Boston University

Healthcare

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Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Shaun Chavis

November 22, 2021

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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

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Public Health

The Contagion Next Time: How to Fight a Future Pandemic

October 30, 2021

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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

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School of Medicine

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

September 23, 2021

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Law

What the Texas Abortion Law Means for Roe v. Wade

September 2, 2021

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Public Health

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

August 13, 2021

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Behavioral Science

This Behavioral Scientist Wants to Help Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

July 28, 2021

Photo of a seventy six year old woman Kaironesa Sheik Suleman Allie receiving her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from a health staff member, at a vaccination centre, in Karl Bremer Hospital, in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. The staffer wears a blue paper facemask and reaches over her to give the vaccination.

Pandemic Politics

Why Global COVID Vaccinations Are Dangerously Lagging: Six Things To Know

July 23, 2021

Deepwater Discoveries

There’s More to the Story behind Rare Glass Octopus Footage

July 21, 2021

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Rehabilitation Sciences

Beware Using Telemedicine for Voice and Speech Therapy

July 15, 2021

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Heat Illness

How Does Heat Exposure Affect the Body and Mind?

July 6, 2021

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Opinion

From the Dalkon Shield to Britney Spears’ IUD: Why Diverse Teams Need to Be Involved in Contraceptive Design

July 1, 2021

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Environmental Health

As Temperatures Set Records, Heat Exposure Hits Some Neighborhoods Harder than Others

June 25, 2021

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CORONAVIRUS VACCINES

Study Reveals Recipe for Even More Powerful COVID-19 Vaccines

June 11, 2021

Study Reveals Recipe for Even More Powerful COVID-19 Vaccines