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Health & Medicine

Global Health class

University News

Plumbing the Public Health Lessons of the AIDS Crisis

May 7, 2018

toddler coughing

Infectious Diseases

Why Is Whooping Cough on the Rise?

May 7, 2018

Liz Roncka teaches a pole dancing class

Exercise

Pole Dancing Comes to FitRec

May 2, 2018

kids playing tackle football

CTE

MED Researchers: Youth Football Linked to Earlier Brain Problems

April 30, 2018

Louis Chude-Sokei

Dance

Louis Chude-Sokei Wants African American Studies Program to Be a Central Place

April 26, 2018

Shaheer Piracha

Education

New Ventures Winner Offers a Breath of Life

April 19, 2018

SPH student argues in a POV that BU’s Board of Trustees should divest from all companies involved in the firearms industry.

Public Health

BU Should Divest from Gun Manufacturers

April 17, 2018

Researchers discussing work at the Health Equity Symposium poster session.

Medicine

BU Medical Campus Hosts Annual Health Equity Symposium

April 12, 2018

BU Running Club on a weekend run along the Minuteman Bikeway in Cambridge.

Marathon

BU Running Club Blazes Its Own Trail

April 11, 2018

Real and counterfeit Viagra pills side by side. Real Viagra is on the right.

Global Health

Counterfeit Viagra Is a Problem

April 11, 2018

Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine groundbreaking

Dentistry

Groundbreaking for “New” Goldman School of Dental Medicine

April 9, 2018

Ebola virus. Symptoms like fever and fatigue appear anywhere from 2 to 21 days after exposure to the virus; the average is 8 to 10 days. The 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic killed 11,000 people.

Infectious Diseases

Diagnosing Ebola before Symptoms Arrive

March 29, 2018

prescription opioid Oxycodone, also known as Oxycontin

Public Policy

BU Expert: Trump Opioid Plan a Dud

March 28, 2018

Howard Eichenbaum

Neuroscience

Daylong Symposium Celebrates Legacy of Howard Eichenbaum

March 27, 2018

woman rolling a joint

Public Health

SPH Study: Marijuana Use Does Not Lower Chances of Getting Pregnant

March 26, 2018

Austin Frakt

Medicine

You’ve Heard of Single-Payer. What about All-Payer Health Care?

March 19, 2018

Ziming Xuan, Michael Siegel, and David Jones speak at a Community Forum on Gun Violence at the Boston University School of Public Health on March 14, 2018.

Health & Medicine

SPH Holds Community Forum on Gun Violence

March 15, 2018

Sandro Galea

Health & Medicine

Why the Political Paralysis after So Many Gun Deaths?

March 12, 2018

Boston University Medical Campus

Health & Medicine

Medical Campus Sees Eight New Full Professorships

March 8, 2018

Dr. Kathy Morgan, a professor at Sargent College and Dr. Tyone Porter, pose for a photo

Engineering

Hearts, Minds, and Microbubbles

March 6, 2018

Hearts, Minds, and Microbubbles