Chris Serres

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Addiction Reporter at The Boston Globe

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Drug overdose deaths in Massachusetts plummet to lowest levels in a decade - The Boston Globe

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Chris Serres

The number of people who died last year in Massachusetts from drug overdoses plummeted to the lowest level in more than a decade, the most promising sign yet that the state is making progress against what was once seen as an intractable public health crisis. New provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a 33 percent drop statewide in 2024, with 1,596 people succumbing to fatal overdoses.
Judge orders release of Harvard scientist from ICE custody - The Boston Globe

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Chris Serres

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered that Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard Medical School scientist from Russia who was detained for bringing biological specimens into the country, be released from immigration custody. Kseniia Petrova, 31, has been held in Louisiana since Feb. 16, when she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport for failing to declare frog embryos that she was carrying in her luggage.
Young scientists say they may abandon research as their career options shrink amid Trump cuts

1 week ago | statnews.com | Chris Serres |J. Emory Parker

Becks Padrusch‘s fondest memories growing up were of trips to Boston’s Museum of Science, where the Arlington native got to touch animal organs and watch with fascination as chickens hatched in incubators. As a toddler, Padrusch, who uses they/them pronouns, insisted on bedtime stories about the solar system and how the planets formed. By age 5, Padrusch knew they wanted to be a scientist.
Trump cuts to medical research spark fears of ‘massive brain drain’ of young scientists - The Boston Globe

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Chris Serres |J. Emory Parker

Now, amid massive cuts to scientific research, Padrusch feels their dreams slipping away. On May 2, their 26th birthday, a lab supervisor gently pulled Padrusch aside and suggested they look for other jobs because of the precarious path ahead for scientific research. The Mount Holyoke engineering grad is seriously considering a dramatic career switch — a welder or electrician, anything with more security.
Harvard scientist accuses Homeland Security of violating due process rights, seeks to prevent further detention - The Boston Globe

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Chris Serres

Attorneys for a Russian scientist who works at a Harvard Medical School laboratory and has been detained in Louisiana for failing to declare scientific specimens at Boston Logan International Airport, filed a motion Thursday aimed at safeguarding her freedom should she be released from custody. Kseniia Petrova, 31, has been held in Louisiana since February 16, when she was detained at Logan for failing to declare frog embryos that she was carrying in her luggage.
Trump is moving to terminate hundreds of federal grants across Harvard

2 weeks ago | statnews.com | Chris Serres

In yet another escalation of its fight against higher education, the Trump administration has moved to terminate hundreds of research grants at Harvard University and its medical school, imperiling dozens of research projects and potentially upending the futures of young scientists.
‘A bloodbath’: Trump administration moves to terminate scores of federal grants at Harvard - The Boston Globe

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Chris Serres

In yet another escalation of its fight against higher education, the Trump administration has moved to terminate scores of research grants at Harvard University and its medical school, imperiling dozens of research projects and potentially upending the futures of young scientists.
Federal judge orders transfer of Harvard scientist to Massachusetts to face smuggling charge - The Boston Globe

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Chris Serres |Emily Spatz

A federal judge on Thursday ordered that a Harvard Medical School scientist from Russia, who has been detained since February when federal customs agents discovered frog embryos in her luggage, be transferred to Massachusetts to face a criminal charge of allegedly smuggling biological material into the United States.
$1.8 billion in health research grants nixed by the Trump administration, study finds - The Boston Globe

4 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Chris Serres

Cancer. Heart disease. Diabetes. Youth suicide. Dementia. Alcoholism. Respiratory viruses. Air pollution. These are among the gravest threats to public health, yet research into their causes and cures are being paid for with federal research grants that are rapidly vanishing as the Trump administration continues its assault on the nation’s biomedical research apparatus. A study released Thursday by researchers at Yale and Harvard provides the most comprehensive accounting yet of the scope of those cuts.
After his father’s death, a Boston rap artist joined the front lines of the addiction recovery movement - The Boston Globe

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Chris Serres

“The bottom fell out of me,” Henderson said. “I had to live with the guilt that I had killed my own father.”Devastated, Henderson forged a new path. He is now free from his addiction and among hundreds of former users joining the ranks of , nonmedical experts who rely on their past experiences to motivate clients to keep away from alcohol and drugs.

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Drug overdose deaths in Massachusetts plummet to lowest levels in a decade - The Boston Globe

Judge orders release of Harvard scientist from ICE custody - The Boston Globe

Young scientists say they may abandon research as their career options shrink amid Trump cuts

Trump cuts to medical research spark fears of ‘massive brain drain’ of young scientists - The Boston Globe

Harvard scientist accuses Homeland Security of violating due process rights, seeks to prevent further detention - The Boston Globe

Trump is moving to terminate hundreds of federal grants across Harvard

‘A bloodbath’: Trump administration moves to terminate scores of federal grants at Harvard - The Boston Globe

Federal judge orders transfer of Harvard scientist to Massachusetts to face smuggling charge - The Boston Globe

$1.8 billion in health research grants nixed by the Trump administration, study finds - The Boston Globe

After his father’s death, a Boston rap artist joined the front lines of the addiction recovery movement - The Boston Globe

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