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Health & Medicine

Vaping Slows Wound Healing Just as Much as Smoking

January 17, 2019

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Biology

How Bad Drugs Turn Treatable Diseases Deadly

January 14, 2019

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Public Health

Gun-Related Deaths Have Decreased Overall American Life Expectancy

December 12, 2018

A female asian child enters an MRI machine.

Infectious Diseases

Mysterious Illness AFM Has Paralyzed More Than 100 Children

December 5, 2018

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Public Health

SPH Report: Many Study Abroad Students Return with Preventable Diseases

December 3, 2018

Portrait of Jennifer Tseng, Boston Medical Center’s surgeon-in-chief, sitting chair in her office

Healthcare

Jennifer Tseng: From Receptionist to Chief Surgeon

November 29, 2018

A woman's hand holding an e-cigarette vape pen and a traditional tobacco cigarette.

Public Health

POV: FDA Restricts Flavored E-cigarettes, but Not the Real Killers. Huh?

November 27, 2018

Jorge Delva, dean of the School of Social Work, speaks at a reception

Global Health

Jorge Delva New Leader of BU Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health

November 15, 2018

A young woman removes a tampon from a blue and white free tampons dispenser in a restroom.

University News

Should Colleges Make Tampons Free on Campus?

November 7, 2018

A person holds up a transgender symbol on paper

Health & Medicine

What Transgender Means to Me

October 29, 2018

marijuana in jars

Health & Medicine

Recreational Marijuana: “Wonderful Thing” or “Major Health Risk”?

October 25, 2018

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Public Health

Students’ FAQs about BU’s “Good Samaritan” Approach

October 22, 2018

a pile of multicolored condoms

Biomedical Engineering

New Self-Lubricating Condom Would Revolutionize Safe Sex

October 18, 2018

Center for the Humanities panel on Humanities Approaches to the Opioid Crisis

Addiction

Changing the Narrative on Opioids

October 15, 2018

Illustration showing a crowd of multicultural unhappy people many with frowns or sad faces.

Public Health

Depression Screening Day Is Tomorrow on Both Charles River and Medical Campus

October 10, 2018

Lecture panel listen to questions from a Boston University School of Public Health Class about United States Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Health & Medicine

SPH Sexual Violence Class Becomes Forum on Kavanaugh Hearings

October 3, 2018

A person smokes a Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette next to flavored pods

Public Health

Will the Government Ban E-Cigarettes?

September 17, 2018

Klapperich and colleague in a lab

Health & Medicine

How Point-of-Care Testing Will Transform Healthcare

August 30, 2018

a man holds a 3D printed gun model called The Liberator

Voices & Opinion

POV: When It Comes to Firearms, 3D-Printed Guns Aren’t the Biggest Threat

August 9, 2018

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Social Media

Social Media–Filtered Pics Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

August 7, 2018

Social Media–Filtered Pics Can Be Hazardous to Your Health