Vaccine injuries deserve more attention, says vaccinologist
More empathy—and investment—is needed to address vaccine-related injuries, says Harvard Chan School's Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire.
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Study links gut microbiome changes to increased risk of type 2 diabetes
Brigham, Broad, and Harvard Chan School researchers found that specific species and strains of bacteria were linked to changes in the functioning of the gut microbiome and a person's risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Malaria deaths, once declining, have stalled, but there’s reason for hope
Infectious disease researcher Flaminia Catteruccia, who explores novel eradication methods in her lab and in the field, remains optimistic about defeating the notoriously complex disease.
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Once a malaria patient, student now has sights set on stopping the deadly disease
Cyrianne Keutcha, PhD ’25, has been around malaria all her life, from growing up in a malaria-endemic country, to being infected herself, and now to studying the parasite in the lab.
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Dyann Wirth receives lifetime achievement award for malaria research
Harvard Chan School's Dyann Wirth has received a top award from the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Society for playing a pivotal role in the global fight against malaria.
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Age, sex may be important to consider in assessing tuberculosis risk
How an individual’s immune system responds to the bacteria that causes tuberculosis—and therefore whether they develop the disease—may differ across age and sex, according to a new study co-led by Harvard Chan School’s Sarah Fortune.
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Flaminia Catteruccia elected member of National Academy of Sciences
Flaminia Catteruccia, professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard Chan School, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Measles outbreaks show the risks of under-vaccination
Yonatan Grad, professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard Chan School, discusses measles' recent resurgence.
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Report calls for regulations around dangerous pathogen research
Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard Chan School, discusses key takeaways from a new report that makes recommendations on strategies for conducting research on dangerous pathogens.
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Unlocking new information about vaginal health
Smita Gopinath, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard Chan School, discusses her path to managing her own lab and her research into an overlooked microbiome.
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