Research News
Nahid Bhadelia to Head New BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases
Original article from BU Today by Doug Most. May 18, 2021 Will connect policy with research and use lessons from Ebola and COVID to prepare lawmakers and the public for next crisis The first-floor classroom is empty inside the Boston University School of Medicine on a gray and chilly May morning in... More
COVID-19 Vaccines and Variants Explained (video)
Original article from The Brink by Devin Hahn. April 14, 2021 In this video, BU public health experts discuss the future of the pandemic as vaccines ramp up while viral variants become more prevalent Over 50 million Americans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, yet even as more and more people roll... More
Study provides novel platform to study how SARS-CoV-2 affects the gut
Original article from Medical XPress by BU School of Medicine. April 13, 2021 How could studying gastrointestinal cells help the fight against COVD-19, which is a respiratory disease? According to a team led by Gustavo Mostoslavsky, MD, Ph.D., at the BU/BMC Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) and Elke Mühlberger, Ph.D., from... More
Pfizer and BioNTech say vaccine prevents Covid-19 in adolescents
Original article from STAT by Matthew Herper. March 31, 2021 Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday that their Covid-19 vaccine prevented symptomatic disease and was well-tolerated in a Phase 3 study of adolescents ages 12 to 15. The companies say they will submit the data to the Food and Drug Administration as an... More
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
Dressed For Success; GMS students join the early fight against COVID-19
Original article from Boston University Medicine by Art Jahnke. Winter 2021 Edition SEE PAGES 14 TO 25 Click Cover or HERE to Read Full Article in Boston University Medicine
A gout drug shows promise for Covid-19, but skeptics worry about trusting science by press release
Original article from STAT by Matthew Herper. January 23, 2021 A press release from a Canadian research group raised hopes that treating people recently diagnosed with Covid-19 with colchicine, a drug commonly used to treat gout, could reduce the risk they will need to be hospitalized.But outside experts said the data... 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
With Two COVID-19 Vaccines on the Way, “We Are in New Territory” (Interview w/ Drs. Corley & Douam)
Original article from The Brink by Kat J. McAlpine. November 17, 2020 A week after Pfizer caused excitement by announcing that its coronavirus vaccine has been more than 90 percent effective in early trials, Moderna came out with its own announcement that its version of a coronavirus vaccine had reached more... More