If the shift to greater use of telemedicine continues after the pandemic, it could reduce reliance on the emergency room, where crowding has long been a problem. This could happen…
Similar to many African countries, South Africa—the country where I work as a BU associate professor in global health—reported its first COVID-19 case on March 5, 2020, imported by a…
The world, as we know it, may just have been saved. Had SARS-CoV2, aka COVID-19, emerged 50 years ago, it would have continued to rampage through the world’s populations for…
My hope is that from this pandemic we gain a generation of scientists, engineers, and technologists who are determined to approach public health with a dedication to creating equitable solutions.…
This center will connect policy with research and use lessons from Ebola and COVID to prepare lawmakers and the public for next crisis BU associate professor, Nahid Bhadelia will head…
What does COVID-19, climate, & the return to “normal” mean for us? We have no vaccine for climate change. COVID-19 is our first truly global crisis—changing the way people around…