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In the wake of unequal vaccine rollouts, countries face a ‘Wild West’ scramble for covid pills

Brook Baker, a professor of law at Northeastern University who tracks pharmaceutical deals, estimates generics of molnupiravir could be sold for as little as $10 per treatment.
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We’ve taught kids to fear school shootings. But lost sight of how uncommon they are.

James Alan Fox is the Lipman Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University, a member of USA TODAY’s Board of Contributors, and co-author of Violence and Security on Campus: From Preschool through College.
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In vaccination battles, pro athletes become proxy players

“They are all different individuals. They have different approaches,” says Dan Lebowitz, executive director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University. “Athletes,” he says, “are no different than really the whole of humanity.”
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Amid a fight for voting rights, local leaders reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy

“In this country, there are holidays of celebration, and I don’t believe that the King Commemorative Day really ought to be thought of as a holiday,” said Ted Landsmark, a professor of public policy at Northeastern University and director of the school’s Kitigan Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy.
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Airport security confiscated 5,700 firearms in 2021, the most ever

More than 11 million people, including 5 million children, were newly exposed to weapons because of the increase in purchases, according to a study by Matt Miller, a professor of health sciences and epidemiology at Northeastern University.
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An icefish colony discovered in Antarctica is world’s largest fish breeding ground

“It appears that that the reproductive behavior of most, if not all, icefishes, revolves around male courtship of females through building a ‘good’ nest, said icefish expert H. William Detrich, professor emeritus of biochemistry and marine biology at Northeastern University, via email. He wasn’t involved in the research.
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Prior to Harmony Montgomery’s disappearance, a series of police visits and a father’s history of violence

“It is troubling,” said Margo Lindauer, director of the Domestic Violence Institute at Northeastern University. “I think reasonable minds could agree that maybe that person isn’t a safe placement for a child.”
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How Hatred Of Women Is Fueling The Far-Right

A survey conducted by Northeastern University for the Annals of Internal Medicine, one of the most widely cited specialty medical journals, found that gun purchases in the U.S. surged from 2020 to 2021, with 7.5 million new purchases. Of those, 5.4 million constituted first-ever firearm purchases.

Balaclavas Are Trendy, but for Some Muslim Women It’s More Complicated

Elizabeth Bucar, a professor of religion at Northeastern University and the author of “Pious Fashion,” said that it was “marketed as a symbol of cosmopolitan chicness, even while Sikhs who wear turbans are subject to violence.”
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As Rollins becomes US attorney, Mass. undergoes a transformation in local DAs

Daniel Medwed, GBH News legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor, joined host Henry Santoro on Morning Edition to discuss the significance. 

Op-Ed: Today’s right-wing conspiracy theory mentality can be traced back to the John Birch Society

Edward H. Miller is an associate teaching professor at Northeastern University and author of the forthcoming book “A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society and the Revolution of American Conservatism.”
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Mexico has refused to close its borders during the covid-19 pandemic. Does that make sense?

Alessandro Vespignani, a physicist at Northeastern University, was a co-author of that study. “Before the [coronavirus] pandemic, the mainstream thinking was, okay, travel restrictions do not have an effect,” he said.