How door-to-door canvassing slowed an epidemic
Study finds that in Liberia, volunteers limited damage from Ebola by distributing information within their own communities.
MIT Solve announces 2020 global challenges
Tech-based solutions sought for challenges in work environments, education for girls and women, maternal and newborn health, and sustainable food.
Instrument may enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water
Whisk-shaped device absorbs trace contaminants, preserves them in dry state that can be shipped to labs for analysis.
Artificial intelligence yields new antibiotic
A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Why C. difficile infection spreads despite increased sanitation practices
Research underscores infection is not a common hospital transmission.
Half of U.S. deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions
Study tracks pollution from state to state in the 48 contiguous United States.
Study: To slow an epidemic, focus on handwashing
Improving the rate of handwashing at just 10 major airports could significantly slow the spread of a viral disease, researchers estimate.
Chemists unveil the structure of an influenza B protein
Findings could help researchers design drugs to treat influenza B infections.
MIT monitoring 2019 novel coronavirus
A new coronavirus first detected in Wuhan, China, poses no identified risk to the MIT community at this time.
How well can computers connect symptoms to diseases?
Models that map these relationships based on patient data require fine-tuning for certain conditions, study shows.
In health care, does “hotspotting” make patients better?
Study shows no effect from program intended to reduce repeated hospitalizations by targeting high-cost patients.
MIT School of Engineering and Takeda join to advance research in artificial intelligence and health
A key part of J-Clinic, the MIT-Takeda Program will create educational opportunities and support cutting-edge research to positively impact human health.
A closer look at the diabetes disaster
In a new book, Amy Moran-Thomas examines how diabetes is reaching epidemic levels in countries across the world.
New health insurance insights
Economists analyze how patients and health care providers value Medicaid.
A new way to regulate gene expression
Biologists uncover an evolutionary trick to control gene expression that reverses the flow of genetic information from RNA splicing back to transcription.