How Ebola Kills
BU Today John Connor, School of Medicine The Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia has now infected more than 1,600 people, according to the World Health Organization. To learn about how...
View ArticleBattling Ebola: Tracking the Virus
BU Today Laura Forsberg White, School of Public Health It’s a persistent cliché in films dramatizing deadly epidemics: that chart with the ominously multiplying paper-doll cutouts—first 2 cases, then...
View ArticleBattling Ebola: Grading the Global Response to the Epidemic
BU Today Davidson Hamer, School of Public Health, Center for Global Health & Development How have African governments and the West responded to the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra...
View ArticleAlumni tell freshmen what to pack for college
My4 “Your Campus Cheat Sheet” BU in the News Freshmen will start arriving on college campuses across the country in just a few weeks. Even though the big decision’s been made—which university—the...
View ArticleBattling Ebola: Is Human Activity to Blame?
BU Today James McCann, College of Arts & Sciences Human impact on the environment may be partially to blame for the deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak spreading through West Africa, researchers say....
View ArticleBattling Ebola: Working with a Deadly Virus
BU Today Elke Mühlberger, School of Medicine Elke Mühlberger, associate professor of microbiology at the School of Medicine, is one of a small group of microbiologists around the world who are trained...
View ArticleBattling Ebola: NEIDL’s Role
BU Today Ronald Corley, School of Medicine, NEIDL John R. Murphy, School of Medicine, NEIDL As the worst Ebola outbreak on record continues to spread disease and death through several West African...
View ArticleHow experts read a graphic novel
Boston Globe Laura Jimenez, School of Education In many quarters, especially in K-12 education, graphic novels are held in low regard, as glorified comics or the kind of thing students turn to when...
View ArticleEbola: Battling a deadly disease
Homeland Security News Wire BU Today, the news and information Web site of Boston University, last week published a series of detailed articles, accompanied by interviews with leading researchers,...
View ArticleBig data: Benefits, drawbacks in addressing Ebola
Tech Page One Laura Forsberg White, School of Public Health The World Health Organization, along with several presidents of West African nations, announced an intensified response plan to the outbreak...
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