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Global Health

Center for Regenerative Medicine researchers Aditya Mithal, Claire Burgess, and Andrew McCracken prepare samples collected from Boston Medical Center patients suspected to be infected with the novel coronavirus.

COVID-19 Testing

Facing Dire Shortages, 50 Boston Collaborators Develop Their Own FDA-Approved Coronavirus Test

March 26, 2020

A portrait photo of Salma Abdalla

Data

How Data Science Could Revolutionize Population Health

March 23, 2020

A photo of BU NEIDL virologist Robert Davey

Coronavirus Pandemic

Live Coronavirus Research Gets Underway at BU NEIDL

March 19, 2020

A worker at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle, wears a mask as she leaves the building

Coronavirus Outbreak

BU Infectious Disease Experts on What We’ve Learned about Coronavirus

March 4, 2020

Photo of blue suits hanging up in a lab at BU's NEIDL.

Coronavirus Outbreak

BU NEIDL Scientists Join International Coronavirus Research Effort

March 2, 2020

Chinese health workers in white suits, check the temperatures of Chinese residents

Coronavirus Outbreak

Outbreak Experts: What to Expect Next from Coronavirus

January 27, 2020

Security personnel check the temperature of a passenger in the Wharf at the Yangtze River on January 22, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.

Health & Medicine

BU Closely Monitoring Coronavirus Outbreak

January 22, 2020

Virologist John Connor, from the Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, discussing fears about viruses with editor of The Brink Kat J. McAlpine

Infectious Diseases

Should We Fear the Flu More Than EEE?

December 2, 2019

Dr. Tejumola Adegoke, and OBGYN at Boston Medical Center, sitting on a gurney in an operating room.

Maternal Health

Why Black Women Face More Health Risks Before, During, and After Pregnancy

October 29, 2019

A child refugee in syria

Public Health

2019 University Lecture: Muhammad Zaman Will Address the Global Refugee Crisis

October 21, 2019

Scientific illustration of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), otherwise known as Nightmare Bacteria.

Superbugs

Superbug detector is first diagnostic to launch from CARB-X

September 24, 2019

a health worker administers medication to a person in the Congo

Ebola

“It Was Like a Miracle,” BU NEIDL Researcher Says of Powerful New Ebola Treatments

August 15, 2019

sperm and egg

BIRTH CONTROL

Why We Need a Contraception Revolution

August 1, 2019

John Howe delivers his Baccalaureate address

Health & Medicine

In Baccalaureate Address, John Howe (MED’69, Hon.’19) Puts Names to “Making a Difference”

May 19, 2019

Karen Jacobs

University News

Office Artifacts: Karen Jacobs

March 26, 2019

microscopic image of ebola virus

Ebola

Spotting Ebola in the Crowd

January 28, 2019

Microscopic image of tuberculosis bacteria

Biology

How Bad Drugs Turn Treatable Diseases Deadly

January 14, 2019

female traveler standing underneath the list of departures and arrivals in an airport

Public Health

SPH Report: Many Study Abroad Students Return with Preventable Diseases

December 3, 2018

Jorge Delva, dean of the School of Social Work, speaks at a reception

Schools and Colleges

Jorge Delva New Leader of BU Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health

November 15, 2018

Antiretroviral drugs can prevent transmission of HIV from mother to unborn child, but we don’t yet fully understand how exposure to HIV affects a baby's health later on.

HIV-AIDS

How Does HIV Exposure Impact Uninfected Babies?

October 24, 2018

How Does HIV Exposure Impact Uninfected Babies?