Boston University

Public Health

A female asian child enters an MRI machine.

Infectious Diseases

Mysterious Illness AFM Has Paralyzed More Than 100 Children

December 5, 2018

female traveler standing underneath the list of departures and arrivals in an airport

Public Health

SPH Report: Many Study Abroad Students Return with Preventable Diseases

December 3, 2018

Portrait of Jennifer Tseng, Boston Medical Center’s surgeon-in-chief, sitting chair in her office

Cancer

Jennifer Tseng: From Receptionist to Chief Surgeon

November 29, 2018

A woman's hand holding an e-cigarette vape pen and a traditional tobacco cigarette.

Health & Medicine

POV: FDA Restricts Flavored E-cigarettes, but Not the Real Killers. Huh?

November 27, 2018

Jorge Delva, dean of the School of Social Work, speaks at a reception

Schools and Colleges

Jorge Delva New Leader of BU Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health

November 15, 2018

A young woman removes a tampon from a blue and white free tampons dispenser in a restroom.

Students

Should Colleges Make Tampons Free on Campus?

November 7, 2018

A person holds up a transgender symbol on paper

Gender Studies

What Transgender Means to Me

October 29, 2018

marijuana in jars

Public Health

Recreational Marijuana: “Wonderful Thing” or “Major Health Risk”?

October 25, 2018

An illustration depicting terriers holding hands

BUPD

Students’ FAQs about BU’s “Good Samaritan” Approach

October 22, 2018

a pile of multicolored condoms

Biomedical Engineering

New Self-Lubricating Condom Would Revolutionize Safe Sex

October 18, 2018

Center for the Humanities panel on Humanities Approaches to the Opioid Crisis

Addiction

Changing the Narrative on Opioids

October 15, 2018

Illustration showing a crowd of multicultural unhappy people many with frowns or sad faces.

Mental Health

Depression Screening Day Is Tomorrow on Both Charles River and Medical Campus

October 10, 2018

Lecture panel listen to questions from a Boston University School of Public Health Class about United States Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Science & Technology

SPH Sexual Violence Class Becomes Forum on Kavanaugh Hearings

October 3, 2018

A person smokes a Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette next to flavored pods

Public Health

Will the Government Ban E-Cigarettes?

September 17, 2018

Klapperich and colleague in a lab

Science & Technology

How Point-of-Care Testing Will Transform Healthcare

August 30, 2018

a man holds a 3D printed gun model called The Liberator

Voices & Opinion

POV: When It Comes to Firearms, 3D-Printed Guns Aren’t the Biggest Threat

August 9, 2018

Two women take a selfie with an iphone

Social Media

Social Media–Filtered Pics Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

August 7, 2018

Infectious disease researchers Elke Mühlberger (left) and Adam Hume conduct BSL-4 research at Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL).

Research

Ebola Research Begins at NEIDL

August 2, 2018

Fatima Dainkeh

Healthcare

Black Moms, in Their Own Words

July 27, 2018

Water Squad volunteer hands water out to a passerby.

Volunteer

SPH Water Squad Helps the Vulnerable Combat Summer Heat

July 23, 2018

SPH Water Squad Helps the Vulnerable Combat Summer Heat