NEIDL in the News
Challenges Remain for Technologies to Fight Ebola
Original article from: MIT Technology Review posted on August 6, 2014. By Alexandra Morris As of last week, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa had claimed the lives of 88 percent of the more than 1,000 confirmed cases. While several technologies for controlling the spread of the disease are under development, More
Ebola Epidemic: How does the Virus Strike?
Original article from: Al Arabiya News posted on August 5, 2014. By Saffiya Ansari As the Ebola virus spreads in its worst outbreak in history, find out exactly what the virus is, how to spot the signs, and whether we should be as afraid as the media says we should be. The outbreak, More
NYC Hospital Isolates, Tests Patient for Ebola
Original article from: Boston Herald posted on August 5, 2014. By Chris Cassidy A patient with possible Ebola symptoms who had recently returned from West Africa was being tested in isolation at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital yesterday, as the death toll from the terrifying virus rose and the outbreak spread... More
50 U.S. health care workers to fight Ebola in West Africa (Video)
Original article from: CBS This Morning posted on August 5, 2014 No one is immune to the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa, including the health care workers trying to stop its spread. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 100 health care workers have been infected so... More
N.Y. Patient Likely Doesn’t have Ebola
Original article from: WTSP.com (Tampa) posted on August 4, 2014 New York, N.Y. -- A man who visited West Africa last month and is at a New York City hospital being tested for possible Ebola likely doesn't have it, according to a report from The Associated Press. A doctor at Mount Sinai... More
How Ebola Kills; MED’s John Connor is Devising Diagnostics to Spot Ebola and Antivirals to Treat the Disease
Original article from: BU Today posted on August 5, 2014. by Art Jahnke The Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia has now infected more than 1,600 people, according to the World Health Organization. To learn about how the virus kills and efforts being made at BU to devise diagnostics... More
Boston Medical Center Doctor to Head to West Africa to Help Contain Ebola
Original article from: Boston.com posted on August 4, 2014. by Megan Turchi Dr. Nahid Bhadelia of Boston Medical Center will soon head to Sierra Leone in West Africa to help contain and stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, according to WHDH. NECN reported that “She’ll be doing the same kind... More
Battling Ebola: Heading Into the Outbreak; NEIDL’s Nahid Bhadelia to Care for Patients, Share Expertise
Original article from: BU Today posted on August 4, 2014. by Carey Goldberg On Saturday, the first of two sickened American health care workers was flown from Africa to a special containment unit at Emory University. Despite the risk of infection, medical personnel continue to travel to West Africa to help... More
Boston Doctor headed to Ebola-Infected Area (Video)
Original article from: WHDH posted on August 3, 2014. by Adam Harding BOSTON (WHDH) - As fears grow about the Ebola virus spreading outside of Africa, one Boston doctor is going straight to the source of the outbreak. Dr. Nahid Bhadelia of Boston Medical Center is just two weeks away from a... More
Mass. Doctor Heading to Africa to Help Fight Ebola (Video)
Original article from: NECN posted on August 3, 2014. by John Moroney Dr. Nahid Bhadelia is taking her knowledge about infectious disease to Sierra Leone, where she'll be in the trenches, treating people who are suffering from the deadly Ebola virus. "My parents are scared, but they know that this is something... More
Local Doctor Plans trip to Treat Ebola Patients (Video)
Original article from: WCVB posted on August 3, 2014. by Julie Loncich BOSTON —A local doctor is about to embark on a trip few could dream of taking. Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, an infection disease doctor at Boston University and Boston Medical Center, will travel to Sierra Leone in a few weeks to... More
Boston Doctor Heading To Africa To Battle Ebola Outbreak
Original article from: CBS Boston posted on August 2, 2014 BOSTON – (CBS) – She will soon be heading to the front lines of perhaps the world’s most urgent medical battle – the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Africa. Dr. Nahid Bhadelia is infection control director at Boston university’s national emerging... More
How US Doctors will treat the Ebola Patient (Video)
Original Video from: MSNBC posted on August 2, 2014. By Craig Melvin Watch Dr. Nahid Bhadelia
What Actually Happens When A Person Is Infected With The Ebola Virus
Original article from: Huffington Post posted on August 2, 2014. By Amanda L. Chan The worst outbreak of Ebola virus in history -- happening now in West Africa -- has claimed more than 700 lives, according to the latest count from the World Health Organization. The deaths occurred in Sierra Leone, More
Local Epidemiologist Heads Into Thick Of West Africa Ebola Outbreak (Audio)
Original article from: WBUR's RadioBoston posted on August 1, 2014 Health workers in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia are battling what’s been called the largest, most complex outbreak of the Ebola virus ever. The outbreak has killed more than 700 people in western Africa, including at least 50 health care workers. Some Ebola patients... More
Ebola: As Other Doctors Die, Heading Straight Into The Outbreak To Help
Original article from: WBUR's CommonHealth posted on August 1, 2014. By Carey Goldberg If all goes as planned, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia will soon head straight into the heart of the Ebola outbreak that has already killed more than 700 people in western Africa, including at least 50 health care workers. Global... More
Ebola Only a Plane Ride Away from USA
Original article from: USA Today posted on July 28, 2014. By Liz Szabo and Karen Weintraub The growing Ebola outbreak in West Africa serves as a grim reminder that deadly viruses are only a plane ride away from the USA, health experts say. The outbreak is the largest and deadliest on record, More
BU Biohazard Lab is an Empty Fortress
Original article from: Boston Globe posted on July 28, 2014. By Adrian Walker Boston University’s $200 million biohazard lab in the South End is like no other building in the city. The lab is visible from Albany Street but its entrance isn’t, which is part of the security plan for a place where... More
City Council OKs ‘Level 4’ Infection Research at BU Biolab
Original article from: Boston Herald, posted on May 15, 2014. By Donna Goodison A controversial Boston University lab got the go-ahead from the Boston City Council yesterday to conduct research on the most dangerous life-threatening infectious diseases such as Ebola. The council voted 8-5 not to bar BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories... More
NEIDL Takes Two Steps Toward Full Operation; Boston City Council, Superior Court Both Decide in Favor of Research
Original article from: BU Today, posted on May 15, 2014. By Art Jahnke Both the Boston City Council and the Massachusetts Superior Court yesterday took actions that move Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) closer to full operation. The City Council voted down a proposed ordinance that would have banned research at... More