The Washington Post: Luck has kept Ebola out of the U.S. But that’s very likely to change Only a fluke of timing prevented Kent Brantly from being in Texas when he got sick with Ebola. Brantly, the first U.S. doctor to get Ebola, was infected in late July while working at a missionary hospital in Liberia. But he didn’t immediately realize he was ill. That’s one of Ebola’s tricks: The virus can […]
WBUR: ‘The Ebola Coaster’: Boston prepares intensively for what-ifs Earlier this month one research team put the risk of an imported Ebola case in North America at somewhere between 1 and 18 percent by the end of September, based on analysis of air traffic from West Africa to the rest of the world. The risk has undoubtedly declined since then as commercial flights to and from […]
Yahoo! Daily that challenged LA Times shuts down Dan Kennedy, a Northeastern University journalism professor, said the decision “is not really a surprise” and that the warning signs had appeared in June, when cuts were announced just months after the launch of the Register. “From the moment he acquired the Orange County Register, Aaron Kushner has been telling us that there was nothing […]
What do America’s Arab partners against ISIS really want? As the U.S. launched the first airstrikes against the Islamic State and other militants inside Syria, it drew on support from five Arab nations: Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. President Barack Obama views Arab involvement as key, administration officials have said. He reportedly waited for diplomatic alliance-building efforts to bear […]
Benzinga Can Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. compete with other health care clinics? Timothy Hoff, Ph.D., associate professor of management, health care systems and health policy at Northeastern University in Boston, told Benzinga that retail clinics like Wal-Mart’s offer a lower-cost overhead model able to deliver basic care and chronic disease management in otherwise underserved parts of the United States. “Not all areas of the country … have a […]
Charlie Baker calls for Roger Goodell to quit Although Baker and Coakley are in a tight race, Coakley is currently up by 18 points among women, according to recent Globe polls. But William Mayer, a political scientist at Northeastern University, said focusing on the football commissioner’s job seems “a little off point.” “Nobody in the NFL has been anxiously waiting to see what […]
Bogus travel deals, expired miles leave travelers fuming Insincere offers aren’t confined to airline loyalty programs, although they can be among the worst offenders. Another class of disingenuous deal is the postcard that says you’ve won a “free” cruise or vacation. Check your mail, there’s probably one there now. “The catch is that you have to stay at a time-share facility and agree […]
Sick leave measure divides workers, businesses The ballot question does, however, include a provision that creates flexibility for employers: If a sick employee misses time on the job but agrees to work the same number of hours or shifts in the same or next pay period, he or she does not have to use earned sick time and the employer does […]
Discover This robot can plug in a USB, but I still can’t Why is it that every time I try to insert a USB plug it’s backward? Shouldn’t it be right at least half the time by dumb luck? Whatever my problem is, a dextrous new robot doesn’t have it. The robot’s advantage is that its fingertips don’t just feel—they see, too. Researchers at Northeastern University and […]
Forbes 4 reasons social capital trumps all They say every entrepreneur needs three kinds of capital: financial, human, and social. Financial capital is the funding you need to get off the ground, sustain growth, and develop operations. Human capital is the team that brings value to your organization. And while both are essential resources for your business, social capital — the connections […]
WGBH Why some say campus police shouldn’t carry guns Last march, an annual tradition at UMass-Amherst descended into a melee. Town and campus police officers donning riot gear were called in after a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, known as the Blarney Blowout, got out of hand. Police fired more than 600 rounds of pepper spray and sting balls at unruly crowds, and 21 UMass students […]
Northeastern University students create an edible form of coffee For many college students, 8:00 a.m. classes are the end of the world. What’s even worse is not having time to eat breakfast and energize before and during that class. Constantly experiencing this problem, two students at Boston’s Northeastern University questioned, “Why can’t we just eat our coffee?” Co-founders of New Grounds Foods, Johnny Fayad […]