Disease

Cancer Series

With New Technology and Innovative Treatments, BU Cancer Research Is Saving Lives

Cancer Series

How to Help Someone After a Cancer Diagnosis

Cancer Series

10 Ways BU Researchers Could Revolutionize Cancer Care

Cancer Series

Living with Cancer: How BU Programs Help Patients, Students Stay Resilient in the Face of a Life-Changing Diagnosis

Research News

Brink Bites: BU Health Researchers Win Major NIH Grants; BU Device Named Among Time’s Best Inventions of 2025

Antimicrobial Resistance

WHO Reports 40 Percent Jump in Antibiotic-Resistant Infections; BU-Based Nonprofit Leads the Fight Back

Accolades

BU Biomedical Engineer Christopher Chen Elected to National Academy of Medicine

Accolades

NIH Honors Two BU Researchers for Exceptionally Creative, High-Impact Science

COVID and Flu

Should You—and Can You—Get a COVID-19 Shot This Fall?

Brain Health

BU CTE Center Study Ties Contact Sports Head Hits to Brain Damage

CTE

NYC Gunman’s Note Referencing NFL Pleads for His Brain to Be Studied for CTE Link

Alzheimer’s Disease

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

NEIDL

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

Infectious Diseases

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

CTE

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

Innovator of the Year

Pulmonologist Darrell Kotton Is BU’s Innovator of the Year

Global Health

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

Global Health

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

Bird Flu

How Worried Should You Be About Bird Flu?

Pandemics

Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? 5 Reasons to Feel Confident—and 5 to Be Worried