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Infectious Diseases

Clinicians work at an Ebola Virus vaccination clinic in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, during an outbreak in May of 2018

Ebola

BU Experts on New Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo

May 31, 2018

HIV-AIDS

AIDS Researcher and Champion Anthony Fauci a 2018 Honorary Degree Recipient

May 15, 2018

toddler coughing

Infectious Diseases

Why Is Whooping Cough on the Rise?

May 7, 2018

Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) researchers at Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) Judith Olejnik, Elke Mühlberger, and Adam Hume

University News

NEIDL BSL-4 Lab Gets Green Light

December 6, 2017

The SPH professors hosting the Free Associations podcast: are Donald Thea (from left), Matthew Fox, and Chris Gill. Photos by Nick Gooler, School of Public Health

Health & Medicine

SPH Podcast on Health Studies Helps You Lose Weight (Not Really)

September 11, 2017

H. pylori

Physics

CAS Physicists Uncover Swimming Secrets of H. pylori

August 3, 2017

Brian Woerner is equally at home offering a tasting at Follow The Honey in Cambridge or working with locals in Tanzania to help produce a sustainable supply of organic honey.

Humanities

A Global Taste of Honey for Questrom Grad Student

May 1, 2017

Maine attorney David Soley

Public Safety

Recalling the Public Panic in Famous Ebola Court Case

March 21, 2017

President Trump discusses the Federal budget in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. OMB director Mick Mulvaney sits to the President's right and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sits to his left.

Funding

BU Faculty Looks Warily at Trump’s Proposed Budget

March 21, 2017

Andreas Xenopoulos with local children on the Paseo de Prado.

Academics

Cuban Culture Shapes a Spring Break Trip

March 20, 2017

Gloria Waters, Vice President and Associate Provost for Research at Boston University, speaks during a meeting of the Boston Biosafety Committee to consider a request by Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) for permission to conduct Biosafety Level 4 research at the facility

NEIDL

NEIDL Researchers Present Case for Next-Level Research

March 7, 2017

Boston University’s NEIDL still needs permission from the Boston Public Health Commission before conducting Biosafety Level 4 research.

Research

Boston Public Health Commission to Consider NEIDL Research Request Tonight

March 6, 2017

Ebola virus under a microscope

Ebola

Blood Test May Predict Who Lives or Dies with Ebola

January 23, 2017

Anthony Fauci, David Quammen Address NEIDL Inaugural Symposium

Global Health

NEIDL Symposium: Talking about Infectious Diseases

September 21, 2016

Author and Science Writer David Quammen

Communications

David Quammen to Speak at NEIDL Symposium Sunday

September 16, 2016

Female Aedes aegypti mosquito on skin

Zika Virus

Zika Strikes Miami

August 9, 2016

Kevin Outterson, professor of health law, Boston University School of Law

Antibiotics

Law School Guides Global Effort to Create New Antibiotics

July 28, 2016

Close-up photo of the prototype zika virus diagnostic test, reader and paper tests

Zika Virus

New Tool to Diagnose Zika

June 13, 2016

A malfunction at the NEIDL in March posed no public health threat, BU officials say. Photo by Cydney Scott

Infectious Diseases

NEIDL Ventilation Monitoring Was Temporarily Halted

June 1, 2016

Researcher at Boston University NEIDL facility holds a vial containing a sample of the Zika virus

Zika Virus

Medical Campus Experts Gather to Confer about Zika

March 25, 2016

Medical Campus Experts Gather to Confer about Zika