Category: WBUR
Budget Victim: Inspections For Compounding Pharmacies. Really?
WBUR “CommonHealth”
Kevin Outterson, School of Law
Remember all that outrage last year when we learned that a Framingham compounding pharmacy, the New England Compounding Center, was at the heart of national meningitis outbreak?…
Expert quote:
“Fungal meningitis from improperly compounded products killed 55 people and infected more that 600.”
Are Hollywood Stars Ruining Kickstarter?
WBUR “Here & Now”
John Carroll, College of Communication
Commonhealth: Treating The Intellectually Disabled
WBUR “Radio Boston”
Susannah Rowe, School of Medicine
For most people who are able to see, the prospect of losing that vision is frightening…
Caring For Kevin: An Autistic Man, An Exceptional Doctor, A Life Renewed
WBUR “CommonHealth”
Susannah Rowe, School of Medicine
Kevin Fitzgerald is parked in a wheelchair near a set of elevators at Boston Medical Center, tense with fear…
Embracing The Veil — If Only For One Day
WBUR “Cognoscenti”
By Kecia Ali, College of Arts & Sciences
“You’re scaring me, hovering over me like that,” said the stranger sitting at one end of the bench…
Week In Review: Bombing Suspect Moved, Senate Race Returns, Changes At BPS
WBUR “Radio Boston”
John Carroll, College of Communication
Could Boxing Brain Damage Have Triggered Tsarnaev?
WBUR “CommonHealth”
Robert Stern, School of Medicine, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy
Historical note: The name of the older Tsarnaev brother, Tamerlan, comes from the medieval Central Asian conqueror Tammerlane, also known as Timur the Terrible, who called himself “The Sword of Islam.”…
ER Doctor Describes Bombing Aftermath
WBUR “Here & Now”
Ron Medzon, School of Medicine
Boston Medical Center was on front lines of treating people who were injured in the Boston Marathon explosions on Monday…
Expert quote:
“We have a disaster radio that goes off, and we’re supposed to get some sort of notification, but there was such chaos at the scene that all we really got was the notification that there had been an explosion. We just tried to get ready as fast as we could. We had no idea what was coming.”
Britain’s ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher Has Died
WBUR “Here & Now”
William Keylor, College of Arts & Sciences
The Falklands Islands government tweeted, “We will always be thankful for all she did for us.” Slate magazine called her a feminist…
The Money It Takes To Be Mayor
WBUR “Radio Boston”
John Carroll, College of Communication
Yet another city councilor threw his hat into the Mayoral Race today…
