Health & Medicine

Emergency Medicine

Your Race May Factor in Which ER an Ambulance Takes You To

Mosquito-borne illness

Here’s Everything We Know about the Lethal Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

Vaping

CDC Bias Against E-Cigarettes Is Putting Kids’ Lives At Risk, Says BU Researcher

Longevity

Optimists Live Longer

Accolades

Two BU Researchers Honored by White House

Machine Learning

Twitter Data Shows Who Is Hitting the Gym

Mental Health

Transgender College Students Are Up to Four Times as Likely to Experience Mental Health Problems

Ebola

“It Was Like a Miracle,” BU NEIDL Researcher Says of Powerful New Ebola Treatments

GUN DEATHS

The FBI and CDC Datasets Agree: Who Has Guns—Not Which Guns—Linked to Murder Rates

DEMENTIA IN CTE

Five New Answers about the Link between Football, CTE, and Dementia

BIRTH CONTROL

Why We Need a Contraception Revolution

Racism

The Internet Is Unmasking Racism. Here’s What That Means to Young People of Color.

LGBT Health

A Silent Epidemic? Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Women Receive Less Post-Cancer Treatment Than Everyone Else

Systems Neuroscience

Could Rat Brains Hold the Secret to Cars, Robots with Better Navigational Skills?

Neuroscience

Could Autism, Depression Be Rooted in Our Brain’s Ability to Pay Attention?

Artificial Intelligence

Brace Yourselves, AI Is Coming to the Orthodontist’s Office

Addiction

Why Making Buprenorphine Opioid-Based Medication Available without a Prescription Could Save Lives

Inflammatory Diseases

Tight Pants, Pubic Hair Removal Could Trigger Chronic Pain

CTE

How Does CTE Impact Women? Former Soccer Stars Join the First All-Female CTE Study at BU

Medicine

A BMC Trauma Surgeon on David Ortiz’s Gunshot Wounds