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“Remember Every One” Memorializing the More Than 1 Million Lives Lost to COVID-19 in the US

BU School of Public Health Blog

Public health communications and advocacy have been Keeves’ bread and butter since her days at SPH when she served as a teaching assistant for the Strategies in Public Health Advocacy course. Under the program, kids who have lost a parent to COVID will have $4,500 set aside for them to access once they turn age 18.

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COVID-19 in 2025: ‘A Constant Threat, but a Manageable One’

BU School of Public Health Blog

March 8, 2025 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Five years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the virus has largely receded from public conversation and daily routinesand when it does arise, its often referenced in the past tense. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.