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COVID-19

Is It COVID-19, a Cold, or the Flu? What to Do When COVID and Flu Cases Surge

January 11, 2024

Photo: Moderator Louise Ivers (left), Director of Harvard Global Health Institute and Rt. Hon Dame Jacinda Ardern, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand participate in the MassCPR Symposium Pandemic Preparedness at the GSU on November 14, 2023. The annual symposium included US and global leaders to map a unified strategy for global pandemic prepardness. Two women sit in formal attire on a stage in front of a crowd of people.

Pandemic Preparedness

Preventing the Next Pandemic

November 15, 2023

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COVID-19

After a Year in the White House, BU Infectious Diseases Expert Shares Lessons about Pandemic Response

August 1, 2023

Nipah viruses binding receptors on human cells, an initial stage of Nipah infection. A newly emerging bat-borne virus that causes acute respiratory illness and severe encephalitis, 3D illustration. Large orange balls with spikes surrounding them attach to tree-like structures sticking up off of a large sphere.

Emerging Pathogens

BU Researchers Join $100 Million Effort to Fight Future Deadly Pathogens

February 17, 2023

Image: Digital renderings of mutations on the spike protein that coronavirus uses to attach to human cells. The top of a blue sphere contains and large cluster of pink and dark blue balls.

COVID-19

NEIDL Researchers Discover New SARS-CoV-2 Weak Spot—Which Could Inspire Improved Vaccines

January 11, 2023

Collage: (From left to right, top down) Photo: Bruce Willis at a speaking engagement wearing a blue collared shirt with a white undershirt, Photo of BU Medical student, Molly Jia Yong Zhao gives a flu shot to a patient during a clinic on September 29, 2020, vector illustration of a brain pixelating and dissolving from left to right, and Photo of Clinical Assistant Professor in Health Science, Hagere Yilma, posing for a photo. A Black woman with shoulder-length black hair styled in a twist-out hairstyle wearing a black, tunic-style blouse stands in front of a brick wall and smiles to the camera.

2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories

December 13, 2022

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2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: 10 Amazing Discoveries and Mind-Blowing Facts

December 12, 2022

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COVID-19

BU Responds to NIH Funding Clarification Request after False Stories about NEIDL’s COVID Work

November 4, 2022

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Public Health

NEIDL Researchers Refute UK Article about COVID Strain

October 17, 2022

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Research in Photos

From Lovesick Frogs to Music-Making to Mouse Memories, Photo Contest Shows Stunning Breadth of BU Research

September 27, 2022

Photo of Dr. Nancy Sullivan of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases discussing Ebola research with President Barack Obama as NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell look on.

NEIDL Director

Nancy J. Sullivan, Ebola Vaccine and Treatment Pioneer, Named New NEIDL Director

September 16, 2022

Wide photo of Uwe Beffert’s cell biology class September 2, 2021 in Morse Auditorium, when masking, but not social distancing, was required. The auditorium is two levels: the bottom floor has gray-blue chairs and carpeting, and the second level has black, wooden benches. The space is airy and light, and the bottom is filled with students holding notes and laptops on their laps as they look towards the front, where the lecturer, in a black jacket, is standing in front of a podium.

COVID-19

BU’s Mask and Vaccination Mandates Prevented Spread of COVID in Classes, Research Finds

August 8, 2022

Infectious Diseases

Monkeypox Cases—and Concern—Climbing

August 3, 2022

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COVID-19

BU’s Nahid Bhadelia Joins White House COVID Response Team

July 13, 2022

Image: Electron microscope image of various virions (virus particles) of the monkeypox virus taken from human skin, 2003. Various grey blobs and specks are seen on a clear film.

Monkeypox

How Worried Should We Be about Monkeypox?

May 25, 2022

Photo of Florian Douam (left) assistant professor, microbiology, and Devin Kenney, a PhD student, posing for a photo at National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. The both wear white lab coats and stand facing each other with their bodies and heads tilted towards the camera in front of a purple-blue wall. Lab shelves can be seen on either side of them.

COVID-19

Why Do Some People Get Sicker Than Others from COVID?

April 29, 2022

Vector illustration of a younger girl with brown hair in a protective medical mask with a computer at home in quarantine. She looks out at a light blue city landscape while negative space to the left show a few coronavirus illustrations.

COVID-19

Is Five Days of COVID Isolation Enough? New BU Study Has Some Answers

April 12, 2022

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Mosquitoes and Disease

Video: Inside the Insectary: How BU Scientists Study Diseases from Mosquitoes—without Getting Bitten

April 4, 2022

photo of Third year PhD student Jackie Turcinovic, left, and John Connor, PhD in the Connor Lab. Turcinovic wears a light blue PPE layer over her clothes and purple gloves while Connor wears a grey lab coat and leans back onto the counter.

COVID ON CAMPUS

BU Scientists Are Prepared to Detect Omicron—and Other Variants

December 8, 2021

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CORONAVIRUS VACCINES

Study Reveals Recipe for Even More Powerful COVID-19 Vaccines

June 11, 2021

Study Reveals Recipe for Even More Powerful COVID-19 Vaccines