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Public Health

Reggie Wong Memorial Park was recently featured in an article exploring pollution in Chinatown, written by BU students Ariana Bista (SPH’26) and Maddie Bockus (COM’27). The park is set to be renovated in the future to be safer, greener, and more inviting. Photo by Bista

Public Health

Global Health Storytelling Course Brings Journalism and Public Health Students Together

June 15, 2026

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School of Public Health

Boston University–Trained High Schoolers Educate Lawmakers About Taxing Alcohol

May 18, 2026

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Health & Medicine

Ask an SHS Nurse: Is My Period Supposed to Hurt This Much?

April 23, 2026

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Medicine

WHO Decision Recognizing Obesity as a Disease Treatable with GLP-1 Drugs Is “Big Deal,” says BU Endocrinologist

December 4, 2025

Talya Cohen (CAS’25, CAMED’25) and

Healthcare

New BU Hub Class Teaches Students How to Navigate the US Healthcare System

October 28, 2025

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Health & Medicine

Boston University, Boston Medical Center Researchers Work with High School Students to Build Peer-Led Overdose Prevention Program

September 9, 2025

Boston University medical students Diego Lopez (CAMED’26), second from left, Michalina Jadick (CAS’22, CAMED’28), third from left, Jazmine Johnson (CAMED’28), fourth from left, and Brent Leung (CAMED’24, ’28), second from right, traveled to Malawi for a month as part of BU’s Global Health Summer Scholarship program.

Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Four BU Medical Students Help Make Drinking Water Safer in African Nation

August 25, 2025

Books

SPH’s Michael Stein Explores Working-Class Americans with New Book

August 1, 2025

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Public Health

Grilled Meats Can Be Carcinogenic. BU Health Researcher’s Tips on Preparing Them More Safely

July 17, 2025

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Health & Medicine

Why Is Everyone So Obsessed with Protein? BU Nutrition Expert Has Some Answers

July 14, 2025

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Public Health

Americans Are Buying More European Sunscreens. Are They Better Than Domestic Ones?

July 10, 2025

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Public Health

BU Professor Tracks the Many US Pregnancy-Related Deaths

February 28, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

POV: FDA’s Proposal to Cap Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes Would Benefit Public Health in Substantial Ways

February 11, 2025

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Public Health

“Unprecedented” Medicaid Cuts Could Cripple Health Program, BU Experts Warn

February 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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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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Food & Dining

How COVID Reshaped the Traditional Office Lunch Break

January 10, 2025

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Public Health

There’s Now a New Low-Cost Emergency Contraception Vending Machine on the Medical Campus

October 21, 2024

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Student Life

BU Undergrad Helps Hurricane Victims as a Red Cross Volunteer

October 18, 2024

BU Undergrad Helps Hurricane Victims as a Red Cross Volunteer