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Accolades

Royal Society of Chemistry Honors BU’s Mark Grinstaff

June 13, 2023

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AI and Hypertension

New Artificial Intelligence Program Could Help Treat Hypertension

June 6, 2023

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LGBTQ+ Health

“Feeling Seen”: How One Physiology Professor Shines a Light on LGBTQ+ Heart Health

June 5, 2023

Photo: Boston University SAR Assistant Professor of Nutrition Maura Walker, a white woman wearing a red shirt and black cardigan, poses for a photo at Bazaar Supermarket in Cambridge on May 5, 2023. She is doing cutting-edge nutrition research on topics including the gut microbiome, precision nutrition, and nutrigenomics. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Nutrition

Secrets of the Microbiome

May 26, 2023

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Bionic Pancreas

FDA Clears Bionic Pancreas Developed in BU Lab for People with Type 1 Diabetes

May 22, 2023

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Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Screenings Should Now Begin at Age 40

May 12, 2023

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Coronavirus

COVID-19 Is No Longer an Official Emergency. Is That the Right Call?

May 10, 2023

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Long COVID

What We Know about Long COVID—and What We Don’t

April 24, 2023

Photo: Lindsay London, a white woman with short brown hair, holds protest sign in front of federal court building. She stands with other protestors in support of access to abortion medication. The protestors are bundled up in scarves and fleeces. They have their sunglasses on and they stand in front of a tree.

Health & Medicine

Supreme Court Upholds FDA Approval of Mifepristone: What’s Next?

April 24, 2023

Photo: Protesters of Kentucky Senate bill SB150, known as the Transgender Health Bill, cheer on speakers during a rally on the lawn of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, March 29, 2023. A group of young people yell and hold signs of the light blue, pink, and white striped transgender flag. The signs read "Protect trans kids"

Voices & Opinion

POV: Gender-Affirming Care is Under Siege

April 21, 2023

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Insurance Economics

Ray Fisman’s New Book Examines Insurance Market—and its Flaws

April 18, 2023

Photo: Three white individuals--Tracey Dechert, Lisa Allee, and Peter Burke--stand on a stairwell facing the camera. From left, Dechert is wearing a white blouse and cropped blazer with jeans, Allee is wearing gray slacks and a navy blouse, and Burke is in a gray blazer, black vest, and black slacks with a blue-gray button-up and tie. The area is well-lit and midday.

BOSTON MARATHON

How Has Trauma Care Changed 10 Years after Boston Marathon Bombings?

April 13, 2023

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Healthcare

Judge’s Ruling to Invalidate Abortion Pill Ruling Could Impact Other FDA-Approved Drugs

April 11, 2023

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Fungus

A New Drug-Resistant Fungus Is Spreading in Hospitals. Is It The Last of Us in Real Life?

March 28, 2023

Photo: Two people, both masked, handle an orange and white, sickly-looking chicken. the person on the right is in full protective gear including hair net and holds a testing kit in their hands. The other stands by and watches as the chicken is handled.

Infectious Diseases

Bird Flu Is Making Headlines but Doesn’t Threaten a Pandemic…Yet

March 14, 2023

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Public Health

POV: Massachusetts Can Finally Measure the Health of Primary Care

March 3, 2023

Author Tracy Kidder and Dr Jim O'Connell at WBUR to discuss Kidder's new book, Rough Sleepers. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Books

Award-Winning Author Tracy Kidder’s Rough Sleepers Focuses on BU’s Jim O’Connell

March 3, 2023

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Racism

Experiencing Racism Increases Black Women’s Heart Disease Risk, BU Research Finds

March 1, 2023

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, Bruce Willis attends the "Motherless Brooklyn" premiere during the 57th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, in New York. People in Mississippi’s capital city are being told to expect downtown street closures and explosions for the filming of an action movie that stars Willis. A bank heist movie called “A Day to Die” has been filming in Jackson in April 2021, with Willis shooting scenes in several places, including a street outside the Governor’s Mansion. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Dementia

What Now for Bruce Willis after Actor’s Recent Dementia Diagnosis?

February 17, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence

Can We Trust ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence to Do Humans’ Work?

February 8, 2023

Can We Trust ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence to Do Humans’ Work?