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viral outbreak response

Health officials should begin preparing for the next viral outbreak now – even as coronavirus keeps spreading

Cervical cancer could be eliminated in the U.S. within 20 years, Harvard researchers say

Cervical cancer elimination

Most women give birth lying in bed, but is there a better way?

Hospital Birth

Erectile dysfunction in former NFL players linked to concussions

Concussions ED NFL players

Drinking too much coffee may increase the chance of migraines

Coffee Migraines Headache

Northeast Philly man wanted in father's death captured near Harvard University

Sohan Panjrolia

Alternative Medicine

These high-tech bandages use body heat to speed healing, reduce scarring

heat bandage wounds

These 3 health interventions could potentially slash 94 million premature deaths

preventing premature deaths

Harvard researchers posed as drug addicts to illustrate the struggle for treatment

addiction treatment struggles

Not all doctors are behind 'revolutionary' ketamine-based antidepressant

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Harvard study finds lung-damaging toxins in popular e-cigarette products

e-cigarette lung toxins

Surprise! There are tiny tunnels running through your head

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This Harvard professor calls that coconut oil you've been obsessively using 'pure poison'

Hate eating your veggies? Maybe you only need one

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This common oral hygiene habit could increase risk for diabetes, study says

There is one way, research shows, that money could buy you happiness

Study: Moderate drinking of alcohol may alter brain function

Joe Biden will speak at two Ivy League schools' commencement events

Higher Education

N.J. teen gets accepted into all eight Ivy League schools

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Study: Female doctors provide better health outcomes than male counterparts

Report highlights Lynne Abraham as one of America's deadliest prosecutors

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WATCH: The Roots' 'Black Thought' busts out freestyle at Harvard talk

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Philly woman launches startup following traumatic Harvard experience

Due Quach

Kenney is off to 'Mayor Camp' at Harvard University

Kennedy School at Harvard

Jim Kenney goes to mayor-elect camp

Kenney goes to Harvard

Harvard physicist proposes radical theory for human existence

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