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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

Otis Rolley III, Senior Vice President, U.S. Equity and Economic Opportunity Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation, and Ibram X. Kendi, Director and Founder of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, in a discussion outdoors at Boston University. Photo courtesy of The Rockefeller Foundation

Center for Antiracist Research

Rockefeller Foundation Awards $1.5 Million Grant to BU Center for Antiracist Research

October 1, 2020

A portrait photo of Paul Farmer

Public Health

Partners In Health Founder Paul Farmer to Speak Today on Social Class and Healthcare

September 23, 2020

A photo of a researcher working on a vaccine in a lab

Public Health

Will Some Americans’ Vaccine Aversion Prolong the Pandemic?

September 14, 2020

A photo of a BU COVID-19 test collection site

COVID SURVEILLANCE

The Story, and the Science, behind BU’s COVID-19 Dashboard

August 27, 2020

A photo of a doctor in a white lab coat and blue gloves holding up a capped syringe

Vaccine Race

Does Russia Really Have an Effective Coronavirus Vaccine?

August 14, 2020

Elijah Ercolino, director of the Facilties Engineering Group, inspects an HVAC air filter on the roof of 1047 Commonwealth Ave.

Campus & Facilities

BU Aims to Move More, and Cleaner, Air through Buildings

August 3, 2020

A photo of Boston's "Faces of Dudley" mural. A text overlay reads "Black Boston: Building Healthy Communities"

Public Health

Black Boston Series Kicks Off Tomorrow

July 29, 2020

Sign at the the Covid-19 testing collection site on the BU Medical Campus on July 27, 2020. Sign reads “BU Medical Campus COVID-19 Testing Collection Site” in a red box with an arrow pointing to the right. Bolded text below reads “Testing by appointment only.”

BUMC

Medical Campus Begins COVID-19 Test Pilot Program

July 28, 2020

A photo of two people holding hands in a comforting way

Racism & Cognitive Health

Experiencing Racism May Damage Memory, Cognition

July 23, 2020

Mental Health

In College Students, COVID-19 Has Increased Depression Rate and Raised New Barriers to Mental Health Care

July 9, 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

An image showing how brain networks propagate and evolve leading up to and during seizures.

Network Statistics

Data Science Is Helping to Explain Epileptic Seizures

June 11, 2020

A photo of a man wearing a mask in a train station

Public Opinion & COVID

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

June 5, 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

In this May 8, 2020, file photo, registered nurse Katie Hammond, left, works with another nurse on a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Harborview Medical Center , in Seattle. The number of deaths in Washington because of the coronavirus has reached 1,000, the Washington State Department of Health reported Saturday, May 16, 2020. The agency added eight more deaths and listed the total number of confirmed cases at 18,288.

Translation

Translational Research Hub at BU Gets $38.3 Million Renewal from NIH

May 21, 2020

A photo of researchers working with COVID-19 in the NEIDL labs

Decoding COVID-19

BU NEIDL Scientists Featured in NOVA’s Special Coronavirus Episode

May 14, 2020

Coronavirus Research

BU Scientists Awarded $1.9 Million to Accelerate Coronavirus Research

May 13, 2020

A photo of the Rio Grande river

Coronavirus on the Border

As Coronavirus Exploded in Boston, BU Class Trip to US-Mexico Border Grappled with Evolving Ethics

May 7, 2020

An illustration of a brain

Alzheimer’s and AI

Deep Learning Algorithm Outperforms Experts in Making Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

May 4, 2020

Deep Learning Algorithm Outperforms Experts in Making Alzheimer’s Diagnosis