CEID launches four Core Research Initiatives
This year, as Boston University’s Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research (CEID) continues to pursue our mission to build resilience against new pandemic threats, we have focused our efforts on four Core Research Initiatives. These cores highlight high priority areas within emerging infectious that require closer linkage between research, operational response and policy: […]
10 million users sign up for Twitter rival Threads in first few hours | CBS Boston
CEID faculty Dr. Traci Hong spoke to WBZ CBS News Boston about the swift adoption of newly launched social media platform, Threads from Meta. She discusses how social media users are looking for a reliable platform to counter disinformation on topics like pandemics and elections. Watch the full feature here.
The pandemic will never end the way you want it to: ‘It reminds me very much of The NeverEnding Story’ | Fortune
CEID Faculty Dr. Traci Hong weighs in on the public desire for closure on COVID: “…Cinematic portrayals of pandemics are unrealistic, but it doesn’t stop the public from basing their expectations on them, says Traci Hong, a professor of media science at Boston University.’We generally process information that is packaged in stories more easily and […]