In a feature published Thursday on The New Yorker website, staff writer and physician Jerome Groopman profiles the painstaking research on COVID-19 at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) and how its scientists are meticulously working to develop a vaccine for the virus that has claimed the lives of more than 630,000 people … Continued
New nanotechnology tested at BU’s NEIDL stops SARS-CoV-2 from infecting cells and replicating. The breakthrough technology could have major implications for fighting the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the global pandemic that’s already claimed nearly 450,000 lives and infected more than eight million people. But, perhaps even more significantly, it has the potential to be adapted to combat … Continued
State mandates intended to promote physical distancing—especially limits on bars and restaurants—do reduce the amount of time people spend away from their places of residence, according to a new study by Boston University School of Public Health (SPH) researcher Gregory Wellenius, who collaborated on the work with Google as part of its COVID-19 Community Mobility … Continued
The Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR), a multi-institutional initiative convened by Harvard Medical School to combat the disease and prepare for future outbreaks, on May 13 announced over $16.5 million in funding to support 62 research projects that address the most pressing challenges of the pandemic. The initiative includes scientists and clinicians from Harvard, MIT, … Continued
Researchers are mobilizing to develop better, faster COVID-19 testing and improved medical equipment Across Boston University’s School of Engineering, researchers are pivoting their work to tackle the many engineering problems associated with the global coronavirus pandemic. These efforts are in addition to the first wave of help, across BU’s Charles River and Medical Campuses, that … Continued
On Friday, April 17, the Boston University School of Medicine Class of 2020 will make a bit of history when they graduate. Not only will the fourth-year students graduate a month earlier than scheduled so they can jump immediately into the front lines of medicine during the global coronavirus pandemic, but they will also do … Continued
Joshua Barocas has what he calls a “dad decontamination protocol,” essential for a family man who cannot take his work home from the office: as a physician-scientist working at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center (BMC), he both researches the novel coronavirus in the lab and treats patients infected with it in … Continued
First things first: in order to take out an enemy, you’ve got to be able to see the enemy. But how do you “see” a seemingly invisible invader like SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus responsible for more than a million COVID-19 infections around the world? Scientists at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) have … Continued
One in four patients who arrive at Boston Medical Center with COVID-19 go into the intensive care unit, says Nicholas Bosch, a pulmonary and critical care fellow at BMC and a master of science in epidemiology student at the Boston University School of Public Health. Bosch is leading a randomized controlled trial at BMC to … Continued
Boston University School of Public Health students, along with SPH faculty, staff, and alumni, are part of the newly formed Academic Public Health Volunteer Corps (APHVC) – a COVID-19-focused initiative of the Academic Health Department Consortium. The group works in partnership with Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), Massachusetts Health Officers Association, and the Office … Continued