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SPH Snapshot: Spring 2025

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civil rights

Where Passion Meets Purpose: Alum Bridges Civil Rights and Health Equity

binge drinking.

GQ

4 Ways to Reel in Your Pandemic Drinking

in Community Health Sciences, COVID-19, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor and chair of community health sciences

Tagged: alcohol, alcohol abuse, alcohol use, alcohol/substance use, binge drinking, coronavirus, covid-19, drinking, infectious disease

Bloomberg

Do You Really Have to Follow Those New Alcohol Guidelines?

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Timothy Naimi, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: alcohol, alcohol abuse, alcohol industry, alcohol use, binge drinking, drinking

Reuters

Fatal Crashes Might Decline with Lower Legal Blood Alcohol Limits

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Timothy Naimi, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: alcohol, alcohol abuse, alcohol use, binge drinking, drinking, drunk driving

Green Car Congress

Study: 15% of US Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Fatalities Involve Alcohol under the Legal Limit

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Timothy Naimi, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: alcohol, alcohol abuse, alcohol use, binge drinking, drinking, drunk driving

WHYY

Binge Drinking and Teenagers: What Are They Thinking?

in Health Law, Policy & Management, SPH In the Media

Quotes David Jernigan, professor of health law, policy & management

Tagged: adolescents, binge drinking, drinking, teenagers, underage drinking

New York Times

One in 10 Older Adults Binge Drinks, Study Says

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Timothy Naimi, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: aging, aging and well-being, alcohol, binge drinking

Daily Free Press

Drinking Culture at BU Neutral to Some Students, Concerning to Others

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Ziming Xuan, associate professor of public health sciences, and Timothy Naimi, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: alcohol, alcohol abuse, binge drinking, underage drinking, youth alcohol consumption

WGBH

You Don’t Have to Pass Out to Be Blackout Drunk

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Interview with Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: adolescents, alcohol, alcohol abuse, binge drinking, gender violence, sexual assault, sexual violence

Inquisitr

Blackout Drinking May Have Left Brett Kavanaugh with Alcohol-Induced Amnesia

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: adolescents, alcohol, alcohol abuse, binge drinking, gender violence, sexual assault, sexual violence

Study Finds

Nearly Half of Americans Can’t Put Down the Bottle, Study Finds

in Biostatistics, Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences; references study co-authored by Timothy Heeren, professor of biostatistics

Tagged: alcohol, alcohol abuse, binge drinking

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