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.

Ed Gavaghan, a spokesperson for Northeastern, said via email the school has no plans to require the second booster and that it “has consistently followed scientific data and public health requirements to maintain safe and open campuses throughout the pandemic.”

But it’s even more important that the food you serve is safe to eat, says Darin Detwiler,  food safety expert at Northeastern University.

“Businesses are constantly talking about the need for better transportation infrastructure, and they are constantly talking about the difficulty of finding skilled workers,” said Peter Enrich, an emeritus professor of tax law at Northeastern University who advised the ballot measure’s supporters. 

“With new mass shootings seemingly on each passing day, it may get harder and harder for Republicans to resist,” Costas Panagopoulos, Northeastern University’s political science chairman, said. “There may be an opening for a compromise in the lame-duck session.”

So far this year, 202 people have died in 40 mass killings across the nation, according to a database of mass killings maintained through a partnership between USA TODAY, The Associated Press and Northeastern University.

Michelle Carr, a communications professor at Northeastern University, also is a self-described royalist looking forward to the visit.

“I think the data is going to bear out that young voters were quite consequential in many of these swing states and some of these elections,” says John Wihbey, an associate professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern University.

There have been 36 fatal mass shootings in 2022 so far, including 15 since Oct. 3, said James Alan Fox, a professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University. 

But when makers of generics compete mainly on price and aren’t forced to consider reliability, the marketplace can break down when demand surges or supply chains are disrupted, according to Ozlem Ergun, a distinguished professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern University, who served with Fox on the committee.

Article by Daniel Medwed, the author of Barred: Why the Innocent Can’t Get Out of Prison and Prosecution Complex: America’s Race to Convict and Its Impact on the Innocent. He is the university distinguished professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University School of Law

Op-ed by Leo Beletsky.