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C.D.C. to Scale Back Covid Tracking Efforts
The data the C.D.C. still plans to collect will not provide enough actionable information at the state and local level, said Sam Scarpino, a public health expert at Northeastern University.
WCVB TV
National investigation shows Massachusetts lags in compensation for wrongfully convicted
If this scenario had played out in various states across the country, Weichel could’ve been eligible to receive more money. 5 Investigates teamed up with Northeastern University’s School of Journalism for a national review of wrongful conviction compensation laws.
Vox
Your boss is obsessed with productivity without knowing what it means
“The research on this really does seem to be a complete mess, not in the sense that it’s bad research but in the sense that you can find research that points at positive effects, be it productivity or happiness or job satisfaction, or you can find research finding the opposite,” said Christoph Riedl, an associate […]
Quartz
Why smart homes aren’t smart (yet)
A 2019 study (pdf) conducted by Imperial College London and Northeastern University examined the privacy of 81 different IoT devices.
Readers react to Kate Woodsome’s column on ADHD ‘illness’
In childhood, the brain of someone with ADHD develops differently and often uses inefficient routes to send messages, according to psychology professor Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, director of the Northeastern University Biomedical Imaging Center.
Business Insider
The real monster behind soaring prices
William Dickens, a distinguished professor of economics at Northeastern University, told me that it would be “impossible” to implement any meaningful inflation-fighting law in the current political environment.
Sex offender fatally shot 6, then killed self, official says
The grim discovery could push the number of people slain in mass killings past 100 for the year, according to a database maintained by The AP and USA Today in a partnership with Northeastern University.
Look behind the pharmacy benefit manager curtain
Op-Ed by Todd Brown, instructor emeritus at Northeastern University and the executive director of the Massachusetts Independent Pharmacists Association.
A new study finds highly toxic chemicals in shampoos and 30 household products that could cause cancer
Robin Dodson is an adjunct assistant professor of environmental health at Boston University; Megan R. Schwarzman is an associate project scientist and continuing lecturer in Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, and Ruthann Rudel is a visiting scholar at the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute at Northeastern University.
Fortune
Cancer-causing toxins are in shampoos, body lotions, and cleaning products. Here’s what experts want you to know
Robin Dodson, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University; Megan R. Schwarzman, Associate Project Scientist and Continuing Lecturer in Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, and Ruthann Rudel, Visiting Scholar, Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute, Northeastern University, Northeastern University.
Oklahoma Woman: Sex Offender Controlled My Daughter’s Family
The grim discovery in Oklahoma keeps the U.S. on a torrid pace for mass killings in 2023 and could push the number of people slain in mass killings past 100 for the year, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in a partnership with Northeastern University.
WGBH
Why estate planning isn’t only for the wealthy
This week, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts is hearing several interesting oral arguments in cases that relate to estate planning. GBH legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed joined GBH’s Morning Edition to discuss. This transcript has been edited lightly.