Friday marks the seventh anniversary of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 students and faculty.
State Sen. Jason Lewis and State Reps. Tommy Vitolo and Kate Lipper-Garabedian plan to file a Nicotine-Free Generation bill during the 2025-26 legislative session, aiming to gradually phase out the legal sale of nicotine and tobacco products in Massachusetts.
Boston University’s School of Public Health introduced their online, five part Mini-Master of Public Health program via SPH’s Public Health Exchange publication last week. Created by SPH professors, the courses are free and available to anyone.
Boston University School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea and SPH professor Michael Siegel have been selected to join 36 other researchers in spearheading a consortium to research gun violence in an effort to affect policymakers’ decisions.
A groundbreaking medical study conducted by Massachusetts Health Commissioner Monica Bharel found that for those who have died from an opioid overdose, the average survival time from their initial...
In an effort to combat the growing opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, Boston University alumnae Raagini Jawa and Thuy Luu launched an initiative at the Boston Medical Center aimed at overdose prevention.
Through...
Boston University researchers have found that stricter alcohol policies reduce the likelihood of alcohol consumption among homicide victims.
The research, which was published in a study on Sept....
Boston University has experienced a rise in medical alcohol transports for students in the past two years during Halloween weekend as compared to previous years, according to the school’s alcohol enforcement...
Following an approval by the Boston City Council in September, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh signed an ordinance banning replica handguns Monday.
This ordinance seeks to raise awareness about the dangers...
Bay State Repeal, a local advocacy group working for the repeal of cannabis prohibition in Massachusetts, filed the first draft of a 2016 ballot initiative petition legalizing the sale of marijuana to...
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, along with President and CEO of Mass Mentoring Program Marty Martinez and Massachusetts President of Bank of America Bob Gallery, launched the Mayor’s Mentoring Movement on...
