{"id":17058,"date":"2025-03-24T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/?p=17058"},"modified":"2025-03-25T15:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T19:48:09","slug":"usaid-tracker-pandemic-microplastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/2025\/03\/24\/usaid-tracker-pandemic-microplastics\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID Tracker, Pandemic, Microplastics"},"content":{"rendered":"

COMMUNITY RESOURCE<\/h4>\n
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BU Scholar Tracks How Many Deaths May Result from USAID, Medicaid Cuts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Follow along<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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FACULTY EXPERTS<\/h4>\n
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Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? Five Reasons to Feel Confident\u2014and Five to Be Worried<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT<\/h4>\n
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Microplastics Could Be Fueling Antibiotic Resistance, BU Study Finds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Researchers were shocked to see that bacteria\u2019s antimicrobial resistance is strengthened when exposed to plastic particles and point to a potential outsized impact on refugees.<\/span><\/p>\n

Uncover the findings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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THOUGHT LEADERS<\/h4>\n

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