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Public Health

An engorged tick

Infectious Diseases

Tick Season Tips

July 23, 2018

Close-up Egyptian fruit bat or rousette, Rousettus aegyptiacus. on isolated black background

Infectious Diseases

Marburg Virus Can’t Kill Bats. Why?

July 13, 2018

Thailand service trip

Health & Medicine

Destination: Thailand

July 10, 2018

A police officer pulls his gun out of his holster

Mental Health

Police Killings of Unarmed Black Men Affect Mental Health of Black Community

June 25, 2018

A Mexican woman holds a doll next to children at the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry, in the US-Mexico border in Chihuahua state, Mexico on June 20, 2018

Immigration

POV: Harm of Border Separations Will Haunt US Future

June 21, 2018

counterfeit pills

Global Health

Fellowship Available for Study of Poor-Quality Drugs, Disease Resistance

June 14, 2018

Composite image showing liquid nicotine vape juice packaging that looks like a child's juice box compared to actual apple juice juice boxes.

Health & Medicine

Liquid Nicotine, Packaged Like Juice, Deceives Thousands of Children

June 13, 2018

A Planned Parenthood supporter holds a sign that says "Don't take away my birth control" at a rally in New York City.

Politics

POV: New Title X Birth Control Rule Bad for the Nation’s Health

June 11, 2018

Students in Professor Michael Siegel's Public Health Advocacy class participate in a mock hearing regarding a current public health issue.

University News

In Fighting Opioids, Just the Facts Isn’t Enough

June 4, 2018

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

cluster of drug-resistant Campylobacter bacteria.

Medicine

BU-Based CARB-X Antimicrobial Partnership Gets Another $50 Million Plus

May 22, 2018

Medicine

AIDS Researcher and Champion Anthony Fauci a 2018 Honorary Degree Recipient

May 15, 2018

Awards

James Wolff Honored with a 2018 Metcalf Award

May 15, 2018

Mary Travis Bassett

Health & Medicine

SPH Symposium Measures Health Effects of Trump Administration Policies

May 10, 2018

Global Health class

Academics

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

kids playing tackle football

CTE

MED Researchers: Youth Football Linked to Earlier Brain Problems

April 30, 2018

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

Public Safety

BU Should Divest from Gun Manufacturers

April 17, 2018

Researchers discussing work at the Health Equity Symposium poster session.

Health & Medicine

BU Medical Campus Hosts Annual Health Equity Symposium

April 12, 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

Counterfeit Viagra Is a Problem