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Public Health

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.

Global Health

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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Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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

Public Health

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

September 27, 2024

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Is It OK to Stop Worrying about COVID?

September 3, 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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Public Health

Do You Really Need to Wear Sunscreen?

July 18, 2024

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Sexual Health

Five Common Sexual Health Myths Debunked

April 22, 2024

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Public Health

Rats! Does Boston Need a “Rat Czar”?

April 8, 2024

Rats! Does Boston Need a “Rat Czar”?