Boston University

Health & Medicine

Boston University’s NEIDL still needs permission from the Boston Public Health Commission before conducting Biosafety Level 4 research.

Ebola

Boston Public Health Commission to Consider NEIDL Research Request Tonight

March 6, 2017

a mother holding a newborn's hand

HIV-AIDS

New Concerns about Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers

March 6, 2017

Tara Galovski and Amy Street sitting at table

Stress Reduction

Easing Transition to Civilian Life for Women Veterans

March 1, 2017

Cancer Researcher Avrum Spira, a professor of medicine, pathology, and laboratory medicine at Boston University School of Medicine

Biology

Finding Lung Cancer in the Nose

February 28, 2017

adolescent with pills

Voices & Opinion

POV: More Help Needed for Youngest Victims of Opioid Epidemic

February 21, 2017

Officers of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Ready First 1st Armored Division, participate in an urban combat exercise at a training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Links Found among Concussion, Genes, and Alzheimer’s

February 16, 2017

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Relationships

Love and Marriage, BU-Style

February 13, 2017

Tea Party activists

Politics

POV: Lessons to Be Learned from the Tea Party

February 9, 2017

Patient Levi McBride with (from left) Yasmin Alayyoubi, Dolrudee Jumlongras, Athanasios Zavras, and Stephen Prieve

Dentistry

SDM Pediatric Dental Clinic Serves the Underserved

February 8, 2017

Edward Damiano holds a prototype of the iLet bionic pancreas he developed during an acceptance speech for the Boston University Innovator of the Year Award

Diabetes

Bionic Pancreas Passes Critical Science Hurdle

February 7, 2017

Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable speaking at BU

Public Health

SPH Symposium Tackles Health Inequities

February 6, 2017

Sandro Galea, Boston University School of Public Health Dean, member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), and Chair of the Board of the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)

Public Policy

SPH Dean Tapped for Public Health Field Leadership Positions

February 2, 2017

Man smoking from e-cigarette

Public Safety

Exploding E-Cigarettes: Rare but Dangerous

January 30, 2017

Joan Salge Blake

Nutrition

Tips for Sticking to Your New Year’s Diet Resolution

January 26, 2017

View of Boston from the Prudential Center

Boston

IoC 2016 Survey of Mayors Finds Poverty a Top Issue

January 25, 2017

Rifle and pistol

Health & Medicine

Public Health Leaders Issue Call to Action on Gun Safety

January 23, 2017

Ebola virus under a microscope

Ebola

Blood Test May Predict Who Lives or Dies with Ebola

January 23, 2017

Chemistry

New Targets to Treat Type 1 Diabetes

January 17, 2017

New Year's resolutions on Post-It notes

Health & Medicine

POV: New Year’s Resolutions to Improve Our Collective Health

January 13, 2017

Professor Mark Grinstaff and Marlena Konieczynska in the Grinstaff Lab at Boston University

Medicine

A Better Way to Treat Burns from BU’s Grinstaff Lab

December 20, 2016

A Better Way to Treat Burns from BU’s Grinstaff Lab