Researchers Find Potential Way to Tweak Immune System to Help It Fight Tuberculosis
TB is the world’s second-deadliest infectious disease, behind COVID-19. A new BU-led study shows how to turn TB-susceptible immune cells into TB-resistant ones
After a Year in the White House, BU Infectious Diseases Expert Shares Lessons about Pandemic Response
Nahid Bhadelia has returned to BU after helping lead the Biden administration’s COVID-19 pandemic response and advising on preparing the world for future outbreaks
Rural Mortality Rose during Year Two of Pandemic, despite Vaccines, New Study Finds
BU research highlights how healthcare inequities between urban and rural areas, and vaccine skepticism, played a role in deaths related to COVID
Does the COVID Vaccine Affect Menstruation? New BU Study Finds No
Researchers observe temporary one-day shift in cycle length, but no strong link between vaccination and period cycle regularity, bleed length, or pain
COVID-19 Is No Longer an Official Emergency. Is That the Right Call?
The US COVID-19 public health emergency declaration is ending. Is the COVID pandemic finally over? Is the decision premature? And who will it affect the most?
What We Know about Long COVID—and What We Don’t
What is long COVID? What are its symptoms, can it be treated, is it dangerous? BU researchers on what they’ve learned from a year of studying the lingering effects of COVID-19 infection
A New Drug-Resistant Fungus Is Spreading in Hospitals. Is It The Last of Us in Real Life?
BU Researchers Join $100 Million Effort to Fight Future Deadly Pathogens
NEIDL Researchers Discover New SARS-CoV-2 Weak Spot—Which Could Inspire Improved Vaccines
Nature publishes BU-led COVID study that made international headlines; scientists find viral protein called NSP6, not just spike, responsible for making Omicron less dangerous than past variants
Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories
COVID-19 headlines dominate (again), but articles on AI dementia diagnoses, city trees, student mental health, and an action movie star’s brain disorder also prove big hits