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Global Health

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

cell culture in petri dishes

Health & Medicine

POV: Unregulated Stem Cell Clinics Pose Real Threat

December 5, 2016

Veronika Wirtz

Global Health

In Essential Medicines Access, Progress and Challenges Around the World

November 30, 2016

Students gathered at the International Student Welcome at Metcalf Ballroom

Health & Medicine

International Education Week a Chance to Celebrate Diversity at BU

November 14, 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

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

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

Schools and Colleges

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

Public Health

Sargent Students Witness Public Health in Thailand

July 14, 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

Christopher Gill, Professor at Boston University School of Public Health

Public Health

Christopher Gill Awarded Metcalf Cup and Prize

May 11, 2016

Christopher Gill Awarded Metcalf Cup and Prize