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US Supreme Court hears challenge to state lawmakers’ authority in elections
Critics warn that adopting an extreme version of this principle could allow state lawmakers to disregard voters and install their own set of electors, whose votes are counted by Congress to certify US presidential elections. “It’s got the doomsday 2024 drama lurking behind it — that’s another reason this is a huge case,” said Daniel […]
The National
Scientists discover why colds are more common in winter
A 2018 study led by Dr Bleier and Prof Mansoor Amiji, a specialist in pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University, uncovered an innate immune response triggered when bacteria is inhaled through the nose.
Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter
To understand why this occurs, Bleier and his team and coauthor Mansoor Amiji, who chairs the department of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, went on a scientific detective hunt.
WGBH
Swift justice: What’s behind Taylor Swift fans’ lawsuit against Ticketmaster?
GBH News legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed joined GBH’s Morning Edition co-hosts Paris Alston and Jeremy Siegel to talk about whether the recent legal challenge to the ticket fiasco will result in swift justice. This transcript has been lightly edited
Gizmodo
Why Do You Get Sick in the Winter? New Science Points Up Your Nose
The study comes from scientists at Northeastern University as well as Mass Eye and Ear, a teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
Cold temperatures could make our respiratory systems more vulnerable to infection
“We’ve uncovered a new immune mechanism in the nose that is constantly being bombarded, and have shown what compromises this protection,” said Mansoor M. Amiji, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University and co-author, in a statement.
The Telegraph
The real reason you’re more likely to get a cold in the winter
Researchers at Boston’s Mass Eye and Ear hospital and Northeastern University in the US have discovered a previously unidentified immune response inside the nose that fights off viruses responsible for upper respiratory infections.
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.
France 24
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.
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.
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.
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.