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Student Health

What You Need to Know about BU’s Good Samaritan Policy

September 1, 2021

Bottles of the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines sit on a table next to a syringe.

Booster Shots

COVID Booster Shots: Everything You Need to Know

August 25, 2021

Photo of Triage nurse specialist Victoria Cunningham, in pink scrubs, blue gloves, and a blue face mask, at the Moderna vaccine clinic at FitRec May 4. She holds a vial and extracts a dose of the vaccine with a needle.

University News

BU Updates Its COVID Data Dashboard, as Employee Vaccination Deadline Looms

August 17, 2021

Illustration of a woman’s hands extracting a covid-19 vaccination from a vile. The image is overexposed and colored with purple and pink. The background looks staticky and features illustrations of the coronavirus.

Public Health

Myths vs. Facts: Making Sense of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation

August 13, 2021

Photo of USA's Simone Biles, in her white USA sweatsuit, looking a little somber as she waits for the final results of the artistic gymnastics women's team final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on July 27, 2021.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Simone Biles Teaches Us Why We Must Support All Athletes Better

July 29, 2021

Photo of behavioral scientist Nina Mazar, sitting on a bench, and smiling. She wears a bright pink summery dress and has long blonde hair.

Behavioral Science

This Behavioral Scientist Wants to Help Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

July 28, 2021

3 children playing or drawing at a kids table while parents talk behind them in the kitchen.

Child Health & Development

The Toll on Children’s Health during COVID-19

July 28, 2021

Photo of a seventy six year old woman Kaironesa Sheik Suleman Allie receiving her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from a health staff member, at a vaccination centre, in Karl Bremer Hospital, in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. The staffer wears a blue paper facemask and reaches over her to give the vaccination.

Pandemic Politics

Why Global COVID Vaccinations Are Dangerously Lagging: Six Things To Know

July 23, 2021

Deepwater Discoveries

There’s More to the Story behind Rare Glass Octopus Footage

July 21, 2021

A young family conference with a doctor or therapist via a telehealth application on a laptop computer

Rehabilitation Sciences

Beware Using Telemedicine for Voice and Speech Therapy

July 15, 2021

A male staff member at a COVID-19 Test Collection Kiosk prompts a woman to leave her testing swab vial in a tray on the kiosk table.

Public Health

Video: How to Use BU’s COVID-19 Staffed Collection Kiosks

July 12, 2021

A photo of a person putting their hand to their forehead in extreme heat

Heat Illness

How Does Heat Exposure Affect the Body and Mind?

July 6, 2021

A photo of an outdoor yoga class

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Summer Sol Series Outdoor Yoga at Bunker Hill Monument

July 6, 2021

A photo of a copper IUD

Opinion

From the Dalkon Shield to Britney Spears’ IUD: Why Diverse Teams Need to Be Involved in Contraceptive Design

July 1, 2021

People playing and relaxing in a big, open field of green grass in a city park

Health & Wellness

Going Green: Parks Can Help Everyone’s Well-being

June 29, 2021

Heat map of the Boston metro area

Environmental Health

As Temperatures Set Records, Heat Exposure Hits Some Neighborhoods Harder than Others

June 25, 2021

This easy-to-understand packaging for doses of albendazole, the antibiotic that prevents lymphatic filariasis, created by a team of BU students, won first prize at a hackathon for neglected tropical diseases

Science & Technology

BU Students’ Hackathon-Winning Project Could Help Combat a Neglected Tropical Disease

June 22, 2021

A portrait photograph of Laura Lew holding a model head

Neuroscience

How Sleep Is Impacted by Brain Circuitry and Aging

June 16, 2021

Photo of a single covid test vial with a swab in it with a red cap at the test collection at the Rajen Kilachand Center August 25, 2020.

University News

Pooled Testing for COVID-19 to Begin This Week

June 14, 2021

A photo of Mohsan Saeed working at a computer

CORONAVIRUS VACCINES

Study Reveals Recipe for Even More Powerful COVID-19 Vaccines

June 11, 2021

Study Reveals Recipe for Even More Powerful COVID-19 Vaccines