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Experts in public health reflect on the pandemic and what our ‘next normal’ should be

Emily Pauls September 16, 2021
SPH hosts "The Next Normal" series, which focused on how global health can learn from COVID-19.
The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. BU researchers recently found that signs of the Ebola virus can be found in the blood days before symptoms appear. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU study’s findings show signs of hope for future Ebola victims

JenRacoosin April 1, 2018
A recent study by Boston University researchers has found that signs of the Ebola virus can be detected days before symptoms appear, potentially allowing the disease to be diagnosed even earlier than before.

NEIDL Lab gets OK to begin research on emerging diseases

Alana Fialkoff December 12, 2017

Boston University researchers are poised to move into the forefront of the battle against Ebola, Zika and other emerging life-threatening diseases, as the university’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases...

Boston University faculty and local officials gather at a meeting on March 6 to discuss the construction of the BU Medical Campus’ National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. PHOTO JINGYI LIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BUMC’s biosafety lab to be deliberated on in coming weeks

Allie Miller March 16, 2017

Deliberation over the planned Biosafety Level 4 research at Boston University Medical Campus’ National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories continued at the Boston Biosafety Committee’s public...

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EDITORIAL: AIDS museum will preserve the disease’s history

Editors March 14, 2017

Since the beginning of AIDS/HIV epidemic, nearly 35 million people have died from HIV-related causes. The disease became extremely prevalent in the United States during the 1980s. AIDS, though more researched...

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson hosts a press conference to introduce “Ordinance Regarding the Prohibition of Research Designated as Biosafety Level 4 (BSL 4) in the City of Boston” Wednesday morning at City Hall. PHOTO BY ALEXANDER NOVAKOVIC/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Tito Jackson introduces legislation to halt BUMC research

Alana Levene March 2, 2017

By Till Kaeslin and Alana Levene Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson called for a ban on all Biosafety Level 4 research in Boston during a press conference Wednesday morning. Jackson then brought...

BENNAIM: Saying goodbye to Ebola

BENNAIM: Saying goodbye to Ebola

Amid Bennaim November 11, 2015

Back in the late summer of 2014, I remember thinking that it was illogical for people to get all caught up in the Ebola craze. I realized that cable news networks had the hard job of filling up 24 hours...

Co-founder of global health organization Partners in Health Paul Farmer speaks about the current state of global health at Jacob Sleeper Auditorium Tuesday evening. PHOTO BY SUSIE TERASAKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hundreds crowd CGS for renowned global health expert

Maddie Domenichella November 5, 2015

Partners in Health founding director Paul Farmer highlighted the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, his medical efforts in Haiti and several global health issues in developing and underdeveloped countries...

In a report from Massachusetts General Hospital, a survey found that many physicians overestimate their ability to assess the risk of Ebola. PHOTO COURTESY CDC GLOBAL

Many physicians overestimate ability to assess risk of Ebola, study finds

Paige Smith September 3, 2015

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found that the physicians least likely to encounter the infectious Ebola virus tend to be overly cautious even with low-risk patients. The report titled...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers designed a device to detect Ebola in 10 minutes by taking blood. GRAPHIC BY ERICA MAYBAUM/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In race against time, new Ebola test works in minutes

Kaitlin Junod March 5, 2015

The Ebola outbreak that grew rapidly last year has claimed 9,729 lives as of Saturday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Approximately 99.8 percent of those deaths are...

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick held a press conference at Logan International Airport Tuesday, where he said that Boston and Massachusetts are at low risk of an Ebola outbreak but the city will continue to take precautions. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMAGE LIBRARY

Patient at MGH tests negative for Ebola

Alexandra David December 3, 2014

Less than 24 hours after a patient was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital for a suspected case of Ebola, the patient tested negative for Ebola, but positive for malaria, the hospital announced...

Massachusetts General Hospital announced on its website Tuesday that it had admitted a patient suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus. PHOTO BY FLICKR USER KZ1000PS/FLICKR

Suspected Ebola patient admitted to MGH

Alexandra David December 2, 2014

A patient suspected of contracting the Ebola virus was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital Tuesday at 2  p.m., according to a statement on the hospital’s website Tuesday night. The release...

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