Boston University

Public Health

An illustration depicting terriers holding hands

Safety

Students’ FAQs about BU’s “Good Samaritan” Approach

October 22, 2018

a pile of multicolored condoms

Biomedical Engineering

New Self-Lubricating Condom Would Revolutionize Safe Sex

October 18, 2018

Center for the Humanities panel on Humanities Approaches to the Opioid Crisis

Addiction

Changing the Narrative on Opioids

October 15, 2018

Illustration showing a crowd of multicultural unhappy people many with frowns or sad faces.

Student Health Services

Depression Screening Day Is Tomorrow on Both Charles River and Medical Campus

October 10, 2018

Lecture panel listen to questions from a Boston University School of Public Health Class about United States Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Science & Technology

SPH Sexual Violence Class Becomes Forum on Kavanaugh Hearings

October 3, 2018

A person smokes a Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette next to flavored pods

Health & Medicine

Will the Government Ban E-Cigarettes?

September 17, 2018

Klapperich and colleague in a lab

Global Health

How Point-of-Care Testing Will Transform Healthcare

August 30, 2018

a man holds a 3D printed gun model called The Liberator

Voices & Opinion

POV: When It Comes to Firearms, 3D-Printed Guns Aren’t the Biggest Threat

August 9, 2018

Two women take a selfie with an iphone

Social Media

Social Media–Filtered Pics Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

August 7, 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

Fatima Dainkeh

Healthcare

Black Moms, in Their Own Words

July 27, 2018

Water Squad volunteer hands water out to a passerby.

Health & Medicine

SPH Water Squad Helps the Vulnerable Combat Summer Heat

July 23, 2018

An engorged tick

Infectious Diseases

Tick Season Tips

July 23, 2018

Close-up Egyptian fruit bat or rousette, Rousettus aegyptiacus. on isolated black background

Infectious Diseases

Marburg Virus Can’t Kill Bats. Why?

July 13, 2018

Thailand service trip

Global Health

Destination: Thailand

July 10, 2018

A police officer pulls his gun out of his holster

Mental Health

Police Killings of Unarmed Black Men Affect Mental Health of Black Community

June 25, 2018

A Mexican woman holds a doll next to children at the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry, in the US-Mexico border in Chihuahua state, Mexico on June 20, 2018

Public Health

POV: Harm of Border Separations Will Haunt US Future

June 21, 2018

counterfeit pills

Global Health

Fellowship Available for Study of Poor-Quality Drugs, Disease Resistance

June 14, 2018

Composite image showing liquid nicotine vape juice packaging that looks like a child's juice box compared to actual apple juice juice boxes.

Drugs

Liquid Nicotine, Packaged Like Juice, Deceives Thousands of Children

June 13, 2018

A Planned Parenthood supporter holds a sign that says "Don't take away my birth control" at a rally in New York City.

Health & Medicine

POV: New Title X Birth Control Rule Bad for the Nation’s Health

June 11, 2018

POV: New Title X Birth Control Rule Bad for the Nation’s Health