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College of Arts and Sciences graduates and current BU Medical students Talya Cohen and Tanusha Tholla of the non-profit HealthPair. The BU-associated nonprofit is launching a hub class this fall to provide students with health literacy skills. Photo courtesy of Austin Boyer.

From campus to clinic: HealthPair prepares youth for health care independence

By Brendan Galvin September 28, 2025
From understanding insurance to scheduling appointments and advocating for themselves, college students and recent graduates often find themselves unprepared to handle the complexities of today’s health care landscape. That is where HealthPair, a Boston University-based nonprofit organization, steps in.
East to West Dec. 3, 2021

East to West Dec. 3, 2021

By Daily Free Press Admin December 3, 2021

Good luck with finals! Today on East to West, we cover student concerns with BUPD, student frustrations with SHS, the MBTA fare-free program and more. Click here to stream this episode of “East...

puppy on a leash

Boston’s animal shelters adapt to pandemic, struggle with funding

By Jesús Marrero Suárez April 29, 2021
Decreases in animal availability have come as the demand for adoptions increased with the pandemic.
daffodil planted in a garden

Daffodils line Boston’s path toward spring, healing

By Colbi Edmonds April 20, 2021
Marathon Daffodils delivered thousands of daffodils to frontline workers at Boston-area hospitals.
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Gender Justice: The lack of gender equality in health care is life-threatening

By Meredith Varner April 16, 2021
My body and right to health care are dictated by far too many people.
elizabeth warren and ibram x kendi in a school of public health event at boston university

SPH, Center for Antiracist Research host three-part lectures on health policy, racial inequities

By Olga Benacerraf April 12, 2021
The series featured discussions with Ibram X. Kendi, Ayanna Pressley and Elizabeth Warren.
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EDITORIAL: All Inclusive Boston will help create equitable tourism, but the city’s reputation cannot be restored without addressing its racism

By Editors April 7, 2021
Boston remains unwelcoming to the vast majority of its residents, regardless of how we market it.
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A Room With a View: Will artificial intelligence send us to hell or create it?

By Antonia Lehnert April 4, 2021
It is nearly impossible to separate technology that can help versus harm us, but we must try to draw the line.
person holding a narcan demonstration device

Seven North Shore cities encourage residents to carry Narcan

By Sam Trottenberg April 2, 2021
A new campaign seeks to curb opioid overdoses through education and increased access to medication.
Sophia Flissler/DFP STAFF

Minority Report: Hail, Biden

By Lincoln Son Currie March 25, 2021
Biden has done a fantastic job with vaccine distribution and his presidency thus far.
build lab at boston university

BU students win sustainability innovation grants, tackle climate change from new angles

By Divya Sood March 23, 2021
Seven student projects won grants from Innovate@BU and BU Sustainability to tackle climate change.
boston children's hospital

Massachusetts vaccine distribution contributes to long-term health care inequities

By 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.
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