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Northeastern’s Life Sciences Testing Center Secures Certifications to Process the University’s Coronavirus Tests
A brand new coronavirus testing facility on Northeastern’s Innovation Campus in Burlington, Massachusetts, will help the university’s efforts to keep its community and surrounding neighborhoods safe with extensive testing of students, faculty, and staff.
August 12, 2020
Here’s Why Washing Your Hands With Soap for 20 Seconds Protects You From Covid-19
In soap lather, a combination of molecules assemble into bubble-like structures that trap viral matter and other biomaterials—grease, oil, dirt—and rinse them down the drain, says Thomas Gilbert, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Northeastern.
March 26, 2020
The Coronavirus Outbreak Is an International Public Health Emergency. Here’s What You Need to Know.
“Either the screening, detection, and isolation in China will be able to contain the epidemic there, or it will be a global issue,” says Alessandro Vespignani, Sternberg Family Distinguished University Professor at Northeastern. “And this will be decided in the next couple of weeks.”
February 05, 2020