Al Jazeera To cut or not to cut Roughly 1.1 million people in Zimbabwe live with HIV. Studies show circumcision could reduce the risk of infection by 60 per cent. Since 2011, Zimbabwean men and infants have been undergoing voluntary non-surgical circumcision. Opponents of circumcision argue the risks don’t outweigh the benefits and claim messaging is giving men a false sense of hope […]
The Dangers Of Not Rinsing Your Cutting Board After Prepping Produce Proper cooking is the only way to kill these pathogens, according to Darin Detweiller, associate teaching professor at Northeastern University.
How to cut back on junk food in your child’s diet — and when not to worry Researchers at Northeastern University actually created a cool online database called TrueFood that lets you browse for food items to see how processed they are.
How to Not Be a Jerk in the Cutthroat College-Admissions Process Northeastern University received a record 96,327 applications this year, up 50% from four years ago.
Fact Check-Connecticut electorate will not be voting to ‘unseal’ ballots There is only one ballot measure in Connecticut in November 2022, Costas Panagopoulos, chair of the political science department at Northeastern University told Reuters, and it is to amend the state constitution to allow early in-person voting.
In Ohio, prosecutors allege scheme by one family to kill another Mass killings are rarely connected to custody issues, said James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston who maintains a database in collaboration with the Associated Press and USA Today of 498 mass killings in the United States since 2006.
Drug Users Are Writing ‘Do Not Prosecute’ Letters So Their Dealers Aren’t Punished If They Die Leo Beletsky, a Northeastern University professor of law and health sciences who leads the Health in Justice Action Lab, previously told VICE News “death by dealer” cases are more common when a Black or brown person sells drugs to a white person.
The Appeal LAW ENFORCEMENT IS URGED TO ‘THINK LIKE A PARENT, NOT A PROSECUTOR’ A national study by Health in Justice Action Lab at Northeastern University School of Law found less than half of drug-induced homicide cases between 2000 and 2017 involved a traditional dealer-buyer relationship.
International Business Times Peter Kassig beheading: Academics ‘prove’ executions do not help terror groups achieve aims As the world reels from the brutal execution of aid worker Peter Kassig by knife-wielding Isis (Islamic State) militants, academics claim they have uncovered proof that executing hostages does not help terror groups achieve their aims. Max Abrahms of Northeastern University and Matthew S Gottfried of UCLA argue that an analysis of thousands of hostage […]
The Canadian Press VP Harris, a former prosecutor, will lead new White House office of gun violence prevention As of Wednesday, there have been at least 35 mass killings in the U.S. so far in 2023, leaving at least 171 people dead, not including shooters who died, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.
Spring Enrollment Steady, but Not for All Institutions Sean Gallagher, executive director of the Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy at Northeastern University, said demand for short-term education options, such as certificates, is outpacing demand for longer degree programs.
They were freed after serving decades in prison. Now, it’s their prosecutors who are facing scrutiny. “There’s a sense of resignation in the defense bar that prosecutors are often above the law and they won’t be held accountable,” said law professor Daniel S. Medwed of Northeastern University, who filed the drug lab complaint. “It’s not just Massachusetts. It’s really every state.”