vaccine, already authorized for those 12 and older, has been shown to...
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Experts note rise in alcohol use among older adults
As the baby boomer generation moves into retirement age, it is expected that by the year 2034, older adults (ages...
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Unvaccinated older people leave northern states vulnerable to COVID surge
A Harvard infectious diseases expert says that vaccination rates among the elderly need to be close to 100 percent if...
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