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Medicine

Listen Now

Why Do Some People Live to 100—and How?

September 12, 2022

A microscope image of the monkeypox virus, showing small cells with a blue hue

Infectious Diseases

BU Researchers: We Have the Potential to Prevent Endemic Monkeypox

August 23, 2022

Photo of Bill Baird standing outside an old Charles Street Jail cell. An older man with blonde hair poses against a brick building with barred windows.

Reproductive Rights

Revisiting BU History: Bill Baird’s 1967 Lecture and Its Impact on the Abortion Rights Battle

July 11, 2022

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Career

What Are the Fastest Growing Jobs? And How Can BU Prepare You?

June 10, 2022

Photo of Nirisha Commodore, left, and Korede Yoloye reveal each others’ matches and celabrate on Match Day March 18 in the Metcalf Hall in the GSU. Commodore is a young Black woman wearing a burnt umber pant suite, with her hair pulled back in a bun; she extends her hands jubilantly and holds her match sign. Yoloye, a young Black woman with shoulder length hair wearing a black dress, is similarly exuberant and holds her "I Matched!" sign.

Student Life

Match Day 2022 Filled with Anticipation, Joy, Relief

March 21, 2022

Rose Al Abosy (MED’23) commends improvements in MED’s abortion instruction, but says she never saw the procedure during her OB-GYN clerkship at Boston Medical Center. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Health

With Roe v. Wade on the Line, BU Will Continue Abortion Education Regardless of Ruling

January 28, 2022

Photo of Pulmonary fellow Ellen Suder working in the high containment lab. She wears a large, blown up white suit with a clear head piece, and wears gloves as she performs experiments underneath a clear hood. A red curled tube hangs from the ceiling and goes into her suit.

School of Medicine

MED’s Biology of the Lung Funded through Its 50th—Yes, 50th—Year

September 23, 2021

A 13 year-old boy gets a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the First Baptist Church of Pasadena in New York.

COVID Vaccine

Kids 5 to 11 Show Strong Immune Response to Pfizer COVID Vaccine

September 20, 2021

Listen Now

When Will COVID End?

September 13, 2021

Photo of a young person in jeans and a light blue shirt with their hands over their crossed legs, sitting on a chair talking to a therapist or counselor of some kind, that is seen blurred on the right foreground.

Mental Health

BU Co-Creates First-of-Its-Kind Guides for Students Seeking a Mental Health Leave, and for Faculty and Staff

April 27, 2021

Photo of Rose Zhao (MED’24),left, who looks on while director of clinical education for the BU PA program Angela Reffel, in a white coat and blue gloves, advises Micaiah Bully (MED’24) at the vaccination administering training at FitRec March. Bully looks intently at a vial and syringe. Oranges rest on the table.

Student Vaccinators

Syringes, Oranges, and Faculty Help Train More Than 100 Volunteer COVID Vaccinators

March 10, 2021

Photo of a pile of white, circular pills with a syringe resting on top; the background is completely light blue. Semaglutide can be administered in both forms.

Health & Medicine

Could Diabetes Drug Be a Game Changer in Treating Obesity?

March 6, 2021

Illustration of a hand holding a bunch of ribbons that form the colors of the trans pride flag.

Health

BU PSA Campaign Publicizes Gender-Affirming Healthcare and Coverage for Trans Students

November 19, 2020

President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, DE on November 6, 2020

Cognition & Age

Joe Biden Will Be the Oldest President Elected. Is That Worrisome?

November 7, 2020

Detail photo of a Walk Signal Button at a crosswalk in Boston at dusk.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Controlling Healthcare Costs in the US

October 8, 2020

Portrait of Muhammad Zaman, Boston University professor of engineering

Health & Medicine

ENG’s Muhammad Zaman on the Growing Dangers of Antibiotic Resistance

September 22, 2020

Abiba Braimah, a patient who took aspirin when pregnant with her two boys, both of whom were born near or full-term. She also has a daughter who was born prematurely, weighing only four pounds, before Braimah found the BMC doctor who prescribed aspirin. Braimah is pictured here with her three children, sitting on steps outside of her home. Her young boys wear matching red shirts with a dinosaur print, and her daughter smiles in a red head band and pink shirt.

Medicine

Boston Medical Center Urges Low-Dose Aspirin in Pregnancy as Hedge against Preterm Births, Deaths

August 18, 2020

Photo of the headstones of Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED'1864), reading "the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the US." and her husband Arthuer Crumpler. The headstones are at the Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park. Bright green grass grows around the headstones.

Historic Alumni

Trailblazing BU Alum Gets a Gravestone 125 Years after Her Death

August 7, 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 a person using a VR headset and hand controls

Science & Technology

Real Doctors. Real Social Workers. Virtual Patients.

May 12, 2020

Real Doctors. Real Social Workers. Virtual Patients.