Across the US, big strides have been made to reduce levels of lead in the blood of children. However, efforts have not reached all families equally. Today, some families go…
This is the second installment of Dr. Sherr’s two-part series. Be sure to check out his first post on why prevention outweighs treatment. “Honey…I’ve just come from my doctor, and…
New software makes it easier to report personalized health-study data back to participants, helping bridge a data equity gap. Health research depends on participant involvement, but participants are rarely given…
Similar to many African countries, South Africa—the country where I work as a BU associate professor in global health—reported its first COVID-19 case on March 5, 2020, imported by a…
Diverse teams save lives: One way to make better contraceptive choices a priority is to have people who can become pregnant directly involved from the earliest stages of device design…
The world, as we know it, may just have been saved. Had SARS-CoV2, aka COVID-19, emerged 50 years ago, it would have continued to rampage through the world’s populations for…