The discovery of AZT by two Harvard researchers changes the outlook of the HIV-positive community.

Associate professor of medicine R. Paul Johnson has been appointed the new interim director of the New England Primate Research Center after Frederick Wang resigned following the death of four primates in the Harvard Medical School laboratories.

Physicians looking to make surgeries safer took some cutting-edge questions in medical device design to a group of Harvard students, who presented their attempts at solutions this week.

The primate, which has been identified as a marmoset, died in the New England Primate Research Center in Southborough, Mass. after escaping from its cage, being caught with a net by NEPRC staff, and undergoing an imaging procedure.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have developed a new web-based diagnostic procedure to identify autism more quickly, which they hope will allow clinicians to provide better care to their patients.

Individuals with mutations in specific genes have a high risk of autism, according to scientists working independently at Harvard, Yale, and the University of Washington in Seattle.

In an effort to draw attention to the prevalence and danger of Hepatitis B, the Hepatitis B Virus Team has launched a week-long awareness campaign that includes jade-colored cupcakes, make-your-own plushie toys, and a forum discussion.

Three doctors from Brigham and Women’s Hospital spoke Wednesday night on how they balanced their medical careers and personal lives.

A celebrated doctor and chemist, Pechet was once considered for a Nobel Prize for his research. Family and friends remembered Pechet for his meaningful influence far beyond the laboratory or the clinic.

In an effort to respond to what one hospital executive termed a “primary care crisis,” two Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitals will shift their pay structure so that doctors are paid in part based on the number of patients they treat.