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Since early 2020, when the pandemic exploded around the world, Massachusetts has seen nearly 19,000 COVID deaths and more than...

Eating milk chocolate every day may sound like a recipe for weight gain, but a new study of postmenopausal women...

When Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced last month that its investigational stem-cell-derived replacement therapy was, in conjunction with immunosuppressive therapy, helping the...

A skin pigmentation mechanism that can darken the color of human skin as a natural defense against ultraviolet (UV)-associated cancers...

The delta variant of the coronavirus has been spreading rapidly throughout the U.S. and worldwide. William Hanage, associate professor of...

In 2018, a study found that a high dose of an omega-3 fatty acid given to patients with an elevated...

New research in humans and mice identifies a particular signaling molecule that can help modify inflammation and the immune system...

Harvard experts in medical therapeutics say the recent development of pills to treat COVID-19 may turn out to be a...

Lower sodium consumption and higher potassium intake is linked with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in most people,...

As the U.S. population ages, concerns about dementia grow larger. David Canning, the Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences and...