Boston University

Public Health

young man smoking weed in a dark room

Pharmacology & Toxicology

Does Weed Help You Sleep? Probably Not

October 17, 2016

marijuana leaves with Massachusetts state emblem on top

Politics

YouSpeak: Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legalized?

October 11, 2016

Jello Shots

Addiction

Do Jello Shots Lead to Bingeing by Underage Drinkers?

September 26, 2016

Anthony Fauci, David Quammen Address NEIDL Inaugural Symposium

Global Health

NEIDL Symposium: Talking about Infectious Diseases

September 21, 2016

Author and Science Writer David Quammen

Communications

David Quammen to Speak at NEIDL Symposium Sunday

September 16, 2016

Female Aedes aegypti mosquito on skin

Zika Virus

Zika Strikes Miami

August 9, 2016

visible pollution in Guanabara bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sports

POV: Swimming in Sh*t

August 5, 2016

Patricia Hibberd, chair of the Department of Global Health at Boston University School of Public Health

Global Health

SPH Welcomes New Global Health Chair

August 1, 2016

Kevin Outterson, professor of health law, Boston University School of Law

Antibiotics

Law School Guides Global Effort to Create New Antibiotics

July 28, 2016

BU Sargent College student Grace Lei is hugged by children during a public health education trip to Ban Doi Chaang village in Thailand

Global Health

Sargent Students Witness Public Health in Thailand

July 14, 2016

E-cigarette vapor colored by lights

Politics

POV: New FDA Regulations on Vaping Products a Failure

July 13, 2016

A spider-shaped pericyte, seen here in light blue, encircles a capillary, helping maintain the blood-brain barrier

Neurology

Genetic Risk for Stroke

June 30, 2016

Professor David Sherr, director of a new BU/Tufts consortium researching environmental causes of breast cancer

Cancer

New Consortium to Study Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer

June 27, 2016

Embryologist preparing cultures

Fertility

Fertility Treatments Raise Risks for Mothers During Delivery

June 22, 2016

silhouette of a hooded person brandishing a gun

Politics

POV: Gun Control, Another Place Where Race Matters

June 17, 2016

Enough Gun Violence Campaign image of Harold Cox, associate dean for public health practice and an associate professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health

Health & Medicine

#Enough: A Call to Action

June 16, 2016

Enough Gun Violence Campaign of Sophie Godley, clinical assistant professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health

Politics

#Enough: Stop Violence against LGBTQ Community

June 15, 2016

Enough Gun Violence Campaign image of Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health

Faculty

#Enough: We Need More Research on Gun Violence

June 14, 2016

A man holds a sign «#enough gun violence» while attending a vigil in Orlando, Florida 13 June 2016.

Public Health

BU School of Public Health Faculty Say “Enough”

June 13, 2016

Close-up photo of the prototype zika virus diagnostic test, reader and paper tests

Zika Virus

New Tool to Diagnose Zika

June 13, 2016

New Tool to Diagnose Zika