Science & Health

Harvard Medical School researchers at Boston Children's Hospital are developing two new candidates for protein-based vaccines against COVID-19.

Harvard graduate student Yekaterina "Kate" Shulgina has developed a computer program that can read the genome sequence of any organism and then determine its code.

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences found large quantities of previously undetectable compounds from the family of chemicals known as PFAS in six watersheds on Cape Cod.

A decade ago, Majla Custo ’10 embarked on an unlikely journey from Bosnia to Harvard. Learn how she set her sights on Mars and changed her life’s trajectory.

By creating a 3D map of the Milky Way, astronomer João Alves, whose fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study was made possible through a planned gift, made a discovery that overturned the common conception of how stars are born and compelled scientists to rethink the framework of our galaxy.

The Harvard-led Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR) is providing funds for 62 research projects focused on various aspects of the pandemic.

Through their nonprofit Hikma Health, brothers Hassaan Ebrahim MPP '21 and Senan Ebrahim AB '12, PhD '19, MD '20 have developed software to screen for COVID-19 symptoms in refugee camps.

Judy Salerno SM ’76, MD ’85, SPH ’85, Tony Dajer AB ’78, and Mallika Marshall AB ’92 share their experiences as physicians working on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis.

Labs across Harvard are working on different methods to develop a vaccine that could help end the coronavirus pandemic.

The University has made the Harvard Square Hotel available to house medical personnel and first responders—one of many ways Harvard faculty, students, researchers, and staff are supporting the local response to the pandemic.