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Flu and COVID vaccines reduce severity of illness but are not “silver bullets” like polio and smallpox shots. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Why do some vaccines (polio, measles) prevent diseases, while others (COVID-19, flu) only reduce their severity?

Bouvé experts say vaccines differ according to whether the viruses they’ve been designed to quell are mutating or stable.

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Learn about the health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet-and sample food and wine-at a Nov. 17 symposium sponsored by the Italian consulate on Northeastern’s Boston campus. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

What is the Mediterranean diet? It’s more than just eating less processed foods, experts say

You’ve heard about the Mediterranean diet. But do you know the foods in the plan, and the wine that can be enjoyed with it?

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Bending over laptops, cell phones and tablets has created an epidemic of “tech neck” among adults and kids, but remedies exist. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

‘Tech neck is the real deal.’ Why pain is on the rise from looking down at laptops and phones — and what to do about it

Bending over laptops, cell phones and tablets has created an epidemic of “tech neck” among adults and kids, but remedies exist.

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