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Cancer Series

With New Technology and Innovative Treatments, BU Cancer Research Is Saving Lives

November 14, 2025

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Cancer Series

10 Ways BU Researchers Could Revolutionize Cancer Care

November 14, 2025

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Accolades

NIH Honors Two BU Researchers for Exceptionally Creative, High-Impact Science

October 9, 2025

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Research Accolades

Boston University Receives Major Multimillion Dollar NIH Grant for Women’s Health Research

September 15, 2025

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PFAS

What Are PFAS? And Could Fiber Supplements Help Remove Them from Our Bodies?

July 10, 2025

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Suicide

Red Sox Player Jarren Duran’s Suicide Attempt Admission Praised by BU Trauma Expert for Helping with Stigma

April 22, 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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Expert Take

Dismantling USAID and Withdrawing from World Health Organization “Will Cost Lives and Destroy Critical Infrastructure,” Writes BU Global Nutrition Expert

March 6, 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

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

February 3, 2025

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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

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Public Health

Does It Matter if Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Doesn’t Take Maternity Leave?

August 5, 2024

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Heat Waves

Heat Waves Are Scorching Boston, but Are Some Neighborhoods Hotter than Others?

July 1, 2024

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Public Health

Airplane Noise May Be Bad for Your Health

June 4, 2024

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Abortion

Permanent Birth Control—Vasectomies and Tubal Ligations—Up following Supreme Court Abortion Ruling

May 15, 2024

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Expert Take

We Are Underestimating the Health Harms of Climate Disasters

April 22, 2024

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Expert Take

Not Having Job Flexibility or Security Can Leave Workers Feeling Depressed, Anxious, and Hopeless

April 11, 2024

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Athletics

Seven Things to Know as BU Begins the 2024 Frozen Four

April 10, 2024

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Listen Now

Do Alcohol Ads Promote Underage Drinking?

April 1, 2024

Do Alcohol Ads Promote Underage Drinking?

Explain This!

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