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Trump will decide the future of government money for healthcare plans. Letting it expire could save money, but the middle class might pay more.

Gary Young, the director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research, told Business Insider that the ACA subsidy debate underlines a growing problem: America’s healthcare costs are ballooning, and it’s taking a toll on people’s finances and federal budgets.
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Americans Change Their Tune on Economy

Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, said the shifts are likely reflecting the outcome of the election than any meaningful change in the economy.
Health

Does Cooking Kill E. Coli? What to Know After Multiple Outbreaks, Recalls

This is a fairly easy guideline to abide by—simply use a food thermometer inserted into the center of the meat to check the temperature, Darin Detwiler, PhD, author and associate teaching professor of food policy at the Northeastern University College of Professional Studies, told Health.
AFP

Trump tensions see US families ditch Thanksgiving reunions

Laurie Kramer, a psychology professor at Northeastern University, said that people need to find ways to tolerate one another to preserve family relationships.
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The Biggest Thanksgiving Turkey Mistakes, According To Food Safety Experts

“You should never, ever thaw the turkey or other foods on the counter. Thaw your turkey in the refrigerator,” said Darin Detwiler, a professor of food policy and corporate social responsibility at Northeastern University and author of ”Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions.”
CBS

How to safely cook your turkey this Thanksgiving, and how long you can eat Thanksgiving leftovers

“A Thanksgiving meal, particularly involving a turkey, requires careful attention to food safety to prevent contamination and foodborne illness,” food safety expert Darin Detwiler, a professor at Northeastern University, told CBS News.
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How Trump’s Tariffs Could Impact Thanksgiving Dinner Prices

John Lowrey, assistant professor of supply chain and information management at Northeastern University and a food pricing expert, said because tariffs lower capital productivity, shelf-stable products for Thanksgiving meals like spices and seasonings could be especially impacted.
The Verge

Bad influence

“I can see how this is incredibly infuriating and frustrating, but also really hard to combat, because most of what an influencer is doing in terms of content creation is not protectable,” says Alexandra Roberts, professor of law and media at Northeastern University.
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Balance of Power: DOJ Moves to Drop Trump Prosecutions

Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center for Social Change at Northeastern University and former top labor policy advisor to President Joe Biden Seth Harris about Trump’s Labor Secretary pick.

What’s Going on With All of These Food Recalls?

“We do have more consumer awareness, more testing, more ways of finding these bugs,” said Darin Detwiler, a professor of food regulatory affairs at Northeastern University. “But there’s just so much change in consumer behavior and in the growth of convenience foods that at some point, we’re going to see that we’re losing the battle.”
Christian Science Monitor

Want a less commercial holiday? Gen Z tries ‘underconsumption core.’

“I actually think this new interest in minimalism is a huge reaction to social media,” says Daniele Mathras, a professor at Northeastern University’s business school.
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How to Cut AI’s Appetite for Electricity and Water

Experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northeastern University say that reducing the power to one of Meta’s AIs by 22% to 24% slowed the speed at which the AI responded to a query by only 5% to 8%.