USAID Tracker, Pandemic, Microplastics
COMMUNITY RESOURCE
BU Scholar Tracks How Many Deaths May Result from USAID, Medicaid Cuts
The impact trackers developed by BU School of Public Health Professor Brooke Nichols update in real time based on the loss of international aid programs combating HIV and tuberculosis.
FACULTY EXPERTS
Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? Five Reasons to Feel Confident—and Five to Be Worried
Five years after COVID-19 lockdowns, BU experts find some glimmers of hope, but say new US policies could put the world at greater risk of a coronavirus-like outbreak.
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Microplastics Could Be Fueling Antibiotic Resistance, BU Study Finds
Researchers were shocked to see that bacteria’s antimicrobial resistance is strengthened when exposed to plastic particles and point to a potential outsized impact on refugees.
THOUGHT LEADERS
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