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Photo of Ukrainian citizens crossing an improvised path under a destroyed bridge while fleeing Irpin on March 8. Photo shows a line of people wearing dark clothes on a dark snowy day as they follow a path near a destroyed bridge.

Public Health

School of Public Health Explores the Health Consequences of War

March 30, 2022

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Pandemic vs. Endemic

What Is the Difference between Pandemic and Endemic?

February 9, 2022

Boston Medical Center

School of Public Health Professor Richard Saitz Remembered for Dedication, Scholarship, Sense of Humor

January 24, 2022

A woman in a hat stands in front of an electronic billboard that reads 100 degrees

Climate Change

Extreme Heat Could Impact Young and Middle-Aged Adults More than Older Adults

January 11, 2022

Photo of a silhouette of a soldier in military fatigues, with the tops of the tents in a military camp visible through the desert dust in the background, in the Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone on the border between Saudi Arabia and the Iraq, 1991.

Health & Medicine

Three Decades after the Gulf War, Veterans Still Battle Health Issues

November 11, 2021

Public Health

BU-Led Global Commission Launches Roadmap to Better Health Using Big Data

September 21, 2021

Photo of the exterior of the Boston University School of Medicine on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. A person in scrubs wearing a small yellow backpack walks up the stairs towards the front door.

Promotions

Medical Campus Promotes 13 Faculty to Associate Professor

July 30, 2021

President Joe Biden delivers remarks about Biden's gun control executive order in the White House Rose Garden, April 8, 2021

Gun Control

POV: Biden’s Gun Control Executive Orders Are a Step in the Right Direction

April 8, 2021

Composite photo of headshots of Rachel Kyte, Tufts University Fletcher School (from left); Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia; and Madeleine Thomson, Wellcome Trust Our Health, Our Planet.

Climate Change

Climate Change Is Focus of 2021 SPH Annual Bicknell Lecture

March 16, 2021

Photo of students in Sargent’s occupational therapy program in full blue PPE gowns, face shields and masks, during a training session. One student lays on the bed while the other attends to mock-patient.

Admissions

Applications Up for BU Graduate Programs Leading to Socially Conscious “Helper” Careers

February 18, 2021

Applications Up for BU Graduate Programs Leading to Socially Conscious “Helper” Careers