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The Boston Medical Center. Three Boston University School of Medicine students began a campaign and published a petition Feb. 5 to end the universal shackling of incarcerated patients at the Boston Medical Center, as well as other hospitals. BAYLE VINES/DFP STAFF

BU medical students call on Boston Medical Center to humanize care, stop universal shackling of incarcerated patients

Eden Mor March 15, 2022
Students at BUSM created a campaign and petition to put an end to the universal shackling of incarcerated patients at BMC.
A note released Sunday by the Boston University School of Public Health dean’s note series argues that technology has diverged the way society perceives public health as an intervention rather an prevention. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Public health efforts slow as society’s attention diverges, experts argue

Anna Goncharova February 11, 2016

The Boston University School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea and SPH Professor George Annas highlighted the United States’ future of public health in an article released Sunday as part of the...

Boston city councilors voted Wednesday to double their term length from four to eight years. The vote also resulted in a law that will limit candidates to only run for one municipal election at a time. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

State legislators consider physician-assisted suicide

Lexi Peery October 29, 2015

As part of an ongoing national conversation about the ethics of allowing terminally ill patients to die on their own terms, state legislators considered a bill about physician-assisted suicide at a Tuesday...

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

State slow to enact medical marijuana legislation, patients say

Mina Corpuz October 2, 2014

Students and residents are criticizing Massachusetts legislators for failing to open medical marijuana dispensaries in the Commonwealth in a timely manner, which they claim is crucial to combatting symptoms...

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