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A clearer picture of drinking and disease
New study attempts to reconcile conflicting findings on benefits vs. risks
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Furman on Social Security: Attention must be paid
‘Interest in the problem has diminished over time, not grown.’ Meanwhile, day of reckoning is ahead of schedule.
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How loneliness became major public health issue
U.K., U.S. experts trace rise in awareness through research, political involvement, pandemic
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Celebrating a Harvard Alumni Day milestone
An event steeped in 150-plus years of tradition reaches a five-year anniversary
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There may be several on your beach reads list. Ever wonder why?
Mysteries blend puzzle-solving with kind of catharsis, according to scholars, writers
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Constitution was made to be amended. So what’s stopping us?
Jill Lepore argues in her new Pulitzer-winning history that it desperately needs update, traces emergence of roadblocks
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A historian for the ages
It was OK to disagree with Gordon Wood, but you couldn’t ignore him
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How did Ben Franklin’s barber keep up with news on war for independence?
Houghton exhibit showcases newspapers, pamphlets, other media, offering on-the-ground view of what regular citizens knew, and when they knew it
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