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The immune system and HIV

Researchers probing the secrets of HIV and AIDS gathered at Harvard Medical School Wednesday (June 23) to share information about the latest advances in understanding how the oldest part of the body’s...

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How doctors think, past and present

White man’s diseases, more than guns or famine, wiped out Native Americans. It’s a ubiquitous, simple argument, found everywhere from children’s American history textbooks to Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer...

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The immune system and HIV

Researchers probing the secrets of HIV and AIDS gathered at Harvard Medical School Wednesday (June 23) to share information about the latest advances in understanding how the oldest part of the body’s...

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How doctors think, past and present

White man’s diseases, more than guns or famine, wiped out Native Americans. It’s a ubiquitous, simple argument, found everywhere from children’s American history textbooks to Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer...

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Sick with measles, again

Last year was the worst for measles in the United States since the country was declared free of the disease in 2000. This year is not off to a promising start. The measles outbreak that began in...

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Study explores whole-body immunity

Over the next few months, millions of people will receive vaccinations in the hope of staving off the flu — and the fever, pain, and congestion that come with it. But how can one injection trigger an...

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A way to manage surge in nursing home COVID-19 cases

This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insights into what the latest...

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No Omicron immunity without booster, study finds

An additional “booster” dose of Moderna or Pfizer mRNA-based vaccine is needed to provide immunity against the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study by...

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Omicron’s ‘milder’ infections likely due to more population immunity

The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant’s “milder” outcomes are likely due to more population immunity rather than the virus’ properties, according to a paper by William Hanage, associate professor of...

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Skull channels key to detection of brain infection, injury

Investigators led by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital previously discovered tiny channels in the skull have now found that cerebrospinal fluid (also known as “brain water”) can exit the brain...

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William Hanage on COVID lessons we still need to learn

The pandemic has progressed through a now-familiar pattern the past several months, with the latest variant — XBB.1.5 — infecting a lot of people in December and January before starting to fade. Recent...

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