NEIDL in the News
“Every emerging disease begins as a mystery story.” – David Quammen
This week, we went to the ‘Emerging Disease A2Z’ meeting in Boston to speak to some of the delegates about their work. Science writer David Quammen, author of 'Spillover' and 'Ebola', told us the challenges of writing about emerging diseases.
NEIDL Symposium: Talking about Infectious Diseases
Original article from: BU Today posted on September 21, 2016. by Sara Rimer Anthony Fauci flashed on the screen a slide of a huge map of the world crisscrossed with blue and red lines showing dozens of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. Ebola. Yellow fever. MERS. West Nile virus. Dengue. Zika. This... More
BU NEIDL EIDA2Z Symposium Audience Q&A
BU NEIDL EIDA2Z Symposium Panel Discussions
Moderator: Adil Najam, Inaugural Dean, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University Panelists (from left to right): Lawrence K. Altman, Reporter, Science Times Nurith Aizenman Correspondent, Global Health and Development, National Public Radio George Church, Professor, Harvard Medical School Trevor Mundel, President, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute... More
BU NEIDL EIDA2Z Symposium Keynote Talk by David Quammen
More on Anthony Fauci – https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/anthony-s-fauci-md More on David Quammen - http://www.davidquammen.com/bio
BU NEIDL EIDA2Z Symposium Welcome by Ron Corley
BU NEIDL EIDA2Z Symposium Keynote Talk by Anthony Fauci
More on Anthony Fauci – https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/anthony-s-fauci-md More on David Quammen - http://www.davidquammen.com/bio
Author David Quammen at NEIDL Symposium
Original article from: BU Research posted on September 14, 2016. by Sara Rimer On assignment for National Geographic 16 years ago, science writer David Quammen spent eight weeks following a field biologist and conservationist named Mike Fay as he made an epic trek across the Congo, bushwhacking his way through swamps... More
Rage Against The Busted Medical Machines
Original article from: NPR Goats & Soda posted on September 8, 2016. by Nahid Bhadelia "Oh, we have a hematology analyzer but it stopped working," the lab technician said as he pointed to a covered tabletop medical equipment in the corner used to measure blood count levels — an important but... More
City Council Meeting Discusses Proposed Level 4 Research Moratorium
Original article from: South End News posted on August 25, 2016. by Michele D. Maniscalco With about 25 spectators in the gallery, City Council president Ayanna Pressley, District 7 city councilor Tito Jackson and councilor at large Annissa Essaibi-George held a meeting on August 11 to hear panels from Roxbury... More
Healthcare Workers and Ebola (Video)
Original video from: PBS.org Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Director of Infection Control, talks with PBS about her experiences as a Healthcare worker in Sierra Leone battling Ebola. Watch other Spillover related videos on PBS
The 9 Deadliest Viruses on Earth
Original article from: The Gleaner posted on July 20, 2016 Humans have been battling viruses before our species had even evolved into its modern form. For some viral diseases, vaccines and antiviral drugs have allowed us to keep infections from spreading widely, and have helped sick people recover. For one disease... More
Emergency Response Exercise to be Conducted
For Immediate Release: June 17, 2016 Contact: Tom Testa (617) 353-7628, ttesta@bu.edu (Boston) – On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 between 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Boston University (BU) will conduct a full- scale emergency response simulation at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) located at 620 Albany Street. This exercise is part... More
BU Lab Temporarily Halts TB Research after Safety Lapse
Original article from: Boston Globe posted on June 2, 2016. by Kathy McCabe Boston University has temporarily halted tuberculosis research at its high-security biolab after a malfunction forced a partial shutdown of the South End facility’s ventilation monitoring system in March, university officials said Wednesday. A faulty network switch impeded air flow... More
NEIDL Ventilation Monitoring Was Temporarily Halted
Original article from: BU Today posted on June 1, 2016. by BU Today Staff A malfunctioning network switch at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) resulted in a shutdown of parts of the lab’s ventilation monitoring system for eight hours on March 21. The malfunction impeded the flow of air out... More
Is Crowdfunding An OK Way To Raise Money For Zika Research?
Original article from: NPR Goats and Soda posted on April 19, 2016. by Wudan Yan With the Zika virus spreading through Latin American and into U.S. territory, lots of researchers want to pursue projects to help fight the disease. But there's one problem: money. Or rather, getting money to researchers. President Obama has... More
Preventing Further Spreading of Zika (Video)
Original article from: CNBC aired on April 12, 2016 Discussing the effects of the Zika virus on people, what needs to be done in order to prevent further spreading and research funding, with Nahid Bhadelia, Boston University of Infection Control & National Emerging Infectious Diseases Lab Watch other Zika related videos on... More
Medical Campus Experts Gather to Confer about Zika
Original article from: BU Research posted on March 25, 2016. by Barbara Moran After weeks of Boston University researchers trying to procure a sample of Zika virus, the pathogen linked to microcephaly and other neurological syndromes, the vial finally arrived at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) on March 22, 2016. More
Facing Down the World’s Deadliest Pathogens in a BSL4 Lab
Original article from: Scientific American posted on April 5, 2016. by Bob Roehr Ebola, smallpox, plague—the rogue’s gallery of highly infectious deadly pathogens is frighteningly long and their potential for havoc is great, which is why they can only be studied within the tightly controlled confines of a biosafety level 4... More
Fear and Stigma in the Age of Ebola; TEDx Talk with Nahid Bhadelia
March 28, 2016 Outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases can elicit intense fear and confusion in our society, stigmatizing both patients and caregivers. As an infectious diseases expert and a frontline Ebola physician, Dr. Bhadelia understands the challenge of balancing public safety and patient care during an emerging epidemic. She discusses her... More