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Disease

Packages of Juul e-cigarette products are seen on display at a smoke shop.

Vaping

Mass. Governor Baker Orders Ban on All Vaping Products and Declares Public Health Emergency

September 24, 2019

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Vaping Crisis

Why Doctors Are Terrified by Sudden Vaping-Related Lung Injuries, Deaths

September 12, 2019

Mosquito-borne illness

Here’s Everything We Know about the Lethal Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

September 3, 2019

DEMENTIA IN CTE

Five New Answers about the Link between Football, CTE, and Dementia

August 5, 2019

Neuroscience

Could Autism, Depression Be Rooted in Our Brain’s Ability to Pay Attention?

July 16, 2019

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Addiction

Why Making Buprenorphine Opioid-Based Medication Available without a Prescription Could Save Lives

July 11, 2019

Ed Damiano shows off the iLet bionic pancreas

Biomedical Engineering

BU Biomedical Engineer Ed Damiano Raises $126 Million for Bionic Pancreas

July 3, 2019

US midfielder Michelle Akers and Brazil's Grazielle lie injured after going up for a header at the Women's World Cup semi-final match between the US and Brazil 04 July, 1999.

CTE

How Does CTE Impact Women? Former Soccer Stars Join the First All-Female CTE Study at BU

July 3, 2019

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Research

Dioxins Point to Targets for Treating Breast Cancer

April 24, 2017

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Public Health

Too Many Black Women Die from Breast Cancer. Why?

April 24, 2017

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Cancer

Zebrafish Cancer Genetics Illuminate Human Breast Cancers

April 24, 2017

Illustration of hands holding the body of a woman symbolizing the help of patient navigators for underserved women with breast cancer

Disease

Patient Navigators Improve Delivery of Care for Breast Cancer Patients

April 24, 2017

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Engineering & Computing

Wearable Windows into Breast Tumors

April 24, 2017

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Health & Medicine

A Better Way to Find and Treat Osteoarthritis

February 3, 2014

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Disease

High-Tech Mesh Delivers Chemo to Patients with Early-Stage Lung Cancer

February 3, 2014

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Chemistry

Drug-Packed Nanoparticles KO Mesothelioma

February 3, 2014

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Health & Medicine

From Grad Students to Groundbreakers

February 3, 2014

From Grad Students to Groundbreakers