Health & Medicine

Health & Medicine

Curing Heart Attacks, Replacing Diseased Organs—Christopher Chen Is Engineering a Healthier Future

PFAS

What Are PFAS? And Could Fiber Supplements Help Remove Them from Our Bodies?

Mental Health

Can Art Help Doctors Improve Mental Health Care for Non-English Speakers?

Alzheimer’s Disease

What a Newly Approved Blood Test Means for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s

Vaccines

What to Make of the Recent COVID Vaccine Guidance Changes—and Will You Be Eligible for a Shot This Fall?

NEIDL

Renowned Virologist Robert A. Davey to Lead NEIDL, BU’s Infectious Diseases Research Hub

Low Back Pain

Finding Non-Opioid Solutions for Low Back Pain

Infectious Diseases

What’s It Like to Be an Infectious Diseases Outbreak Responder?

Autism

What Causes Autism? And Is There an Autism Epidemic, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says?

CTE

NIH Awards $15M to BU-Led Effort to Diagnose CTE During Life

Research News

Brink Bites: Tracking Endangered Frogs, Why Concentration Wanders, Studying Kids’ Beliefs

Innovator of the Year

Pulmonologist Darrell Kotton Is BU’s Innovator of the Year

Expert Take

“Everyday Discrimination” Linked to Increased Anxiety and Depression Across All Groups of Americans

Global Health

BU Launches an Open-Source Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool Powered by AI and Human Experts

Hearing Loss

Trouble Hearing in Noisy Places and Crowded Spaces? Researchers Say New BU-Developed Algorithm Could Help Hearing Aid Users

Suicide

Red Sox Player Jarren Duran’s Suicide Attempt Admission Praised by BU Trauma Expert for Helping with Stigma

Aphasia

Aphasia Robs Millions of Communication. Boston University Is Helping Them Regain Their Voice

Mental Health

BU Researcher Teams Up with Boston’s Fathers’ UpLift to Support Black Men’s Mental Health

Social Work

BU School of Social Work Makes a “Transformative” Hire for Childhood Equity

Global Health

“It’s Unacceptable”: BU Mathematician Tracks How Many Deaths May Result from USAID, Medicaid Cuts