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Health

What is the potentially deadly flesh-eating bacteria and why can infections be so hard to treat?

Members of Northeastern’s External Affairs team volunteer packing meals for individuals and their families with chronic illnesses at Community Servings.

Looking for volunteer opportunities? Northeastern’s community service programs can help you find a match.

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Health

What are mRNA vaccines? What is a universal vaccine — and how close are we to developing one? 

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Health

5 things to know about the summer COVID surge — including ‘razor blade throat’

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Health

Heat index vs. wet bulb globe temperature: What’s better for heat wave safety?

Emergency personnel search for missing people in Texas following flash floods.
Science & Technology

Why are so many people reported missing after natural disasters like the Texas floods?

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Science & Technology

What is ‘weather whiplash’? And why scientists say it’s becoming the new normal

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Health

What is pneumonic plague? How a rare but deadly disease killed an Arizona resident

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Science & Technology

Nearly a billion people will be affected by a scarcity of water by 2100, Northeastern researchers say 

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Health

Hot, dry weather kills the deer ticks that cause Lyme. But your clothes dryer does an even better job

An aerial shot of the devastating flash flooding in Texas.
Science & Technology

What made the Texas flash flood so deadly and how AI could improve forecasting