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A member of the National Guard prepares COVID-19 test samples in Cheyenne, Wyoming. COURTESY OF JACQUELINE MARSHALL VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

How various BU departments are tackling the pandemic

Cameron Morsberger June 12, 2020
Boston University researchers are hard at work in the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories while others develop data collection technology to ensure students can return safely and stay healthy on campus in the coming months.
As people are sleeping more in quarantine, they are reporting experiencing more vivid dreams, which experts attribute to higher cortisol levels and emotion-associated neurotransmitters. FALON MORAN/ DFP FILE

Coronavirus brings unseen effects even when sleeping

Daily Free Press Staff April 28, 2020
BU experts share that the information people take in during the day often then appears in their dreams, allowing their fears and stresses to be communicated in sleep.
Washington University Professor of Law Rebecca Dresser, Penn State University Bioethics Program Director Jonathan Marks and Drexel University Health Law Program Director Barry Furrow speak at the “Emerging Issues in Bioethics” symposium held at Boston University’s School of Law Friday. DANIEL KOOL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Experts in law, healthcare come together to discuss the changing field of bioethics

Akshata Shukla January 29, 2020
The Boston University School of Law hosted its annual American Journal of Law and Medicine Symposium, titled “Emerging Issues in Bioethics,” on Friday, featuring experts in law and healthcare from across the country who discussed a range of topics relevant to today’s advancements in medicine.
EDITORIAL: Telemedicine trivializes visit to doctor through texts

EDITORIAL: Telemedicine trivializes visit to doctor through texts

Editors April 7, 2016

What would you share with your doctor? People are sending photos of rashes on a diverse array of body parts to their doctors for advice or a diagnosis in a new practice known as “telemedicine,” The...

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