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Public Health

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Cancer Series

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

November 14, 2025

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Cancer Series

10 Ways BU Researchers Could Revolutionize Cancer Care

November 14, 2025

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Gambling

Boston University Researchers to Examine Impact of Legalized Gambling in $2.5M Study

November 3, 2025

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Antimicrobial Resistance

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

October 24, 2025

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Tylenol

BU Autism Expert Says Research Hasn’t Confirmed Tylenol Link

September 25, 2025

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Research Accolades

Boston University Receives Major Multimillion Dollar NIH Grant for Women’s Health Research

September 15, 2025

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Wildfires

Death Count for 2025 LA County Wildfires Likely Higher than Records Show, BU Research Finds

August 12, 2025

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PFAS

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

July 10, 2025

Infectious Diseases

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

May 14, 2025

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Autism

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

May 13, 2025

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Research News

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

May 6, 2025

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Expert Take

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

April 30, 2025

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Global Health

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

April 23, 2025

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Suicide

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

April 22, 2025

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Maternal Health

BU Sociologist and Her Students Train as Doulas to Help Inform Research on Pregnancy and Childbirth

April 10, 2025

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Mental Health

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

March 28, 2025

Global Health

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

March 20, 2025

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Bird Flu

How Worried Should You Be About Bird Flu?

March 17, 2025

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Infectious Diseases

Scientists Study People Who Never Had COVID

March 17, 2025

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Pandemics

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

March 11, 2025

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