In Focus
Could This One Change Help Curb the Opioid Crisis?

The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated the ongoing opioid crisis. Treatment disruptions, lack of access to mental health services, job losses and overall stress have increased the risk of opioid use and relapse. Between July 2019 and June 2020, fatal drug overdoses soared, with more...
In Depth

What Blockchain Could Do
Beneath the hype is a technology that could solve many logistical problems that plague medicine.

Dispatches
The Shape of Us

Two milestone discoveries in protein modeling promise to change the fundamentals of drug discovery.
Universal Flu Vaccines Move Forward

In the shadow of coronavirus vaccine development, another vaccine was making solid progress.
Progress on a Different Plague

A novel use of bacteria could blunt the spread of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases.
200 Years of Preparation

Since its founding in 1811, MGH has both faced pandemics and learned from them.

From Mass General

Next-Generation Vaccines
Peter L. Slavin and Timothy G. Ferris discuss the revolution of rational vaccine design.

A Revolution in Cancer Treatment
Peter L. Slavin and Timothy G. Ferris discuss the promise of CAR T cell therapy for solid tumors.

Singular Exceptions
Should primary care physicians be trained to spot unusual, medically important cases?

Silent No More
Peter L. Slavin and Timothy G. Ferris discuss the need to end workplace violence in health care.

Shining a Light on Depression
Peter L. Slavin and Timothy G. Ferris highlight the need for new approaches to treating depression.

Charts & Data

How to Green a Hospital
Health care leaders look for ways to scale back an outsized carbon footprint.

The New Anatomy
Parts of the body are constantly being proposed or discovered. Where do they come from?

The Village Without Memory
In France, a home for people with dementia is designed from the ground up.

Unsound the Alarm
Hundreds of alarms compete for a clinician's attention. Can less noise mean better care?
