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Infectious Diseases

A photo of Rene Fielding, BU Emergency Management Director

Coronavirus

Explaining BU’s Coronavirus Plan

March 3, 2020

Photo of canal in Venice with two men on a blue boat in the foreground

Coronavirus

How Is Coronavirus Impacting BU Study Abroad and Spring Break Plans?

February 28, 2020

A photo of a sign in New York reading "Face Masks Are Sold Out"

Infectious Diseases

Coronavirus Is Coming: Dos and Don’ts for Protecting Yourself

February 27, 2020

A flu shot is one of best protections in this severe sickness season.

flu

As Flu Season Worsens, Nine Tips for Avoiding and Treating the Virus

February 6, 2020

CDC Illustration of Novel Coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV)

University News

Update: Latest BU News on Coronavirus

February 3, 2020

A crowd of Boston University students walk along Commonwealth Avenue on the BU Charles River Campus

Health & Safety

Should I Be Worried about Coronavirus at BU?

January 30, 2020

An Ebola victim is put to rest at the Muslim cemetery in Beni, Congo DRC

Ebola

Talking about the Ebola Outbreak with BU Experts on the Disease

July 18, 2019

Detail photo of a researcher demonstrating a drug-free blue light therapy MRSA treatment. The researcher exposes a petri dish of MRSA and hydrogen peroxide to a blue light laser light.

Photonics

How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment

April 9, 2019

microscopic image of ebola virus

Ebola

Spotting Ebola in the Crowd

January 28, 2019

A female asian child enters an MRI machine.

Infectious Diseases

Mysterious Illness AFM Has Paralyzed More Than 100 Children

December 5, 2018

Robert Davey, infectious diseases researcher at the Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), poses for a portrait in front of hazmat suits like the ones he wears while conducting Biosafety Level 4 research in the NEIDL laboratory.

Ebola

Old Drug, New Tricks

November 19, 2018

a pile of multicolored condoms

Biomedical Engineering

New Self-Lubricating Condom Would Revolutionize Safe Sex

October 18, 2018

Whitney Manhart (MED'20) (left) a PhD student in Elke Muhlberger’s NEIDL lab, and lab manager Jennifer Pacheco are coauthors of a Cell Reports study about a tool that will help determine whether a new zoonotic virus, LLOV, can cause disease in humans. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Infectious Diseases

NEIDL Researchers Create Tool to Study New Virus

September 5, 2018

Infectious disease researchers Elke Mühlberger (left) and Adam Hume conduct BSL-4 research at Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL).

NEIDL

Ebola Research Begins at NEIDL

August 2, 2018

Clinicians work at an Ebola Virus vaccination clinic in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, during an outbreak in May of 2018

Ebola

BU Experts on New Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo

May 31, 2018

Infectious Diseases

AIDS Researcher and Champion Anthony Fauci a 2018 Honorary Degree Recipient

May 15, 2018

toddler coughing

Infectious Diseases

Why Is Whooping Cough on the Rise?

May 7, 2018

Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) researchers at Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) Judith Olejnik, Elke Mühlberger, and Adam Hume

University News

NEIDL BSL-4 Lab Gets Green Light

December 6, 2017

The SPH professors hosting the Free Associations podcast: are Donald Thea (from left), Matthew Fox, and Chris Gill. Photos by Nick Gooler, School of Public Health

Science & Technology

SPH Podcast on Health Studies Helps You Lose Weight (Not Really)

September 11, 2017

H. pylori

Physics

CAS Physicists Uncover Swimming Secrets of H. pylori

August 3, 2017

CAS Physicists Uncover Swimming Secrets of H. pylori