Yankee Magazine Logo

This is a page from YankeeMagazine.com, the website of Yankee Magazine.

©2012, Yankee Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Visit this page on the web at:
http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2006-09/features/today/medicalstudy.

Issues → September 2006 → Feature Stories → New England Today →

Not Your Common Cold

Medical facility to study deadly microbes

Email EMAIL
Print PRINT

The residents of Boston's South End may be getting some nasty new neighbors soon: Boston University Medical Center recently received $128 million in federal money to build its National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, slated to do research on the world's deadliest microbes, including Ebola and anthrax. When they'll actually start coming to town is as yet undetermined; in May, the Conservation Law Foundation filed suit to stop federal funding for the facility.

Related Content: boston,ma

Reader CommentsRSS

Registered users can add comments.

Registration is free, and just takes a moment.

Login or Register.

YankeeMagazine.com information comes from the editors of Yankee Publishing, with the exception of directory information, which comes from advertisers. No advertising considerations are made when selecting and recommending any establishment, except where noted. Rates and event dates are subject to change. We strongly advise that you call first to confirm before setting out on your trip.

Advertise | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Subscribe | Subscriber Services | Customer Service | Press Contact| Site Search | Employment | RSS Feeds

Interactive services developed and maintained by Reinvented Inc.

©2012, Yankee Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Yankee Publishing Inc., P.O. Box 520, Dublin, NH 03444, (603) 563-8111

features