Jeff Millman

Health January 7, 2023 0

What Everyone Should Know About Vaccines

Take a look at a timeline graph of polio or measles cases over the past 100 years and you’ll notice a striking trend – right around the mid-20th century, the zig-zagging peaks representing the number of infected persons suddenly crash to zero, and the line from there on out is nearly flat. These moments on the graphs correlate with the introduction of vaccines targeting those particular diseases. Vaccines are up there with the automobile and the computer on lists of […]

Front Page January 6, 2023 0

The Slowdown of Our Global Population: Social, Political, and Economic Anxieties

In November of 2022 the world hit 8 billion people. It only took about 12 years for the population to grow from 7 to 8 billion, matching the rapid growth of the past 50 years, but this may be the last time it grows so quickly. Global population growth is slowing, and the UN estimates that it will take 15 years for another billion humans to be born, then 18 years for the next billion, then a slow 32 years […]

Front Page December 26, 2022 0

Stellar Rise of Morocco at the World Cup

It’s a game so simple that children can play it. 22 people run around a field, kicking a ball to their teammates, trying to get that ball into the opposing team’s net. Like a zen koan, complexity emerges from simplicity. Life itself, with its heights of tension and emotion, heroics and failures, is played out on the pitch. The epic stories of professional association football are matched only by the tales of Ancient Greek drama. There’s a reason that close […]

Boston December 25, 2022 0

Tufts Medical Center Awards More Than $1.2 Million in Grants to Support Community Initiatives

Tufts Medical Center announced on December 16th that it has awarded more than $1.2 million in grants to 20 local nonprofit organizations to address unmet needs highlighted in their 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment. Six of those organizations will form cross-sector collaborations to reach more people and amplify impact and results. The funding focuses on three core areas to improve the physical, socio-emotional and financial health of Boston residents: providing culturally competent behavioral health and substance abuse services; encouraging financial […]

Boston December 24, 2022 0

Air Monitoring in Chinatown: Next Steps from MassDEP

Should you go for a run today? If you live in Chinatown, you may want to stick to the treadmill. The neighborhood is strangled by major highways and roads, and every day thousands of automobiles pump harmful pollutants into the air. Over the years, studies from Tufts University School of Medicine have measured high levels of ultrafine particles in Chinatown. In 2019 the area received the dubious distinction of having the worst air quality in the state. Low air quality […]

Front Page November 23, 2022 0

Affirmative Action on the Chopping Block?

On Halloween, the Supreme Court heard arguments for and against the continuation of affirmative action policies at US colleges and universities. On one side of the case is the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) organization, which represents and files lawsuits on behalf of individuals who allege they have been rejected by universities on the basis of their race (the majority are Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders). On the other side of the case are Harvard University and the University of […]

Health November 19, 2022 0

RSV and Influenza Predict a Dangerous Winter Ahead

You’ve probably had respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) at some point in your life. Just a few years ago, RSV was nothing much to worry about: a common virus that nearly all children are exposed to before the age of two, RSV presents as a mild cold in healthy people. Over the past few months, however, RSV has surged, and pediatric care units are at or over capacity in the United States. Cases in both children and adults are nearly three […]

Health November 6, 2022 0

A Heavy Heart: Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

This is the third is a series of articles on cardiovascular health and risk factors for heart disease. We need to drop a few pounds. Most of us, after all, are now overweight or obese. Nearly 74% of adults in the United States have BMIs above the healthy weight range. 42% are considered obese. America is one of the fattest nations on the planet, and data from the CDC suggest the numbers will only continue to grow in the near […]

Business October 26, 2022 0

A Cup of Tea with Boston Chai Party

Vishal Thapar learned early in his career about the importance of back-up plans. It was the early 2000s, and the future entrepreneur and co-founder of Boston Chai Party had recently graduated from Punjab Engineering College in India with a degree in computer science. Life was pretty good: he’d been offered a job by an American company based in Pittsburgh, and was planning to move to the U.S. as soon as the company sent him a plane ticket. Visa in hand […]

Health October 10, 2022 0

Heart Disease: What You Can Do Today to Reduce Your Risk

This is the second is a series of articles on how to protect against heart disease and improve cardiovascular health. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and globally. Though it affects people of all races and socioeconomic statuses, a 2021 Nature article found that “large differences in cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality exist between migrant populations and host populations.” Migration itself “generally has an adverse effect on health, particularly cardiovascular and metabolic health, which […]

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