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Public Health

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Bird Flu

How Worried Should You Be About Bird Flu?

March 17, 2025

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Infectious Diseases

Scientists Study People Who Never Had COVID

March 17, 2025

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Mental Health

Feeling Anxious about Flying? Some Tips to Help

March 13, 2025

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Pandemics

Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? 5 Reasons to Feel Confident—and 5 to Be Worried

March 11, 2025

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Research News

Brink Bites: Studying Cigarette Restrictions, the Life of a Famed Poet, and Shifting Attitudes Toward Capitalism

March 4, 2025

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Public Health

BU Professor Tracks the Many US Pregnancy-Related Deaths

February 28, 2025

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Excess Deaths

More Americans Aged 25 to 44 Are Dying Younger. BU Research Helps Explain Why

February 5, 2025

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Public Health

Surgeon General Urges Updating Health Warning Labels on Alcohol Products to Reflect Cancer Risk

February 3, 2025

Research News

Brink Bites: BMI Objections, Studying UFOs, and Alcohol’s Impact on College Students

January 24, 2025

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Public Health

Making Sense of the Fluoridated Water Debate

January 24, 2025

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Public Health

Trauma from Los Angeles Fires Will Take a Village to Treat

January 17, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Organ Donation System Is Thriving, Not Broken—but There Is Room for Improvement

January 7, 2025

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Expert Take

Cycling Can Make Older Adults Healthier and More Independent. Here’s How to Design Bikes and Networks That Meet Their Needs

January 6, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Our Organ Donation System Is Broken. Here’s What We Need to Do to Fix It

November 13, 2024

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Politics

What Does Donald Trump’s Election Mean For…

November 6, 2024

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Research News

Brink Bites: From Microscopic Worlds to Cancer Disparities

October 29, 2024

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Join Me in Supporting Ballot Question 4, a Step Toward Safer, Regulated Psychedelic Therapy in Massachusetts

October 16, 2024

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Expert Take

A Double Threat to Reproductive Health: Environmental Contaminants and a Lack of Access to Healthcare

October 4, 2024

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Research News

Brink Bites: BU Research Beyond the Headlines

October 1, 2024

Public Health

Reproductive Health Experts Outline Key Abortion Issues at Stake in November Election at SPH Public Health Conversation

September 27, 2024

Reproductive Health Experts Outline Key Abortion Issues at Stake in November Election at SPH Public Health Conversation