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Opioids

Testing a New Approach to Solving the Opioid Epidemic

COVID and Flu

Should You—and Can You—Get a COVID-19 Shot This Fall?

Brain Health

BU CTE Center Study Ties Contact Sports Head Hits to Brain Damage

Research Accolades

Boston University Receives Major Multimillion Dollar NIH Grant for Women’s Health Research

Health & Medicine

Boston University, Boston Medical Center Researchers Work with High School Students to Build Peer-Led Overdose Prevention Program

CTE

NYC Gunman’s Note Referencing NFL Pleads for His Brain to Be Studied for CTE Link

Alzheimer’s Disease

What a Newly Approved Blood Test Means for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s

NEIDL

Renowned Virologist Robert A. Davey to Lead NEIDL, BU’s Infectious Diseases Research Hub

CTE

NIH Awards $15M to BU-Led Effort to Diagnose CTE During Life

Research News

Brink Bites: Tracking Endangered Frogs, Why Concentration Wanders, Studying Kids’ Beliefs

Innovator of the Year

Pulmonologist Darrell Kotton Is BU’s Innovator of the Year

Where to Study

Best Places to Study for Finals at Boston University

Global Health

BU Launches an Open-Source Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool Powered by AI and Human Experts

Global Health

“It’s Unacceptable”: BU Mathematician Tracks How Many Deaths May Result from USAID, Medicaid Cuts

Bird Flu

How Worried Should You Be About Bird Flu?

Pandemics

Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? 5 Reasons to Feel Confident—and 5 to Be Worried

Research News

Brink Bites: Studying Cigarette Restrictions, the Life of a Famed Poet, and Shifting Attitudes Toward Capitalism

CTE

BU Researchers Confirm Former NHL Legend Bobby Hull Had CTE

Research News

Brink Bites: BMI Objections, Studying UFOs, and Alcohol’s Impact on College Students

Research

Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers