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12 Harvard Professors Elected Into the National Academy of Medicine

Twelve Harvard professors were elected into the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in health and medicine, per a Monday press release.

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Health

Cambridge Health Alliance Ratifies New Contract with Residents and Fellows Union

Resident physicians and fellows at Cambridge Hospital ratified a new contract with Cambridge Health Alliance on Friday after six months of negotiations.

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Harvard Medical School

AI Is Changing Healthcare. Harvard Medical School Is Following Suit.

The Harvard Medical School started offering a month-long introductory course on AI in healthcare for students on its Health Sciences and Technology track — the first of its kind offered at a medical school.

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Student Groups

Ballot Question 4 to Legalize Psychedelics Draws National Attention — and Dollars

Medical professionals, billionaires, and activists from around the country are watching Massachusetts voters closely as they decide Ballot Question 4 — a complex proposal on the legalization of psychedelic substances.

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Research

Harvard’s Wyss Institute Gives Startup License to Use Newly-Developed Biomaterials

Attivare Therapeutics, a startup founded by researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, received a license from the Wyss Institute to use biomaterials developed at Harvard to create treatments for tumors that do not respond to existing immunotherapies.

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Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women's Hospital Researchers Find Nasal Spray Protects Against Respiratory Illnesses

Researchers found that a drug-free nasal spray protected against airborne respiratory illnesses — including Covid-19, influenza, viruses, and pneumonia — in a preclinical study published by Harvard Medical School-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Sept. 24.

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Crime

Harvard Legal Aid Bureau Partners With Boston Medical Center for Child Abuse Reporting Training

The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau launched a partnership with the Boston Medical Center in April to educate medical residents at the hospital about their legal responsibilities as mandated reporters of child abuse.

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College

What’s It Like Being Pre-Med at Harvard?

For many pre-med and pre-health students, the pressures of the Harvard environment — combined with limited advising — can make for a challenging four years.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Research

Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher To Step Down, Succeeded By Medical Oncology Chair

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute President and CEO Laurie H. Glimcher ’72 will step down from her post at the end of September, the institute announced on Tuesday.

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Health

Judge to Rule on Transfer of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital to Boston Medical Center Amid Steward Crisis

A federal judge in Texas is set to decide whether to approve the sale of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton to Boston Medical Center in a Wednesday hearing following the bankruptcy of its owner, Steward Health Care.

Harvard Provost Alan M. Garber '76 Greets Crowd on Commencement Day 2023
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‘Impeccable’: Higher Education Experts Say Garber’s Academic Record May Spare Him From Scrutiny

Alan M. Garber ’76 comes into the Harvard presidency armed with a stacked resume: three degrees from Harvard and one from Stanford, time on both faculties, and more than a decade serving as Harvard’s second-highest administrator.

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Harvard Medical School

‘A Profession of Sacrifice’: Harvard Medical School Students, Administrators Grapple with Growing Personal Tolls of Medicine

At Harvard, future doctors are grappling with recent changes to the medical landscape that have exacerbated burnout and moral injury.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Research

Science Retracts Paper by Dana-Farber President Over Discrepancies in Multiple Figures

The journal Science retracted a 2006 paper by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute President and CEO Laurie H. Glimcher ’72 on Thursday due to discrepancies in several figures.

Massachusetts General Hospital
Health

‘A Milestone’: Harvard Affiliated Physicians Perform First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant

Doctors at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital performed the world’s first successful pig-to-human kidney transplant last Thursday.

Massachusetts General Hospital
Research

Mass General Researchers Report Major Breakthrough in Deadly Brain Cancer Treatment

Researchers at the Mass General Cancer Center reported a breakthrough in treatment for glioblastoma in a March 13 paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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