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Vaping

Vaping Could Make You 40 Percent More Likely to Get Respiratory Disease

November 23, 2020

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COVID-19 VACCINES

With Two COVID-19 Vaccines on the Way, “We Are in New Territory”

November 17, 2020

Portrait of Joseph Mizgerd, a pulmonary researcher and principal investigator, in his lab in the Medical Campus Housman Building. He wears a blue blazer and smiles.

Infectious Diseases

Tonight’s University Lecture: On the Front Lines against COVID in the Lab, Science Will Win

November 17, 2020

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Opinion

A Science Editor’s Love Letter to Hope

October 27, 2020

A photograph of Constance Duncan, 75, who died of covid-19 in May, was placed by her son, Chris, at the COVID Memorial Project's interfaith memorial service to honor the 200,000 people who died due to coronavirus on the National Mall on Tuesday, September 22, 2020. 20,000 American Flags were placed in the grass to honor those who succumbed to the disease.

DEATH TOLL

Analysis Finds True US Pandemic Death Toll Is Much Higher Than 200,000

October 5, 2020

President Donald Trump speaking at at a "Make America Great Again" campaign rally at Duluth International Airport in Duluth, Minnesota, on September 30, 2020.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

President Trump Has COVID-19. BU Scientists Say There Could Be a Large Cluster in the White House

October 2, 2020

CORONAVIRUS RESEARCH

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

September 24, 2020

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CORONAVIRUS RESEARCH

What Sets Off Deadly Levels of Lung Inflammation in Some COVID-19 Patients?

September 8, 2020

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Vaccine Race

Does Russia Really Have an Effective Coronavirus Vaccine?

August 14, 2020

A 3D printer prints nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing

3D Printing

Watch These 3D-Printed Nasal Swab Prototypes Take Form

August 7, 2020

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Public Health

Black Boston Series Kicks Off Tomorrow

July 29, 2020

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Deforestation

Why Combating a Pandemic Is 500 Times More Expensive Than Preventing One

July 26, 2020

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Trump vs. WHO

Why Withdrawing the United States from the WHO “Is a Terrible Decision”

July 17, 2020

Graphic of Project Crane team members Ian Saucy (CAS’21) and Rachael Dier (COM’20), with a screen shot from their project. One screenshot reads "Tracking Racism around COVID-19 on Twitter," the other shows trends graphs and is titled "Frequency of Sinophobic Slurs on Twitter”

Innovation

BU Spark! Hacking COVID-19

July 6, 2020

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Communicating COVID-19

Comparing How Media around the World Frames Coronavirus News

June 25, 2020

nanosponges containing fragments of lung cell membranes in a cell culture in a NEIDL laboratory

Coronavirus

Tiny, Decoy “Sponges” Attract Coronavirus Away from Lung Cells

June 18, 2020

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Climate Change and Health

Ticks and Mosquitoes, Infectious Disease Carriers, Are Expanding Their Range

June 16, 2020

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Public Opinion & COVID

In National Survey, Americans Say Chinese People Are Blameless for Coronavirus Spread, but Their Government May Owe Us

June 5, 2020

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Sustainable Oceans

How the Past Can Guide Our Stewardship of Tomorrow’s Sustainable Oceans

May 28, 2020

Using photolysis—a process by which molecules are broken down by light—BU engineers found they could temporarily weaken MRSA’s defenses enough to make it vulnerable again to several conventional antibiotics

Antibiotic Resistance

Why Phototherapy Will Be the Next Frontier in Combating Antibiotic Resistance

May 21, 2020

Why Phototherapy Will Be the Next Frontier in Combating Antibiotic Resistance