New MED Curriculum Will Drive Patient-Centered, Equitable Care
Team-based learning launches in new Learning Center.
BU’s Nahid Bhadelia Joins White House COVID-19 Response Team
Bhadelia, an infectious diseases physician and global leader in pandemic preparedness, named senior policy advisor for global COVID response.
With Roe v. Wade on the Line, BU Will Continue Abortion Education Regardless of Ruling
School of Medicine clinical training even “more important” if SCOTUS overturns landmark case
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center Prepares to Welcome Afghans
Clinic helps vulnerable people from around the world fleeing religious and political persecution, gang violence, civil war, and climate-driven disasters
Why Global COVID Vaccinations Are Dangerously Lagging: Six Things to Know
As Delta variant spreads rapidly, BU-led panel explains why vaccination rollout isn’t keeping pace
BU NEIDL Scientists Featured in NOVA’s Special Coronavirus Episode
Nahid Bhadelia, Ronald Corley, and Robert Davey talk about COVID-19’s spread, how they’re studying it in the lab
Melania Trump Visits Opioid-Exposed Infants at BMC
Amid protest outside, First Lady sees unique cuddling program for mothers and their babies up close First Lady Melania Trump with US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar (from left), Kate Walsh, BMC president and CEO, Bob Vinci, BMC chief of pediatrics, Karan Barry, BMC Pediatric Intensive Care Unit nurse manager, and pediatrician […]
Medical and Charles River Campus Groups Join in National School Walkout Yesterday
Part of countrywide school demonstrations after last month’s Florida shootings Some Medical Campus ralliers wore doctors’ coats, a reminder of gun victims they treat, others donned orange, the color of the national walkout against gun violence. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Students and staff on both BU campuses joined the National School Walkout yesterday to protest gun […]
Shipley Center Website Offers Prostate Cancer Facts for Patients
Gift from alum and trustee funds research and information warehouse One in every seven men in the United States will get prostate cancer, making it the second most common type, after skin cancer, for American men. It tends to be a slow-growing disease, but can sprint to life-threatening severity if detected too late. Screening for […]
MED Gives High Schoolers a Jump on Health Careers
Enrichment program for Boston’s underrepresented minorities Danny Truong (left), a British International School of Boston senior, and Brandon Hector, a Boston Latin Academy senior, work on a sickle cell experiment as part of the Youth to Health Careers (Y2HC) program at the School of Medicine. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Although he is more cheerful and […]