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Coronavirus

Photo: Two people, both masked, handle an orange and white, sickly-looking chicken. the person on the right is in full protective gear including hair net and holds a testing kit in their hands. The other stands by and watches as the chicken is handled.

Infectious Diseases

Bird Flu Is Making Headlines but Doesn’t Threaten a Pandemic…Yet

March 14, 2023

Photo: Overhead shot of two rapid covid tests laying on a light blue background. One test is positive and the other is negative.

Public Health

Are You a Novid—Someone Who’s Never Had COVID? Science Has Some Clues Why

January 23, 2023

Photo of Uwe Beffert’s cell biology class September 2, 2021 in Morse Auditorium. Mask are required indoors, but distancing is not. Students sit in the rows with their notebooks open and look towards Beffert who wears a black jacket and jeans.

University News

Masking “Strongly Recommended” in Crowded Indoor Spaces as COVID, Flu, Other Viruses Surge

January 12, 2023

Nurses wait for patients outside Boston Medical Center during the early days of the pandemic, March 20, 2020. The staff inside the triage tent assessed patients’ symptoms and determined whether they could receive care through BMC’s influenza-like illness clinic (ILI) for more moderate symptoms, or if they needed to go to the Emergency Department for more serious conditions. The COVID-positive patient census at BMC skyrocketed from 22 patients on March 24, 2020, to 121 patients in just eight days, and reached 219 by April 9.

Health & Medicine

Addressing the Ethical Issues at the Heart of the COVID-19 Pandemic

December 15, 2022

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Plummeting Math Achievement Scores Confirm Pandemic’s Impact on US Public School Students

November 17, 2022

Portrait of Asian mother checking her sick sons temperature, looking at thermometer and touching forehead of her son.

Health & Medicine

BU Will Hold Flu and COVID Clinics Next Week, While Bracing for RSV

November 8, 2022

Photo of pedestrian traffic. Students come and go, some masked and some unmasked, on Comm Ave.

Campus Life

Video: To Mask or Not to Mask

September 21, 2022

Photo of students moving back to BU's campus . A blurry overhead action shot shows students moving a large yellow cart and bed supplies as they move into a dorm building.

Move-in

Move-in 2022: What You Need to Know

August 23, 2022

An individual working on a laptop stands with their back to the camera. A sign next to them reads "COVID-19 Testing" in yellow letters on a blue background

Campus Health

BU Keeps Existing COVID Protocols for Fall, Adds Monkeypox Measures

August 10, 2022

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COVID-19

Lessons Learned: Valuable Takeaways from BU’s COVID Response

July 15, 2022

Photo of a worker at the Agganis arena testing site in purple gloves holding a COVID test.

University News

University to End Asymptomatic COVID-19 Testing; Lab Will Continue to Process Specimens for Those with Symptoms

May 10, 2022

Photo of Mita Das, (left), a Bentley University Senior Lecturer of Mathematical Sciences and Prreeti Tiwari, right of South Windsor, CT, rehearsing for the Playwright's Theatre marathon. Das wears a green vest, white long sleeve, black pants and wears no shoes. She is a brown woman with brown hair. She sits on a stool and leans over to Tiwari, putting her hand on her knee. Tiwari, a brown woman with short black hair, looks forlorn, and wears bright yellow overalls.

Theatre

Boston Theater Marathon Returns to Live, In-Person Performances—and to BU

April 28, 2022

Photo of Judy Braha (CFA’08) at a rehearsal for Shakespeare in Love. Braha wears a long, light blue button-down and black jeans. She's a white woman with short, gray hair. Behind her, in a room with wooden floor, five students are seen rehearsing dance moves.

Theatre

CFA’s Judy Braha Caps BU Career Directing Shakespeare in Love

April 28, 2022

Photo of a young, Asian student in a white puffy picking up a piece of baby clothing from a large bin at a Cradles to Crayon collection center.

Community Service

Alternative Service Break Trips Stay Local This Year

March 4, 2022

Photo of a class of masked BU students sitting in a lecture hall. They wear a variety of winter coats and outfits as the look to the left towards the front of the room.

Campus & Facilities

BU’s Mask Mandate to End March 7, with Exceptions

March 1, 2022

Portrait of Bill T Jones, an older Black man with short white hair, wearing dark glasses, a black sweater. He looks focused and sincere, and touches his right shoulder. He poses in front of a purple background.

Dance

Legendary Dancer, Choreographer, and Director Bill T. Jones to Speak at BU on March 2

February 25, 2022

photo of a young, light-skinned woman with brown hair taking of her blue facemask and smiling. she wears a backpack and a tan blouse. a street is seen blurred behind her in the background.

Living with COVID

Are You Ready to Start Living with COVID in Our Midst?

February 23, 2022

Photo of the hand of an elderly person resting in a hospital bed with a finger Heart Rate Monitor / Pulse oximeter on. The photo is zoomed in on the resting hand so the face of the patient is not visible.

Public Health

POV: Should the Unvaccinated Be Eligible for a Heart Transplant?

February 1, 2022

Composite image. At left, a photo of Joe Rogan, a bald man with tattoos on his arms, who smiles as he talks into a podcasting microphone and wears red headphones. At right, a photo of singer Neil Young, an older man with long white hair wearing a black hat, dark sunglasses, and a flannel shirt as he plays a guitar.

Misinformation

Should Spotify Back Joe Rogan in COVID Misinformation Dispute with Neil Young?

February 1, 2022

Listen Now

How Much Did US Insurers Waste on Ivermectin for COVID?

January 31, 2022

How Much Did US Insurers Waste on Ivermectin for COVID?

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