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Earlier this year, the American Academy of Pediatrics released its first new set of guidelines for treating obesity in children in 15 years. Photo licensed under Unsplash.

Physicians and body positivity advocates consider the impacts of new childhood obesity treatment guidelines

Antonia Sousa, Reporter
March 8, 2023
How free meal programs in the Boston area are helping to ease food insecurity

How free meal programs in the Boston area are helping to ease food insecurity

Kristina DaPonte, Reporter
January 23, 2023
Students at the relaunching of a new vending machine at Boston University organized by Students for Reproductive Freedom got access to various types of sexual health resources. Credits: Melissa Clavijo

Boston campus contraception vending machines promise contraceptive access but pose unexpected challenges, reproductive justice advocates say

Melissa Clavijo , Reporter
October 24, 2022
[VIDEO] MGH Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice and Health explains how climate change affects human health

[VIDEO] MGH Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice and Health explains how climate change affects human health

Ilana Gersten, Reporter
March 4, 2022
The first generation to grow up with HPV vaccine reaches adulthood

The first generation to grow up with HPV vaccine reaches adulthood

Danica Jefferies and Sophia Paffenroth
February 7, 2022
Yari DeJesus is getting women on wheels and into the outdoors

Yari DeJesus is getting women on wheels and into the outdoors

Ha Ta, Audience Engagement Editor
November 1, 2021
Boston City Council meeting April 15, 2020

Boston City Council meeting April 15, 2020

Jordan Erb
April 16, 2020
Nicoletta Longo (center) founder of recovery and wellness group NamaStay Sober.

Changemaker: Niccoletta Longo, founder of NamaStay Sober

Catherine McGloin, Editor-in-chief
April 13, 2020
Boxes of surgical masks and medical supplies wait to be shipped from UMass Amherst to Wuhan China, in the fight to contain the coronavirus. Photo by Hiu Yan Ping.

Chinese communities send surgical masks to Wuhan to support fight against coronavirus

Hiu Yan Ping, Reporter
February 28, 2020
Needle collection. Photo by Jordan Erb.

More than 17,000 requests for needle pick-ups since 2015: Boston neighborhoods most affected by the opioid crisis

February 26, 2020
Community is key for college students with non-visible disabilities facing discrimination on campus

Community is key for college students with non-visible disabilities facing discrimination on campus

Katarina Torres Radisic
January 21, 2020
For the food insecure, dietary restrictions pose an additional challenge

For the food insecure, dietary restrictions pose an additional challenge

January 19, 2020
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