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Why Do We Get More Colds In Winter? Scientists Have Discovered The Answer

Researchers from Boston’s Mass Eye and Ear hospital and the Northeastern University have subsequently concluded there is a “biological root cause for the seasonal variation” in these viral infections seen every year – particularly throughout the Covid pandemic.
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Warmer noses are better at fighting colds: study

These discoveries could pave the way for an eventual treatment against the common cold and other viruses, Mansoor Amiji, a pharmaceutical sciences professor at Northeastern University, who co-led the research, told AFP.
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Why You’re More Likely to Get Sick in the Winter, According to New Research

In addition to helping explain long-observed trends about respiratory viruses spiking during cold months, the finding could eventually lead to new therapeutics, says study co-author Mansoor Amiji, chairman of the department of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern.
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Supreme Court likely to rule that Biden student loan plan is illegal, experts say. Here’s what that means for borrowers

“The benefit of the Supreme Court ruling is that it will settle, for now, all of the litigation related to the loan forgiveness,” said Dan Urman, a law professor at Northeastern University.
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As mass testing ends, how will covid waves be tracked?

Not many academic papers start off as a joke. But Nick Beauchamp, of Northeastern University, in Massachusetts, was inspired by some light-hearted Twitter threads during the covid-19 pandemic.
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Gratitude: Good For The Soul, Good For Your Wallet

A Northeastern University study demonstrated the correlation between gratitude and patience.
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Railroad workers aren’t the only Americans without paid sick days

The lack of paid sick leave hurts both workers and the economy, said Seth Harris, professor at Northeastern University and former top labor policy adviser to President Joe Biden.
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America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users

Leo Beletsky, a former drug dealer, now at Northeastern University, deems Ms Packham’s findings “nonsensical” and thinks her paper should not have been published.
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‘Family tragedy’: 10-year-old Wisconsin boy charged as adult in fatal shooting of mother

In 2018, James Alan Fox from Northeastern University told the Associated Press there were only 44 children age 10 or younger who were believed to be responsible for homicides in the U.S. from 2007 to 2016.
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‘It gave me hope’: Financial literacy organizations empower marginalized youth with knowledge

“If you seed [financial literacy] early, it will be beneficial to all populations and certainly to disproportionately disadvantaged populations,” said Vincent Muscolino, a finance lecturer at Northeastern University, adding that such efforts could help set up “building blocks over the course of a lifetime.”
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Want to Grow Your Money? Try This Scientific Secret to a Richer Life

A well-cited 2016 Northeastern University study found that embracing the good in our lives today makes us value and want to protect the future more.
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Post-Roe, contraceptive failures carry bigger stakes

Navigating the failure rates of birth control medicines and medical devices is just one aspect of preventing pregnancy. Ensuring a male sexual partner uses a condom can require negotiation or persuasion skills that can be difficult to navigate, said Jennifer Evans, an assistant teaching professor and health education specialist at Northeastern University.