Boston University

Global Health

Prototype of an HPV point-of-care diagnostic test in the lab of Catherine Klapperich

Engineering

How Point-of-Care Testing Will Transform Healthcare

April 5, 2018

Ebola virus. Symptoms like fever and fatigue appear anywhere from 2 to 21 days after exposure to the virus; the average is 8 to 10 days. The 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic killed 11,000 people.

Infectious Diseases

Diagnosing Ebola before Symptoms Arrive

March 29, 2018

Portrait of Boston University faculty Pamela Templer, Lucy Hutyra, and Jonathan Levy

Biology

BU Scientists Get $3 Million NSF Research Traineeship Grant

December 20, 2017

Sick kid with high fever laying in bed while mother checks the temperature

Global Health

TB as Major Cause of Death among Children Worldwide

November 30, 2017

bad medicine

Global Health

Bad Medicine

August 8, 2017

Man shucks an ear of corn in a corn field. USDA photo by Christina Reed.

Climate Change

What If the World’s Major Food Crops Fail at the Same Time?

June 20, 2017

Global Health

Just Don’t Call It Edutainment

May 30, 2017

Madeleine Scammell, assistant professor of environmental health

Accolades

Scammell Wins NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Health Science Award

April 20, 2017

Kevin Outterson, N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health and Disability Law, leads CARB-X, world’s largest public-private partnership to accelerate development of urgently needed new antimicrobials.

Antibiotics

LAW-based CARB-X Awards $24 Million for Superbug Antibiotics

March 31, 2017

Photo of Lucy Hutyra and Andrew Reinmann in the forest

Climate Change

Good News and Bad News about Forest Fragmentation

March 21, 2017

Gloria Waters, Vice President and Associate Provost for Research at Boston University, speaks during a meeting of the Boston Biosafety Committee to consider a request by Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) for permission to conduct Biosafety Level 4 research at the facility

NEIDL

NEIDL Researchers Present Case for Next-Level Research

March 7, 2017

a mother holding a newborn's hand

HIV-AIDS

New Concerns about Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers

March 6, 2017

Davidson Hamer, professor at Boston University Center for Global Health & Development

Global Health

Understanding Zika’s Spread

February 15, 2017

insulin pen for diabetes treatment

Diabetes

US Deaths from Diabetes Significantly Underestimated

February 10, 2017

Newborn

Public Health

C-Section Rates Level Off After Sharp Increases

February 9, 2017

Ebola virus under a microscope

Ebola

Blood Test May Predict Who Lives or Dies with Ebola

January 23, 2017

rare earths mining

International Relations

Elements of Conflict

December 5, 2016

Veronika Wirtz

Global Health

In Essential Medicines Access, Progress and Challenges Around the World

November 30, 2016

Slash and burn deforestation in Colombia

Remote sensing

Satellite Images Map Deforestation

November 14, 2016

infant belly with umbilical cord

Global Health

Widely-Used Intervention Does Not Reduce Infant Deaths in Africa

September 29, 2016

Widely-Used Intervention Does Not Reduce Infant Deaths in Africa