The Coronavirus Update

After approval from the FDA, Harvard University will begin to transition to unobserved, self-administered COVID-19 screening tests for all individuals authorized to live or be on campus as part of continued efforts to monitor and control the virus.

BIDMC-led research team reports vaccine protection against severe COVID-19-related pneumonia and death.

Researchers led by Christian Rutz, 2019–2020 Grass Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, are examining human impact on wildlife using data collected during the pandemic quarantine.

Michael Sandel offers up his thoughts on what we owe others in the age of coronavirus.

How COVID-19 is evaporating our casual connections and taking an important source of happiness.

Mass General study shows the benefits of inhaled nitric oxide therapy for pregnant patients with severe and critical COVID-19.

In April, the Harvard College Data Analytics Group, a student-led nonprofit organization, created 17 COVID-19 response teams that partnered with 16 organizations and municipal governments to tackle elements of the COVID-19 crisis.

Harvard University and AbbVie have announced a $30 million collaborative research alliance to study and develop novel therapies against emergent viral infections, with a focus on those caused by coronaviruses and by viruses that lead to hemorrhagic fever.

Affordable Care Act key to keeping people insured amid COVID 19-related job losses, study shows.

Harvard ramps up sample COVID-19 testing on campus.

Provost Alan M. Garber and Executive Director of Harvard University Health Services Giang Nguyen outline details of plan to bring students back on campus safely.

A new study has found that children infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 were shown to have a significantly higher level of virus in their airways than hospitalized adults in ICUs for COVID-19 treatment.

A biomaterials-based infection vaccine strategy shows first promise in eliciting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and could be applied broadly to stave off infectious disease.

The GenderSci Lab at Harvard finds that more men than women are dying of COVID-19.

Students from as far away as Africa and Asia are benefiting from a COVID-prompted shift online of an HMS program that gives high schoolers a taste of life in the exam room.

The Wyss Institute made improvements to its face shields based on recommendations from area hospitals. Joining forces with a Mansfield, Mass.-based manufacturer, the institute’s face shields are now being produced at a rate of 400,000 a day.

The anger you’re seeing in the nation and your neighborhood — call it pandemic rage — is not in your imagination, according to a McLean hospital psychologist, who explains where it comes from and how to fight it.

Shifting the U.S.’s COVID-19 testing strategy to emphasize inexpensive, daily tests would break national transmission chains within weeks, an infectious disease testing expert said.

How Harvard faculty are inventing ways to make “hard-to-teach” courses work online.

Harvard is testing those who return regularly to campus for COVID-19 at two locations, including Harvard Stadium in Allston. Here are photos of how it’s working.

Anthony Fauci, one of the government’s top authorities on the coronavirus pandemic, said that simple measures including wearing masks, avoiding bars, and spending time outdoors can tame the pandemic, but only if widely adopted.

Officials in states that appear to have COVID-19 under control should keep an eye on a slow rise in cases, and take the chance to enact modest measures before case numbers begin to rise rapidly again, a Harvard expert said.

Quantitative study shows jailing practices in U.S. pose public health risks during the pandemic.

A single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is being developed by scientists led by a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center immunologist.

Pioneering online-learning initiative edX offers guidance and support as colleges sort out fall plans.

Vaccines that might protect against COVID-19 have entered phase 3 trials — the last step before regular approval in humans — in record time, but the virus has moved faster, experts say.

New study finds olfactory support cells, not neurons, are vulnerable to novel coronavirus infection.

A recent report released by researchers from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology outlines how schools grappling with online and in-person teaching options and making up for lost time can think creatively about reopening.

Seven researchers discuss the importance of COVID-19 research and pandemic preparedness, the value of teamwork, and the fragility of life.

Across Harvard’s campuses, non-COVID-19 work is resuming, labs are reopening, and scientists are settling into life in the “new normal.”