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Boston University’s “F--- it Won’t Cut It” campaign and College of Arts and Sciences professor Robert Corley recommend wearing two masks to better protect against COVID-19 and its variants. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students reflect on new COVID-19 safety on double-masking

Sophie Nye February 11, 2021
With the CDC's new guidance encouraging tightly fit surgical masks or double-masking, BU community members agree students should continue to take additional precautions to slow the spread of 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.

BU medical student develops method of slowing spread of Zika virus

JenRacoosin January 18, 2018

Karen Cheng, a third-year medical student at Boston University, has received a $3,500 grant from the Clinton Global Initiative University, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation, for her work in preventing...

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...

PHOTO VIA THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMAGE LIBRARY

EDIT: Time to Open the Door

Editors October 7, 2014

Massachusetts breathed a sigh of relief after state resident and Ebola survivor Dr. Rick Sacra, who was thought to have re-contracted the disease, was declared Ebola-free on Sunday. As "Ebola scares" threaten...

City Council wrestles with risks of deadly pathogen research in BU laboratories

Daily Free Press Admin April 17, 2014

More than 300 Boston University officials and Boston residents attended a hearing at City Hall Wednesday to debate an ordinance that would ban BU from conducting research on deadly pathogens in its...

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