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Travel restrictions could slow the spread of coronavirus, but they are ‘not enough alone’ to stop it

Travel restrictions help, but they’re not enough to stop the spread, according to Alessandro Vespignani, a researcher at Northeastern University who models the spread of infectious diseases.
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Travel restrictions could slow the spread of coronavirus, but they are ‘not enough alone’ to stop it

Travel restrictions help, but they’re not enough to stop the spread, according to Alessandro Vespignani, a researcher at Northeastern University who models the spread of infectious diseases.
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The Secret To Raising Kids Who Actually Get Along

For more than 30 years, Laurie Kramer, a professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University in Boston, has studied sibling conflict. 
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Concerns raised after facial recognition software found to have racial bias

For mug shots in particular, researchers have found that algorithms generate the highest rates of false matches for African American, Asian and Indigenous people.
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‘We’re not prepared’: coronavirus could devastate homeless communities

Wendy Parmet, a Northeastern University law professor and health policy expert, said she was concerned that there appeared to be little discussion at the national level about homelessness.
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County says a father ignored a coronavirus quarantine directive. His lawyer says he was never told.

Whether it comes from a person’s doctor or from health officials, a request to self-quarantine is voluntary and lacks legal force, said Wendy Parmet, a health policy and law professor at Northeastern University.
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A father ignored coronavirus quarantine directive and took his daughter to a school dance

Whether it comes from a person’s doctor or from health officials, a request to self-quarantine is voluntary and lacks legal force, said Wendy Parmet, a health policy and law professor at Northeastern University.
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Speaker Pelosi In Boston: America ‘Cannot Withstand’ Another Term Of President Trump

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at Northeastern University on Monday that Democrats need to win the White House in 2020 because the United States “cannot withstand” a second term of President Donald Trump in office. 
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Pelosi: ‘I usually always cast my vote for a woman’

Pelosi was asked during an event at Northeastern University if her reluctance to back the “Medicare for All” proposals advocated by Warren and fellow progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is an indication of whom she supports in the Democratic presidential primary.
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Pelosi suggests market drop indicates lack of confidence in federal COVID-19 response

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited the Women Who Empower Summit at Northeastern University just as the financial markets started the week with a precipitous fall.
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How Much of the World Will Be Quarantined by the Coronavirus?

At the same time, no country can simply quarantine its way out of the covid-19 crisis, Wendy E. Parmet, the director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University, told me. 
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Pelosi talks Dow, coronavirus at Northeastern event Monday

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared at a “Women Who Empower” talk at Northeastern University on Monday, criticizing the White House administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak as the Dow plummeted.