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The Daily Free Press

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Cruel and Unusual — Our Treatment of Drug Offenders | All Politics Are Local

Yonah Gross October 17, 2022
Giving therapy to an addict saves their life, locking them in prison is a death sentence.
The lone star tick, a species of tick whose bite reportedly causes an allergy to red meat, has become more widespread in the northeastern U.S. recently partly due to the effects of climate change. COURTESY OF ANTHONY ZUKOFF VIA FLICKR

Bite from new tick in New England may trigger red meat allergy

Emanne Khan December 10, 2019
The lone star tick, identifiable by the white spot on its back, has been migrating up the country in recent years.
Boston University School of Medicine Professor Robert Stern works as the director of clinical research at BU’s CTE Center and led the study. COURTESY OF ROBERT STERN

BU researchers suggest hope for finding CTE clinical diagnosis

Amelia Murray-Cooper April 25, 2019

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is an undiagnosable, incurable condition found in individuals, particularly athletes, who have suffered repetitive brain injuries. Currently, the disease can only...

EDITORIAL: Massachusetts must do more to address hidden fees at urgent cares

EDITORIAL: Massachusetts must do more to address hidden fees at urgent cares

Editors November 29, 2018

Imagine one day you wake up with a cough. After several hours, you develop a fever and get the chills. You think to yourself, “this is probably strep throat, nothing too serious.” So you head to the...

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