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1. Science in the Balance April 2025

   Tracing the Path from Basic Research to Transformative Therapies

   Tracing the Path from Basic Research to Transformative Therapies April 2025Decades of federal funding for science have yielded enormous returns for human healthScience in the Balanceby Catherine Caruso5 min readFeature Investments in basic research have a …

2. Science in the Balance

   Science in the Balance The partnership between the U.S. federal government and academic institutions has led to decades of relentless scientific and medical progress. Will it continue to do so? For more than 75 years, a partnership between the U.S. …
3. Science in the Balance April 2025

   A Brief History of Federal Funding for Basic Science

   A Brief History of Federal Funding for Basic Science April 2025The partnership that transformed American biomedical researchScience in the Balanceby Jake Miller5 min readFeature Biomedical science in the United States is at a crossroads. For 75 years, the …
4. Spring 2025 April 2025

   The Science of Good Stress

   The Science of Good Stress April 2025Sharon Horesh Bergquist talks about her new book on hormesis, which she calls “the medicine hidden in plain sight”Spring 2025by Amos Esty10 min readInterview By 2011, Sharon Horesh Bergquist, MD ’97, was frustrated. …
5. Science in the Balance April 2025

   Solving Medicine’s Most Elusive Mysteries

   Solving Medicine’s Most Elusive Mysteries April 2025The Undiagnosed Diseases Network identifies the rarest of diseases and discovers new onesScience in the Balanceby Ekaterina Pesheva7 min readFeature Over the course of twelve years, Brendon Paradis lost …
6. Winter 2025 March 2025

   Empowering Communities to Address Climate Health Risks

   Empowering Communities to Address Climate Health Risks March 2025As the climate crisis deepens, HMS researchers are working with local communities to promote health and well-beingWinter 2025by Jake Miller7 min readFeature Over the next 25 years, 250,000 …
7. Spring 2025 March 2025

   Teaching Doctors to Write for Patients

   Teaching Doctors to Write for Patients March 2025How patient access to medical notes is changing clinical documentationSpring 2025by Amos Esty7 minInterview Over just five years, from 2017 to 2022, the percentage of Americans who accessed their medical …
8. Winter 2025 February 2025

   Medicine, Burnout, and the Stories Doctors Tell

   Medicine, Burnout, and the Stories Doctors Tell February 2025The editors of a new book argue that sharing stories of personal struggle can help doctors become better at their jobs.Winter 2025by Amos Esty5 min readInterview “Over the course of a career, a …
9. Winter 2025 February 2025

   The Fragility of Trust in Medicine

   The Fragility of Trust in Medicine February 2025A physician struggles to build a strong relationship with a troubled teenage patient and her motherWinter 2025by Andrea Reilly7 min readPerspective “Don’t you trust me?” As soon as the words left my lips, I …
10. Winter 2025 February 2025

    Finding Empathy While Fighting Misinformation

    Finding Empathy While Fighting Misinformation February 2025A physician unexpectedly becomes a spokesperson for COVID-19 vaccinationWinter 2025by Mai Uchida6 min readPerspective A few days after New Year’s Day in 2021, I became one of the first pregnant …