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Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Roe v. Wade could soon be overturned — regardless, medical schools must recognize the important role of abortion in healthcare

Editors February 3, 2022
In a setting like medical school, where the purpose is to give students the information they need to care for patients, an individual's morals may not be the higher priority. 
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: The lack of promise in ‘Promising Young Woman’

Bini Ollivier-Yamin April 12, 2021
We must build a justice system that cares for sexual assault survivors, rather than rely on police.
New England Female Medical College. The City of Boston celebrated Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler Day Monday to honor the first Black female physician in the U.S. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston honors Rebecca Lee Crumpler Day — first Black woman in the US to receive medical degree

Anne Jonas February 9, 2021
Crumpler, an alumna of BUSM, became the first Black woman to receive a medical degree in the United States in 1864. She went on to publish the first medical book written by a Black physician in the country.
Boston Medical Center. The BMC received its first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 14. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Boston Medical Center receives its first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Juncheng Quan December 20, 2020
The vaccine arrived at BMC, which is affiliated with BU's School of Medicine, on Dec. 14.
Massachusetts instructs visitors to self-quarantine, ramps up health resources

Massachusetts instructs visitors to self-quarantine, ramps up health resources

Angela Yang March 27, 2020
All individuals entering the state are instructed to self-quarantine for 14 days. Meanwhile, residents can now also check their symptoms online at no cost.
The Baker-Polito administration, the Commonwealth’s four medical schools and the Massachusetts Medical Society announced Monday a set of medical education core standards focused on preventing and managing opioid misuse. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Medical school program to train students to treat drug abuse

Joseph Martorana November 13, 2015

  In a continued effort to combat the nation’s opioid crisis, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito announced a medical school program that will train students on how to...

Students began registering for a revised MCAT Wednesday which will be a longer test with more emphasis on social sciences. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY OLEG TEPLYUK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Revamped MCAT goes down with spoonful of social science

Sonia Rao February 12, 2015

As of Wednesday, pre-medical students across the nation will be able to register for the revised edition of the MCAT, the medical college admission test, which will be administered in April. For the...

Primary care physicians face greater debt problems

Daily Free Press Admin November 28, 2012

Primary care physicians have more difficulty paying back student loans after graduation than specialty care doctors, according to a report from researchers at Boston University and the Association of American...

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