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CVS and Walgreens to start selling abortion pills this month

“However, later this month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a review of a decision by the Fifth Circuit that would dramatically restrict access to mifepristone,” Wendy Parmet, professor of law and co-director of Northeastern’s Center for Health Policy and Law told CBS MoneyWatch.
TechTarget

Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, OpenAI for breach of contract

Another element of the lawsuit is that of unfair competition, according to Michael Bennett, AI law and policy advisor at Northeastern University. This speaks to OpenAI’s unusual structure, in which a for-profit company is embedded within a non-profit- entity.
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The Willy Wonka experience’s generative AI debacle is just the start of our nightmarish new advertising reality

“One court found a TV ad featuring a hand squeezing an orange into a carton constituted a false statement when the orange juice was not fresh-squeezed, but was flash frozen and made from concentrate,” says Northeastern University law professor Alexandra J. Roberts. 
NBC News

Storm brewing in college basketball: Should fans be banned from rushing floor?

“Yes, it is part of college sports culture, but if the coaches and the athletes are saying, ‘Wait a minute,’ then you have to think about it. There’s a lot of culture that’s embedded that we are re-evaluating,” said Nicolette Aduama, the senior associate director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society […]
Daily Mail

I’m a former FDA food safety officer, these are the items I’d NEVER order at a restaurant – plus other ‘red flags’ you must watch out for

Dr Darin Detwiler, a food safety expert at Northeastern University in Boston and former FDA and USDA food safety advisor, shared what he avoids at restaurants. Next time you’re eating out, be mindful of how the staff scoop ice into your glass – their technique could be exposing you to thousands of germs
Worcester Telegram

Mass. report: Nonwhite drivers more often charged, arrested and searched in 2021 and 2022

A leading expert in the “veil of darkness” test, Matthew Ross of Northeastern University, told the T&G Tuesday that he believes the findings in the state report regarding the test are inaccurate. The state report found nonwhite drivers across the state were more likely to be pulled over in darkness than in daylight
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ExxonMobil is suing investors who want faster climate action

“What we’ve seen, unfortunately, is that even in the face of disclosure and more transparency from these companies, not much has actually changed from a strategy perspective,” says Kevin Chuah, an assistant professor at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business.
GBH

State report finds racial disparity in police stops

Matthew Ross, associate professor at the School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs at Northeastern University, says that’s evidence of “reverse discrimination.” “Similar to the last report, the statewide finding for VOD [Veil of Darkness] is consistent with discrimination against Whites non-Hispanic motorists,” Ross said.
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Ted Landsmark, who like me came to Boston in the early ’70s, is a professor of urban policy at Northeastern University and a past president of the Boston Architectural College.
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Public criticism of political news coverage cries out for the return of the public editor

“That is a problem with media criticism in general: A lot of hot takes, not all that much reporting,” said Dan Kennedy, a Northeastern University professor and media critic. 
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Viral map shows election results from 2016, not totals of guns, shootings

The post also fails to specify what it means by “gun violence” – which can include homicides, suicides or accidental shootings, said Dr. Matthew Miller, a professor at Northeastern University who has researched gun violence.
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New strategies to make mRNA therapies and vaccines safer

This is the aim of researchers from Northeastern University who, in a new review published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, pose new food for thought and outline different strategies for verifying safety at a pre-clinical level.