Boston University

Public Health

New Year's resolutions on Post-It notes

Public Health

POV: New Year’s Resolutions to Improve Our Collective Health

January 13, 2017

neon liquor store sign

Alcohol

SPH Study: Alcohol Policies Contribute to Suicide Prevention

December 14, 2016

cell culture in petri dishes

Medicine

POV: Unregulated Stem Cell Clinics Pose Real Threat

December 5, 2016

Representative Robert DeLeo, gives a speech behind a podium

Health & Medicine

SPH Addresses Gun Violence in Special Forum

November 18, 2016

Students gathered at the International Student Welcome at Metcalf Ballroom

Global Health

International Education Week a Chance to Celebrate Diversity at BU

November 14, 2016

pile of marijuana buds, weed pot

Politics

POV: It’s Time to Legalize Marijuana

November 7, 2016

vaping device

Public Health

E-Cigarettes: Good Idea? Bad Idea?

October 18, 2016

young man smoking weed in a dark room

Pharmacology & Toxicology

Does Weed Help You Sleep? Probably Not

October 17, 2016

marijuana leaves with Massachusetts state emblem on top

Science & Technology

YouSpeak: Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legalized?

October 11, 2016

Jello Shots

Addiction

Do Jello Shots Lead to Bingeing by Underage Drinkers?

September 26, 2016

Anthony Fauci, David Quammen Address NEIDL Inaugural Symposium

Global Health

NEIDL Symposium: Talking about Infectious Diseases

September 21, 2016

Author and Science Writer David Quammen

Communications

David Quammen to Speak at NEIDL Symposium Sunday

September 16, 2016

Female Aedes aegypti mosquito on skin

Zika Virus

Zika Strikes Miami

August 9, 2016

visible pollution in Guanabara bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sports

POV: Swimming in Sh*t

August 5, 2016

Patricia Hibberd, chair of the Department of Global Health at Boston University School of Public Health

Health & Medicine

SPH Welcomes New Global Health Chair

August 1, 2016

Kevin Outterson, professor of health law, Boston University School of Law

Antibiotics

Law School Guides Global Effort to Create New Antibiotics

July 28, 2016

BU Sargent College student Grace Lei is hugged by children during a public health education trip to Ban Doi Chaang village in Thailand

Science & Technology

Sargent Students Witness Public Health in Thailand

July 14, 2016

E-cigarette vapor colored by lights

Public Safety

POV: New FDA Regulations on Vaping Products a Failure

July 13, 2016

A spider-shaped pericyte, seen here in light blue, encircles a capillary, helping maintain the blood-brain barrier

Neurology

Genetic Risk for Stroke

June 30, 2016

Professor David Sherr, director of a new BU/Tufts consortium researching environmental causes of breast cancer

Cancer

New Consortium to Study Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer

June 27, 2016

New Consortium to Study Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer