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3Qs: Many questions remain in meningitis outbreak
In recent weeks, an outbreak of fungal meningitis has infected more than 200 people and killed 15. The infection was traced back to a steroidal injection prepared at a compounding pharmacy based in...
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School of Pharmacy celebrates 50 years of excellence
Over the weekend, Northeastern celebrated the School of Pharmacy’s 50th anniversary, bringing together generations of graduates, faculty, staff, university leaders, along with current students, to...
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3Qs: What’s in your can?
Over the last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed it is investigating health reports citing energy drinks 5-hour Energy and Monster Energy as a possible factor in the deaths of...
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Community health fairs focus on heart health
Over a two-week span in March, Northeastern pharmacy faculty members and students hosted a series of health fairs in the Boston area to provide free blood-pressure screenings to community members as...
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Nasal treatment targets Parkinson’s disease at its roots
Each year, 60,000 adults are newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that causes a slew of symptoms, including tremors, slowed movements, and changes in speech. The drugs...
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Real life is not a clinical trial
All clinical drugs are intended to go through lengthy and thorough trials before reaching a pharmacist’s shelves. These tests are designed in part to catch any adverse effects of the drug on the...
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Health fair targets flu season
Pharmacy students in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences will help the Northeastern community prepare for the flu season by offering free vaccines at the college’s seventh annual Health Fair and Flu...
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The changing face of pharmacy
More than 130 social scientists and scholars from around the world are convening at Northeastern this week for the 18th International Social Pharmacy Workshop, a biennial conference focused on the...
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A promising alternative to medical marijuana
Ganesh Thakur, an assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy, has received a five-year grant for more than $2 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue his groundbreaking work to...
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Researchers find prescription drug benefit did not save money for Medicare
For years, the Medicare prescription drug benefit Part D has been credited with positively impacting national trends in health outcomes and medical services. But a recent study led by Northeastern...
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Drug discovery and delivery research at Northeastern’s pharmacy school spurs...
Throughout Northeastern’s School of Pharmacy, researchers are making progress in solving a range of pressing health challenges. This research is taking place in both of the schools’ departments: the...
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Free flu shots today at 10th annual Bouvé health fair
On Wednesday, Northeastern is hosting its 10th–annual Bouvé Health Fair and Flu Clinic, where students, faculty, and staff can get free flu shots and access a range of other health screenings,...
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How a clinical professor helps to tackle vaccination hesitancy, one clinic at...
As an immunization-certified pharmacist, Thomas M. Matta began vaccinating the public for COVID-19 as soon as he could. Now he’s taken his involvement a significant step further: the Northeastern...
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Why kids hold the key to herd immunity
To win the battle against the pandemic, kids will be vital. The fight against COVID-19 has long been focused on adults – particularly older adults. But kids are becoming a more prominent part of the...
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What do the new CDC mask guidelines for fully vaccinated people mean?
If you’re fully vaccinated, federal health officials now say that you can take your mask off in most places—even indoors. But the question remains whether the new guidelines will inspire more people...
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How afraid of COVID-19 variants should we be?
More than four million. That’s how many people have been killed by COVID-19 globally as of Thursday. At least, that’s the officially reported number. As SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes...
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I’m fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Do I need a booster shot?
The question of whether we’ll need booster shots has come up again and again since vaccines to protect against COVID-19 were first authorized in the United States. Brandon Dionne, associate clinical...
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Why do we need booster shots for COVID-19 vaccines?
Booster shots are coming. Top U.S. public health officials announced on Wednesday that booster shots of both the Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines would become available the week of...
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How does a COVID-19 vaccine keep me out of the hospital?
It’s been dubbed a pandemic of the unvaccinated by federal officials. The vast majority of COVID-19 patients in the hospital have not been fully inoculated against the disease. Many are dying....
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Should I mix and match my COVID-19 booster shot?
As concerns about the omicron variant mount, federal public health officials have strengthened their stance on booster shots for COVID-19 vaccines. On Monday, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
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