Disease

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

CTE

BU Researchers Confirm Former NHL Legend Bobby Hull Had CTE

Accolades

BU Biologist Receives 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship

Excess Deaths

More Americans Aged 25 to 44 Are Dying Younger. BU Research Helps Explain Why

Awards

Three BU Researchers Win National Honor for Early-Career Scientists and Engineers