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Sunscreen Safety

US Sunscreens Just Got More Effective. BU Dermatologist Explains Why

July 14, 2026

Antibiotic Resistance

Boston University-Led Biopharmaceutical Accelerator Boosts New Drugs’ Chances of Success, Study Finds

July 8, 2026

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Opioids

How the Legal Opium Market Shaped Global Trade—and Led to an Opioid Crisis

April 29, 2026

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Antibiotic Resistance

WHO Joins Forces with BU Center on Forced Displacement to Help Vulnerable Populations at Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance

March 23, 2026

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Research

Best of The Brink 2025: A Selection of BU’s 10 Most-Read, Liked, and Shared Science and Research Stories

December 16, 2025

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Medicine

WHO Decision Recognizing Obesity as a Disease Treatable with GLP-1 Drugs Is “Big Deal,” says BU Endocrinologist

December 4, 2025

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Antimicrobial Resistance

WHO Reports 40 Percent Jump in Antibiotic-Resistant Infections; BU-Based Nonprofit Leads the Fight Back

October 24, 2025

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Opioids

Testing a New Approach to Solving the Opioid Epidemic

September 30, 2025

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Health & Medicine

THC Content in Cannabis Has Surged: Here’s What You Need to Know

May 7, 2025

Innovator of the Year

Pulmonologist Darrell Kotton Is BU’s Innovator of the Year

May 1, 2025

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Health & Medicine

Might Clinically Obese Patients Have Treatment Denied Under Proposed Diagnosis Changes?

April 1, 2025

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Microplastics

Microplastics Could Be Fueling Antibiotic Resistance, BU Study Finds

March 11, 2025

An injector for Semaglutide, a GLP-1 drug that helps many people living with diabetes and obesity. Photo via Unsplash/Haberdoedas

Health & Medicine

Do New Obesity and Diabetes Drugs Also Curb Drinking, Gambling, and Other Addictions?

February 18, 2025

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Excess Deaths

More Americans Aged 25 to 44 Are Dying Younger. BU Research Helps Explain Why

February 5, 2025

Research

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

December 13, 2024

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Funding Health Research

How ARPA-H Is Accelerating Funding in Biomedical, Medicine, and Health Research—and How BU’s Scientists Can Benefit

October 24, 2024

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Antimicrobial Resistance

Italian Government Gives $21 Million to BU-Led Effort to Develop New Antibiotics, Vaccines, Diagnostics

October 22, 2024

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Lung Disease

Global Biopharma Giant GSK and BU Announce Collaboration to Pioneer New Lung Disease Treatments

October 17, 2024

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Politics

Psychedelics, MCAS, Rideshare Unions, and More: What You Need to Know about This Year’s Ballot Questions

October 10, 2024

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Schizophrenia Drugs

A “Game-Changing” New Drug for Schizophrenia?

October 3, 2024

A “Game-Changing” New Drug for Schizophrenia?