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Gas City - July 22, 2025: SNAP and EBT Accepted here sign. SNAP and Food Stamps provide benefits to help the budgets of disadvantaged families.
Viewpoint

Simplifying the Application Process for Public Assistance Programs Can Achieve True Government Efficiency

The SPH-sponsored FIFA World Cup practicum students on their first day at the CEID office (from left: Julianna Reyes, Alma Nieto, MacClement Guthrie, Melissa Mezieche, and Deirdre Otoo). Photo: Megan Jones
epidemiology and biostatistics

Inside BU’s Real-Time Disease Surveillance Operation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup

alcohol.

Woman wearing a mask in a liquor store
Featured

Is It Time to Raise Alcohol Taxes?

June 15, 2020
A young Black woman drinking from a water bottle
drinking water

DDT Was Banned Decades Ago. Why Is It Still Detectable in These Women?

May 6, 2020
Two totaled cars after a collision
alcohol

‘Drink Driving,’ Not Just Drunk Driving, Can Be Fatal

March 16, 2020
Two middle-aged men drinking beers at a bar
alcohol

Drinking Weakens Bones of People Living with HIV

March 3, 2020
Featured

Professor Testifies on Alcohol Sales Initiative

February 21, 2020
Liquor store sign on Route 66
drunk driving

State Alcohol Laws Focus on Drunk Driving—They Could Do Much More

February 13, 2020
Newborn cradled in mother's hands
Featured

Combined Prenatal Smoking and Drinking Greatly Increases SIDS Risk

February 6, 2020
Shelves of bottles in a Brazilian liquor store.
alcohol

Little Progress on Alcohol Policy Globally

February 4, 2020
alcohol

Alcohol Taxes Only Cover Part of Excessive Drinking Costs

September 11, 2019
College students drinking at party
education

College Campus Alcohol Policies Show Room for Improvement

May 16, 2019

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