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Metamaterials

This Bizarre Looking Helmet Can Create Better Brain Scans

February 10, 2022

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Pandemic vs. Endemic

What Is the Difference between Pandemic and Endemic?

February 9, 2022

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Public Health

POV: Should the Unvaccinated Be Eligible for a Heart Transplant?

February 1, 2022

Listen Now

How Much Did US Insurers Waste on Ivermectin for COVID?

January 31, 2022

Rose Al Abosy (MED’23) commends improvements in MED’s abortion instruction, but says she never saw the procedure during her OB-GYN clerkship at Boston Medical Center. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Law

With Roe v. Wade on the Line, BU Will Continue Abortion Education Regardless of Ruling

January 28, 2022

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Healthcare

Community Builder

January 5, 2022

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Hospitality

School of Hospitality Administration Celebrates 40th Anniversary amid a Time of Rapid Change

December 13, 2021

Social Sciences

How Technology Has Transformed Social and Behavioral Research

December 6, 2021

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Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Shaun Chavis

November 22, 2021

Black and white portrait of Drew Weissman (MED’87, GRS’87), smiling, in a black suit. A background with blue, purple, yellow and orange gradient coronavirus molecules are seen behind him.

Healthcare Technologies

How Scientists Drew Weissman (MED’87, GRS’87) and Katalin Karikó Developed the Revolutionary mRNA Technology inside COVID Vaccines

November 18, 2021

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Innovation

Five Studies Pushing the Limits of Science

November 17, 2021

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Transgender Health

How Does Testosterone Therapy Change the Voices of Transgender Men?

November 15, 2021

A portrait photo of Sandro Galea

Public Health

The Contagion Next Time: How to Fight a Future Pandemic

October 30, 2021

photo of a physical therapist, wearing a protective face mask, evaluates the range of motion of a young female patient's hip as she lies on a treatment table. The scene is inside a physical therapy clinic with several pieces of exercise equipment in the back

Physical Therapy

For Knee Replacement, Physical Therapy Reduces Risk of Chronic Opioid Use

October 27, 2021

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Breast Cancer

For Black Women, New Online Prediction Tool Could Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths

October 26, 2021

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Genetics

How Genes Influence Food Choices, Obesity

October 14, 2021

Listen Now

What Would It Mean to Codify Roe v. Wade?

September 27, 2021

Photo of Pulmonary fellow Ellen Suder working in the high containment lab. She wears a large, blown up white suit with a clear head piece, and wears gloves as she performs experiments underneath a clear hood. A red curled tube hangs from the ceiling and goes into her suit.

School of Medicine

MED’s Biology of the Lung Funded through Its 50th—Yes, 50th—Year

September 23, 2021

Photo of Pro-choice protesters perform outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. The protesters raise their fists and wear shirts that say "BANS OFF OUR BODIES"

Law

What the Texas Abortion Law Means for Roe v. Wade

September 2, 2021

Illustration of a woman’s hands extracting a covid-19 vaccination from a vile. The image is overexposed and colored with purple and pink. The background looks staticky and features illustrations of the coronavirus.

Public Health

Myths vs. Facts: Making Sense of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation

August 13, 2021

Myths vs. Facts: Making Sense of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation