“The U.S. needs to quickly develop a test-and-treat strategy that encourages people to get tested regularly and at first signs of symptoms and then to quickly connect to care,” said Brook Baker, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law and a senior policy analyst at Health GAP, an advocacy group focusing on equity in […]

“We see a ‘two steps forward, one step back’ kind of trend” with “every wave of Covid that comes, where women make some inroads over the summer, or in between waves of Covid,” Alicia Sasser Modestino, an economics professor at Northeastern University, said. “And then the next stretch of rubber hitting the road puts the […]

Jean-Charles is a Northeastern University professor and director of Africana Studies in the university’s Department of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies. Her book is titled “Martin Luther King & the Trumpet of Conscience Today.”

Phase Zero was one of the startups to graduate out of Northeastern University’s Roux Institute inaugural Techstars Accelerator class. The company, founded by engineer Ngoc Le,  helps digital health companies build internal tools, including HIPAA-compliant databases for patient management and care coordination. Following the accelerator, Phase Zero has already signed six customer contracts and is […]

“We already have to show ID to get onto the plane,” said Sam Scarpino, managing director at the Rockefeller Foundation and an assistant professor in the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University. “Showing a vaccination card can be part of that process. We have to take our shoes off. We have to go through metal […]

“We have been through this many, many times,” said Alessandro Vespignani, director of the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University in Boston. “At this point we know that there is a portfolio of interventions that can be layered on top of each other.”