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CD8+T Cells Ignite Hope for a Universal Influenza Vaccine

Influenza is a common, yet potentially deadly viral disease that persistently afflicts the global population. During the most recent influenza season in the United States, there were about 49 million cases...

Studies Show Air Pollution Damages More than the Ozone Layer: How Environment Affects Mental Health

Faculty Editor: Professor Jeffrey DaCosta Mental health is a topic that is seemingly everywhere in recent years, as people work on destigmatizing mental health, and building a future where mental illnes...

Household Washing Machines as Reservoirs for Bacteria

Faculty Editor: Professor Jeffrey DaCosta A strange discovery was made in the neonatal intensive care unit of a German children’s hospital between April 2012 and May 2013, as presented in a recent artic...

JUUL is Everywhere: How JUUL’s Expansive Marketing Techniques Increase Use in Youth

Faculty Editor: Professor Jeffrey DaCosta Although teens and young adults are beginning to abandon traditional cigarettes, they have been turning to e-cigarettes and JUULs at increasing rates, as 2014 m...

Boston Organizations Developing Progressive Methods in Reducing Opioid-Related Deaths

Faculty Editor: Professor Jeffrey DaCosta In response to the increasing incidence of opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts since 2014, Boston organizations are taking initiative with the introduction o...

Vaping as a Matter of Public Health Policy

Faculty Editor: Professor Jeffrey DaCosta E-cigarettes were introduced commercially by a variety of different companies throughout the early 2000s as a safer alternative to traditional cigarette smoking...

A Happier, Healthier Future for All

Faculty Editor: Dr. Heather Olins American epidemiologists, physicians, and other health professionals have been working tirelessly to close the various disparities that exist between white people...

A Possible Scam: Vitamin Supplements Have No Significant Impact on Health

The World Health Organization estimates that approximately two billion people worldwide experience deficiencies in essential vitamins and minerals. These include vitamins A, C, D, and E, and minerals...

The Effects of Social Media on Body Image and Mental Health

Faculty Editor: Professor Jeffrey DaCosta As social media’s presence in society has increased in the last decade or so, scientists and parents worry about the repercussions this technological influence ...

A Low-Fat Vegan Diet Reduces Risks of Disease

Faculty Editor: Professor Jeffrey DaCosta Dr. John McDougall, a renowned physician known for his stance on preventative medicine through adopting a whole foods, plant-based diet, published a study demon...

The Danger of Drug Resistance

CD8+T Cells Ignite Hope for a Universal Influenza Vaccine

Studies Show Air Pollution Damages More than the Ozone Layer: How Environment Affects Mental Health

Household Washing Machines as Reservoirs for Bacteria

The Importance of Vaccine Mandates

Stay Away from Vitamins and Supplements

Death with Dignity in the United States: A Critical History

The Truth Behind Alternative Medicines

Gene Editing: A New Reality

Coral Destruction

Scientific Literacy: Essential for Social and Civic Responsibility

CD8+T Cells Ignite Hope for a Universal Influenza Vaccine

Studies Show Air Pollution Damages More than the Ozone Layer: How Environment Affects Mental Health

Household Washing Machines as Reservoirs for Bacteria

JUUL is Everywhere: How JUUL’s Expansive Marketing Techniques Increase Use in Youth

Boston Organizations Developing Progressive Methods in Reducing Opioid-Related Deaths

Vaping as a Matter of Public Health Policy

A Happier, Healthier Future for All

A Possible Scam: Vitamin Supplements Have No Significant Impact on Health

The Effects of Social Media on Body Image and Mental Health

A Low-Fat Vegan Diet Reduces Risks of Disease

CD8+T Cells Ignite Hope for a Universal Influenza Vaccine

Lucid Dreams

Nanorobots for Cancer Treatment

The Potential Anti-Tumor Effect of a Ketogenic Diet

Climate Change and the Spread of Mosquito-Borne Illnesses