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Depression in teen girls is on the rise, CDC says. It’s a wakeup call and an opportunity, according to experts

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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How do videos of police brutality affect us, and how should we engage with them?

by Cody Mello-Klein
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Drink that kombucha at your own risk: What a Northeastern scientist thinks about popular gut health advice

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

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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It’s the trendy diet method, but does intermittent fasting really work?

by Cody Mello-Klein
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Will the COVID-19 vaccine become an annual dose like the flu shot? How will it work?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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With cancer rates falling, new research credits the HPV vaccine. Here’s why one expert says you should get vaccinated

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

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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Should you get rid of your gas stove? Northeastern experts break it all down

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by Tanner Stening
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How a new law requiring food labels to include sesame resulted in an explosion of products containing—sesame

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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What are the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest? Why Damar Hamlin is defying the odds

by Ian Thomsen
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Firearms assaults too often classified as ‘accidental,’ Northeastern professor says

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert