BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: By Megan Jones Technologies once confined to the realm of science fiction have rapidly become a part of present-day reality. Where confirming a person's identity used to require a trip to the police station to submit fingerprints, today cameras on the streets can rapidly identify individuals and track their whereabouts without their knowledge. Artificial intelligence (AI), such as facial reco  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 13 (TNSres) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * In the sixth segment of our "What's Next for Health" series, Patricia Hibberd, chair and professor of global health, encourages the field to recommit to the the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. * * * By Patricia Hibberd, MD, PhD Progress and setbacks since 2000 In 2000, the United Nations Summit and Declaration agreed on eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be ac  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: By Ian Thomsen George Matthews, a Northeastern University graduate and former chairman of the Board of Trustees for whom Matthews Arena is named, died peacefully on Jan. 11 surrounded by his family. He was 93. Matthews, who established himself as a successful entrepreneur after earning degrees in business administration and industrial engineering from Northeastern in 1956, served the university as a proud gra  more