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November 23, 2025
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
RESEARCH
SPH researchers are at the forefront of determining the risk factors, treatments, and behavioral and environmental changes that may help alleviate the effects of Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias. Read more.
RESEARCH
A first-of-its-kind study led by Jonathan Buonocore and Mary Willis found that more than 14 percent of people in the contiguous US—largely urban and non-White residents—live within a mile of at least one type of fossil fuel infrastructure, from power plants and refineries to less-visible underground gas storage facilities. Read more.
SCHOOL NEWSMembers of the SPH community share their recommendations for media that resonated with them, given their public health studies, research, and practice. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTExecutive orders have endangered public health data, with nearly 13% of the CDC’s online datasets disappearing after January 21, 2025, writes PHP fellow Mallika Chimpiri. Read more. |
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The good news is that we are finding there is probably a very long period of slowly developing disease between the very earliest subtle signs and major clinical impairment.
MARIA GLYMOUR
ON PROMISING DEVELOPMENTS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PROGRESSION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND HOW TO DELAY OR TREAT IT.
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SNAPSHOT
Photos of the SPH community from recent events on the BU Medical Campus and beyond, including Graduate Student Life activities, a climate summit, a student leadership dinner with Dean Adnan Hyder, and more. View the gallery.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Over five years, schools that provided meals to all students saw an 11% drop in children with high blood pressure, writes PHP fellow Rowena Lindsay. Read more.
Keep up with SPH on Instagram.
Turkey or ham? This Thanksgiving, ham might be the more economical choice. Jack Mellom, SPH MarCom student content creator, discusses how flocks of turkeys have disappeared as a result of bird flu outbreaks, leading turkey wholesale prices to soar as much as 75 percent higher than 2024 prices. Watch the clip.
In the Media.
CBS NEWS
Interview with Jonathan Buonocore, assistant professor of environmental health.
BOSTON GLOBE
Letter to the editor by Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, research associate professor of health law, policy & management.
FUTURITY
Quotes Sarah Lipson, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
BLOOMBERG
Quotes Matt Motta, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
COMMONWEALTH BEACON
Quotes Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy & management.
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