Ronald Corley

Report indicates link between Zika virus, birth defect

March 5, 2016

Boston Herald Ronald Corley, School of Medicine, NEIDL A breakthrough report published yesterday could provide an important link between the Zika virus and the birth defect microcephaly, and will likely serve as a springboard for local research efforts into the mystery illness, Hub scientists say… Expert quote: “It could easily be the avenue for a […]

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Sun seekers warned of virus

December 26, 2014

Boston Herald Ronald Corley, School of Medicine, NEIDL Travelers looking to 
escape the frigid New England winter and take a sun-soaked Caribbean vac ation may want to bring the bug spray along with their suntan lotion, according to 
local doctors, as the painful and mysterious Chikungunya virus tears through the Western Hemisphere… Expert quote: “People […]

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Bay State in the cross hairs of flu

December 22, 2014

Boston Herald Ronald Corley, School of Medicine, NEIDL Massachusetts could get hit with a particularly brutal flu season if it spreads here with the same ferocity as it has in many southern and Midwestern states, local doctors say… Expert quote: “Most reporting regions are experiencing elevated levels. The current evidence indicates that it’ll be a […]

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Boston doc: Science, not quarantines, key to Ebola fight

November 12, 2014

Boston Herald Ronald Corley, School of Medicine, NEIDL A New York doctor whose Ebola diagnosis prompted controversial mandatory quarantine rules there and in New Jersey was deemed healthy Monday night and the city was declared Ebola-free yesterday — putting more ammo in the argument against those stringent guidelines, said one local doctor… Expert quote: “It’s […]

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Ebola and Enterovirus, both spreading too close to home

November 6, 2014

WFXT Ronald Corley, School of Medicine, NEIDL Elke Muhlberger, School of Medicine, NEIDL Two viruses: one from the jungles of Africa that has infected more than 10,000 people, half of them dead and another from right here in the US infecting more than 800 and linked to the deaths of four children this past fall. […]

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Ebola Outbreak Boosts Odds of Mutation Helping It Spread

October 15, 2014

Bloomberg Ronald Corley, School of Medicine, NEIDL The Ebola virus circulating in West Africa is already different from previous strains… Expert quote: “I’m seeing all these reports about changing virulence and mode of transmission. I just don’t see how that would work from a fundamental scientific perspective.” View full article

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Battling Ebola: NEIDL’s Role

August 7, 2014

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 countries, public interest in infectious disease research is spiking. BU Today spoke about research conducted at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories (NEIDL) with two infectious disease […]

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CDC goes all out to combat Ebola

August 7, 2014

Boston Herald Ronald Corley, School of Medicine The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has set its emergency operations center in Atlanta at its highest response level over the Ebola crisis, dispatching dozens of experts to the stricken region in West Africa, while the World Health Organization discusses whether it should declare the crisis […]

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