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BU Parents United fundraises for memorial benches to honor custodians who died from COVID-19

Emily Stevenson April 20, 2021
The organizers hope to place the benches on the BU Beach to commemorate the two men.
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Massachusetts vaccine distribution contributes to long-term health care inequities

Sam Trottenberg March 11, 2021
The state’s Black and Latinx populations each suffered 10 percent more COVID-19 cases in the first half of 2020 and saw a death rate three times that of white residents.
Brigham and Women's Hospital raises awareness and funds Saturday afternoon for women who have lung cancer. PHOTO BY MARIA CASTILLO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Women’s Lung Cancer Program hosts Balloon-A-Thon fundraiser to spark awareness

Isabelle El Khoury March 21, 2017

Ten years ago, with an increase in the number of women being affected by lung cancer, organizers at the Women’s Lung Cancer Program took matters into their own hands. Alongside Brigham and Women’s...

PHOTO BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REYNOLDS: A Breath of Fresh Air

Rebecca Reynolds September 12, 2014

I am minding my own business walking down Commonwealth Avenue, breathing in some fresh air, when I start choking on a mouthful of cigarette smoke. Or maybe I’m not walking; maybe I’m just trying to...

Fighting for their final breath: Participants climb 82 flights of stairs to raise money for lung cancer research

Daily Free Press Admin February 4, 2014

On Saturday morning, Krysta Voskowsky, along with four of her co-workers, put on T-shirts they screen-printed and headed downtown to climb 82 flights of stairs. The team didn’t climb for exercise,...

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