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A 2020 Pandemic Year in Review: BUSM Steps Up

Original article from BU School of Medicine by Sara Frazier. March 10, 2021 The year 2020 was like no other—it was business as usual for January and most of February, then everything changed in March. On top of the stress and isolation of a global pandemic, 2020 evolved into a year... More

BU Publishes Public Health Data from Its Fall 2020 COVID Surveillance Efforts

Original article from The Brink by Kat J. McAlpine. February 26, 2021 University leadership and scientists, in detailed case study of COVID-related measures and outcomes, hope BU’s insights can aid other institutions, corporations Living, working, and learning amidst a constant viral threat: Boston University leaders and scientists have written a case study... More

How effective is a single vaccine dose against Covid-19?

Original article from BBC by Zaria Gorvett. January 14, 2021 Pretend it didn't happen – expert advice on how to behave after receiving a single dose of any of the Covid-19 vaccines. The cases are already beginning to emerge. When 85-year-old Colin Horseman was admitted to Doncaster Royal Infirmary in late December, it... More

In Deadly COVID-19 Lung Inflammation, BU Researchers Discover a Culprit in NFkB Pathway

Original article from The Brink by Kat J. McAlpine. September 24, 2020 As the coronavirus pandemic ripped through through the United States in March, scientists at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) and the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) dropped all other research to focus exclusively on the SARS-CoV-2... More