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There’s been a huge amount of progress with COVID-19 diagnostics in the past 10 months, but experts say we are not yet where we need to behttp://hvrd.me/n27U30rycH1 

Scientists are developing strategies to stay ahead of a swiftly changing virushttp://hvrd.me/RIgw30ryACk 

While COVID-19 test results are usually reported as simply positive or negative, measuring viral loads can help distinguish superspreaders from those with a low likelihood of spreading the infectionhttp://hvrd.me/43H030rypUr 

Adaira Landry, an emergency physician and assistant professor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School, shares her personal journey in medicine (via @voguemagazine)https://www.vogue.com/article/er-doctor-reflects-only-black-person-in-the-room …

Study sheds light on one of the most baffling questions about COVID-19: Why has the same virus caused such widely varying illness?http://hvrd.me/bV3e30rymRQ 

An HMS grad and the new chief of OB/GYN at @PennMedicine, Elizabeth Howell is on a mission to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality in women of colorhttp://hvrd.me/v1jJ30ryzps 

The study highlights the importance of understanding the dynamics of the tumor-suppressor protein p53 and how to manipulate it to treat cancerhttp://hvrd.me/j1Yj30rwgy2 

“Public health works best when it helps people find safer ways to get what they need and want,” says epidemiologist Julia Marcus of the importance of promoting harm reduction, rather than harm elimination, during the pandemic (via @TheAtlantic)https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/how-public-health-messaging-backfired/618147/ …

The findings indicate that disturbances in the activity of the blood-clotting protein factor V can be used to identify COVID-19 patients at risk for complicationshttp://hvrd.me/2EAZ30rxyu9 

The pandemic has added yet another twist to the academic experience of this year’s graduating medical students—virtual residency interviewshttp://hvrd.me/jT4P30rxpMw 

Researchers at HMS and @BIDMCHealth have developed a mathematical means of assessing COVID-19 tests' false-negative rateshttp://hvrd.me/43H030rypUr 

Research yields insights into the extent to which infection with SARS-CoV-2 renders people protected from subsequent infectionhttp://hvrd.me/VApJ30rxBkL 

An international team has identified 127 glaucoma genes across multiple ancestries in the largest study of its kindhttp://hvrd.me/PXdF30ryniu 

Activation of different antibodies may account for varying COVID-19 presentations in children and adults with severe illnesshttp://hvrd.me/bV3e30rymRQ 

“Only a truly global vaccination strategy can ensure equal value is placed on the lives of the rich and the poor,” write HMS student Parsa Erfani and HMS assistant professor Eugene Richardson (via @AJEnglish)https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/2/24/a-call-for-global-vaccine-equity …

Researchers have developed an automated method to help clinicians track harmful proteins and intervene before Alzheimer’s has a chance to take holdhttp://hvrd.me/FdEf30rvLvA 

“Mobile health units work because they aren’t a cookie cutter of what we think people want. They’re flexible and adaptable enough to meet today’s needs.”http://hvrd.me/E1OU30rxstQ 

Paul Sax, HMS professor and clinical director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at @BrighamWomens, outlines five factors that could be behind the weakening of the coronavirus pandemic (via @BostonGlobe)https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/02/23/nation/expert-outlines-5-possible-reasons-pandemic-weakening-why-we-need-stay-humble/ …