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Science & Technology

Does the COVID-19 vaccine also help combat cancer?

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Society & Culture

US homicides and violent crime overall are down significantly, according to FBI data

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Health

‘Landmark in survey research’: How the COVID States Project analyzed the pandemic with objectivity

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Health

What is the winter forecast for COVID-19? And should we expect a ‘tripledemic’ of COVID, flu and RSV?

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Society & Culture

Cellphone bans in schools alone won’t curb distraction, says communication technologies expert

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Health

Pandemic pounds are real. Northeastern study calls on public health officials to address the fitness quandary

Science & Technology

Northeastern professors Kevin Fu, Alessandro Vespignani and Yun Raymond Fu honored by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Society & Culture

Is it appropriate to discuss inflation when asking your boss for a raise? Northeastern business professor weighs in

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Society & Culture

Nearly a quarter of Americans met criteria for ‘moderate depression’ during COVID-19 pandemic years, Northeastern research shows

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Health

Will Biden plans to lift COVID emergency end free tests and vaccines?

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Science & Technology

Can ‘digital traces’ from internet searches and social media predict outbreaks of COVID-19?

A nurse dressed in personal protective equipment swabs the nose of a patient with a COVID-19 test
Health

New highly transmissible COVID-19 subvariant won’t swamp US hospitals, Northeastern experts predict