Making TB the Next Polio
BU team lands $21 million NIH grant to study the disease When Jerrold Ellner started working in infectious disease, schistosomiasis was a greater concern to international health professionals than tuberculosis. Fast forward a few decades and TB is now among the greatest public health threats worldwide. There are nine million new cases and three million […]
From Boston to the World, a Doctor Battles Violence
BMC’s Thea James wins Compassionate Caregiver Award Several years ago, Dr. Thea James noticed the tattoos on young people coming to the ER at Boston Medical Center (BMC)—things like “Born To Be Hated, Dying To Be Loved.” Investigating, she learned the tattoos often referred to lives plagued by violence, a revelation leading her to support […]
Rx Nutrition
Program matches SAR dietitians, MED students to collaborate on care Dani Sandhu (MED’18) (left) and Tavierney Rogan (SAR’14) examine gluten-free labels on tortillas at the South Bay Stop & Shop in Dorchester. Photos by Jackie Ricciardi. Dani Sandhu and Tavierney Rogan are having a heart-to-heart by the frozen bread section in Dorchester’s South Bay Stop […]