Related stories – Infectious Diseases
Stories related to infectious disease from sources outside of the Harvard Public Health Magazine – including Harvard Magazine, the Harvard Gazette, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times.
- Monkey malaria parasite poses increasing risks to humans (HSPH Feature, May 9, 2013)
- Alumnus Donald Hopkins works to end the scourge of Guinea worm (New York Times, April 26, 2013)
- HSPH Dean Julio Frenk joins global health experts in endorsing polio eradication plan (HSPH Feature, April 10, 2013)
- Former UNAIDS director Peter Piot recounts his role in discovery of Ebola, AIDS (HSPH Feature, March 14, 2013)
- Face masks recommended to help prevent flu transmission (HSPH Feature, March 13, 2013)
- HSPH researchers identify key mechanism in cellular growth process (HSPH Feature, March 13, 2013)
- Harvard partnership fights HIV/AIDS in Botswana (The Crimson, March 7, 2013)
- Reported cure of HIV-infected child generates widespread interest, hope (Voices of America, March 6, 2013)
- HSPH efforts in Africa helped lead to decade of success against AIDS (HSPH Feature, February 11, 2013)
- Infectious disease expert works to ban landmines, fight tuberculosis and AIDS (WBUR, February 6, 2013)
- As work on lethal bird flu research resumes, debate continues (Nature and New York Times, January 31, 2013)
- Malaria parasite transforms itself to hide from human immune system (HSPH Feature, December 13, 2012)
- Making the Case to Continue an Innovative Anti-Malaria Program (HSPH Feature, November 7, 2012)
- Virus Hunter Nathan Wolfe Tells of ‘the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’ of Microbes (HSPH Feature, October 22, 2012)
- Analyzing Entire Malaria Parasite Genome Provides Clues on Malaria Drug Resistance (HSPH Feature, August 2, 2012)
- HSPH Research Pinpoints Strategy for Monitoring Antiretrovirals’ Effects on Children of HIV-Infected Mothers (HSPH Feature, July 30, 2012)
- Where Do We Stand in the Fight Against AIDS? (coverage on WBUR’s CommonHealth, July 25, 2012)
- Funding, Political Support Critical for Polio Eradication (an op-ed article co-written by HSPH’s Jay Winsten, July 24, 2012, in the Wall Street Journal)
- Bird Flu Research Needs Broader Discussion (coverage on NPR’s “Morning Edition” and blog, July 24, 2012)
- Seven Steps To AIDS-Free Generation; Challenge of Aging HIV Population (HSPH Feature, July 19, 2012)
- Antiretroviral Treatment Helps Keep HIV Patients in South Africa Employed (HSPH Feature, July 16, 2012)
- New Drugs, Strategies Needed to Combat Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (Harvard Gazette, June 29, 2012)
- First Step in Fighting Lyme Disease is Understanding its Scope (WBUR, June 28, 2012)
- Restrict Future Research on Bird Flu Virus, HSPH Experts Recommend (New York Times and Metro Canada, June 22, 2012)
- Iron–Either Too Much or Too Little–Linked With Increased Tuberculosis-Related Sickness or Death (HSPH Feature, June 14, 2012)
- Study Digs Into Secrets of Keeping HIV in Check (US News & World Report, June 10, 2012)
- Malaria Eradication Is Focus of Leadership Development Course (Harvard Gazette, June 8, 2012)
- Chagas Disease Dubbed “The New AIDS of the Americas” (New York Times article, May 28, 2012)
- Burma: A Central Battleground for Malaria Control (Wall Street Journal Asia, May 15, 2012)
- HIV may increase risk of malaria infection in children (HSPH Feature, April 26, 2012)
- Aging HIV/AIDS survivors place growing demands on health system (Voice of America radio interview, April 6, 2012)
- HSPH students look to unravel the complexities of Chagas Disease (HSPH Feature, March 30, 2012)
- Rotavirus vaccine is safe, study finds (Voice of America and on NPR, March 7, 2012)
- Alumna hopes video will help stem the cholera tide (HSPH Feature, February 9, 2012)
- La Niña weather patterns linked to flu pandemics (UPI and Toronto Star, January 17 & 18, 2012)
- Fighting malaria with spermless mosquitoes (HSPH Feature, December 8, 2011)
- HSPH hosts AIDS@30 international symposium (NPR, CNN, in the Boston Globe, and in other media outlets, December 1-2, 2011)
- Hunting for the next pandemic (coverage of new book The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age, November 2011)
- HSPH research on benefits of treating AIDS patients cited by Secretary Clinton (speech at National Institutes of Health, November 8, 2011)
- Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative newsletter features Q&A with HSPH’s Max Essex, profile of research scientist Vladimir Novitsky (Summer 2011 issue)
- Malaria resurgence raises treatment questions (NPR, August 18, 2011)
- New findings that young men also benefit from HPV vaccine may warrant reconsideration of vaccination guidelines, HSPH researcher says (The New England Journal of Medicine, February 3, 2011)
- Global experts convene for malaria eradication conference (Harvard Gazette, January 21, 2011)
- Health is key component of global agenda, says HSPH Dean Frenk (Huffington Post, December 10, 2011)
- HSPH hosts HIV/AIDS panel on World AIDS Day (December 1, 2010)
- Infectious disease: HPV vaccine appears to be cost-effective way to prevent anal cancer in young males (coverage from WebMD.com, November 2, 2010)
- Four major misconceptions about the global HIV/AIDS epidemic (Reuters, July 19, 2010)