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Healthcare

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

October 28, 2025

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Health & Medicine

New Partnership Between Boston University and Boston Medical Center Gives Sargent Students Valuable Hands-On Experience

August 19, 2025

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University News

Adnan Hyder, Scholar Dedicated to Improving Health Policies for Low- and Medium-Income Nations, Named Dean of Boston University’s School of Public Health

July 21, 2025

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Infectious Diseases

Tick-Borne Diseases Risk Increasing Due to Climate Change: What You Need to Know

May 14, 2025

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Climate Change

How Is Climate Change Affecting New England?

March 12, 2025

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Public Health

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

February 4, 2025

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University News

BU and Federal Investigation Underway into Hacking of Framingham Heart Study Data

December 14, 2024

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Supreme Court

Supreme Court to Hear Case about Bans on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth

December 3, 2024

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Student Life

BU Undergrad Helps Hurricane Victims as a Red Cross Volunteer

October 18, 2024

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Health & Medicine

Can Animal Organ Transplants Save Thousands of Dying People?

May 24, 2024

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University News

Dean Sandro Galea Leaving BU’s School of Public Health for WashU Opportunity

May 6, 2024

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Alabama Court Ruling

Alabama Court Ruling That Frozen Embryos Are Children and Its Impact on the Future of IVF Treatment

February 22, 2024

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Health & Medicine

These Drugs Are Changing the Fight against Obesity

January 19, 2024

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Public Health

Lessons for Public Health from the Pandemic

January 12, 2024

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Public Health

Truths and Myths, Joy and Stigma—Life at BMC’s GenderCare Center

November 1, 2023

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Health & Medicine

How First US Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Could Revolutionize Reproductive Health

July 14, 2023

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Maternal Health

US Olympian Tori Bowie’s Death Underscores Maternal Mortality Crisis in the United States

June 26, 2023

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HEALTHCARE

One Year after Roe v. Wade Was Overturned, What’s the State of Abortion Care in the United States?

June 21, 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

POV: Gender-Affirming Care is Under Siege