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Timothy Hoff in News@Northeastern: Female Physicians Burn Out Faster Than Their Male Colleagues. Here’s Why.

Timothy Hoff has dedicated his career to researching healthcare policy and management issues. He’s not a doctor himself, but in the…

Laurie Kramer in News@Northeastern: Children Under 12 Still Can’t Be Vaccinated Yet—What Should Parents Do?

In the United States, just shy of half of all adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and an additional 7.6 percent are…

David Lazer in News@Northeastern: Public Support for Mandatory Vaccinations Grows, but Holdouts Remain Deeply Skeptical of the Shots

Public enthusiasm for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations has steadily grown since the spring, with more people supporting mandatory shots to get…

Sam Scarpino on Marketplace: How Much Does the Delta Variant Threaten the Economic Recovery?

A day after we learned the U.S. economy had regained its pre-pandemic level of economic activity, we got disturbing news about the…

Sara Jensen Carr in Landscape Architecture Magazine: Leave It Better

IN THE FACE OF LIKELY CLIMATE RETREAT, STUDENT DESIGN STUDIOS EXPLORE WAYS TO IMPROVE NANTUCKET’S COASTAL RESILIENCE. On Nantucket Island…

Taskin Padir in News@Northeastern: Nimble Robotic Arms That Perform Delicate Surgery May Be One Step Closer to Reality

Researchers now have the ability to do machine learning with real-time information that tells how much force is being applied.…

David Lazer in The Washington Post: The Loneliest Americans Aren’t Reconnecting

The COVID States Project has been probing American behavior (and attitudes) during the pandemic since March 2020. In 12 survey waves, an…

Brian Helmuth in News@Northeastern: When a Heatwave Comes, This Scientist Takes a Shellfish’s Perspective

NAHANT, MASS. — Stepping into the gap between the rocks, it’s easy to understand what Brian Helmuth is talking about. The summer…

Sara Jensen Carr in News@Northeastern: Cities Don’t Spread Disease. Inequality Does.

Speculation about the impact of COVID-19 on America’s thriving cities came almost as soon as the disease itself—and the diagnosis…

Holly Jimison and Misha Pavel in News@Northeastern: A Class Project Inspired This Healthcare Device to Solve a Common Drug Storage Problem

It is a problem of refrigeration. Almost half of the pharmaceuticals sold in the United States are biologics that must…

Mark Patterson in News@Northeastern: This Robot is Going to Map Uncharted Kelp Forests in the Arctic—And the Impact of Climate Change

The last thing Mark Patterson hears before his underwater robot embarks on a mission is a recording of his eldest child’s voice:…

Yakov Bart in News@Northeastern: Did Ben & Jerry’s Make the Right Call About the West Bank?

...Ben & Jerry’s—famous for its unique ice cream flavors as well as its outspokenness on social issues—waded into its most…