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The Maine Monitor
Nine Maine hospitals have closed or announced plans to close their birthing units in the past decade. The closures have hit rural areas particularly hard.
Maine’s high price per delivery and declining birth rates are compounded by an increasing share of pregnancies among patients who are less healthy to begin with…and at higher risk of complications, said Katherine Simmonds, a researcher with the Roux Institute at Northeastern University
Bloomberg Law
RFK Team’s Moves on Vaccines, Bird Flu Stoke Public Health Worry
Still, a bird flu vaccine is “a priority health need,” said Brook Baker, professor of law emeritus at Northeastern University. “We don’t know where that potential pandemic is headed.”
2 years after Greece’s deadliest train crash, victims and families await answers
“Either we’re talking about extraordinary incompetence or a concerted effort to hide something,” says Nikos Passas, a criminology professor at Northeastern University who is studying the crash as a specialist on corruption in Greece and is not involved with the investigation instigated by the victims’ families.
Prevention
Food Safety Report Shows Alarming Rise in Recalls Last Year—What to Know
There are a few reasons why there were so many food recalls in 2024. One is a failure by corporate executives to prioritize sanitation and other food safety compliance, says Darin Detwiler, L.P.D., author of Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions and a professor at Northeastern University.
‘My body is my studio,’ says choreographer Ilya Vidrin
“Proxies” is about relationships. So is all of Vidrin’s work as an artistic director and choreographer, and as assistant professor of creative practice research at Northeastern University. His focus blends computer science with the physics of dance and the ethics of care.
Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing creates website as support floods in
Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University, said that the phenomenon around Mangione’s case was unusual.
Do Americans approve of President Trump? Here’s what polls say a month into office
Despite Trump serving his two terms non-consecutively, Costas Panagopoulos, head of political science at Northeastern University, says it is still fair to compare his early approval ratings with past newly-inaugurated presidents.
The Religious Community at the Center of Texas’ Measles Outbreak
The outbreak is concerning, but not “unexpected in any way,” Dr. Neil Maniar, director of Northeastern University’s public health program, told Newsweek.
On the Right Track
That’s not the type of service that would typically attract many riders, said Peter Furth, a transportation expert who teaches at Northeastern University. “It’s well-known in transportation that people have a limited time that they’re willing to commute,” he said.
Why Delta Flight 4819 Flipped After Landing, According to a Physicist
“Various forces acting on the airplane must remain in proper balance for the airplane to fly, and to land and take off smoothly,” Arun Bansil, a physics professor at Northeastern University, told Northeastern Global News.
Why so many of us hate the sound of our voice
Rébecca Kleinberger is a voice expert and assistant professor of humanics and voice technology at Northeastern University in the College of Arts Media Design. Kleinberger’s work mixes science, engineering, design, and art to craft experiences for vocal connection and to facilitate enriching animal-human interactions.
Scientific American
Why the News Feels Overwhelming—And How to Cope
“The chaos that ensues is really hard to make sense of because we don’t know the consequences,” says Kristen Lee, a psychotherapist and a teaching professor of behavioral science at Northeastern University.