Health

The CDC confirmed that a mysterious disease is paralyzing children across the US, but where does it come from?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released an official case count for a rare neurological disease being reported across the country. The definitive…

Aria Bracci October 18, 2018

Get a free flu shot at this health fair

Northeastern students, faculty, and staff can receive free flu shots and health screenings at a health fair on Wednesday at the university’s Boston campus. “We…

Greg St. Martin October 9, 2018

These patients aren’t real. Why are they giving birth?

Fake people, known as human patient simulators, populate a suite of labs on Northeastern’s Boston campus to help students prepare to take care of real…

Aria Bracci October 9, 2018

Researchers receive $13.2 million to continue study of health challenges facing women, children in Puerto Rico

For the past 10 years, Northeastern-led research teams have been studying how the environment affects the health and development of mothers, infants, and children living…

Aria Bracci October 5, 2018

This neuroscientist wants to change how we diagnose and treat mental illness

Imagine that a doctor could know which treatment would best help a patient with depression, anxiety, or some other mental illness by taking a picture…

Christine Regan Davi - contributor September 19, 2018

The wheels on this bus go round and round, but only some make you go

Northeastern law graduate Seema Brodie co-owns BikeBus, a company that brings cycling classes to the open road. We tried out a class and can say…

Emily Arntsen September 11, 2018

I meditated on National Relaxation Day. Here’s how that went.

Wednesday was National Relaxation Day. I typed it into my phone calendar that morning, with alarms 60 and 30 minutes in advance, to remind me…

Ian Thomsen August 16, 2018

How long is an Ebola survivor contagious? One case is causing scientists to rethink the answer.

A new report shows that a Liberian woman who survived a case of Ebola in 2014 may have infected her family a year later. The…

Laura Castañón - contributor August 13, 2018

Former EMT launches company to improve student first aid

When Cord Meyer returned to Northeastern from his first co-op as an emergency medical technician, he was stunned by how little his fellow students knew…

Bill Ibelle August 8, 2018

Nigerian-born student vows to fight homelessness in the United States

As an immigrant from Nigeria, Jessica Ofurie was shocked by the amount of homelessness in America. After graduation, she wants to earn a law degree…

Bill Ibelle July 31, 2018