Infectious disease expert works to ban landmines, fight tuberculosis and AIDS
Since the 1980s, infectious disease specialist Anne Goldfeld has worked to ban landmines, treat victims of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in Cambodia and Ethiopia, and conduct research aimed at eradicating those diseases. A professor in the Department of Immunology…
As work on lethal bird flu research resumes, debate continues
Last week, an international group of scientists announced their intention to resume research on the potentially deadly H5N1 bird flu virus after a year’s hiatus, even as debate over the safety of the research continued. Researchers from the…
Malaria parasite transforms itself to hide from human immune system
December 13, 2012 -- In order to spread disease inside the human body, the malaria parasite must evade the human immune system—which it does remarkably well. Now, researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have uncovered details about…
World AIDS Day 2012
November 30, 2012 -- Since the early 1980s, HSPH researchers have made fundamental discoveries about HIV/AIDS and worked on the frontlines of the disease. In 1983, Max Essex provided key evidence that the infection is caused by a retrovirus; two years…
Study shows new test may lower TB rates
Coverage in the Harvard Crimson featuring HSPH's Nicolas Menzies, November 26, 2012
Making the case to continue an innovative anti-malaria program
November 7, 2012 -- Funding at Risk for Program That Increases Availability, Lowers Costs for Most Effective Drugs A two-year-old pilot program that aims to protect the most effective drug for malaria from resistance, through a novel economic strategy…
Debate heats up about contentious bird flu research
Article on NPR mentioning HSPH’s Marc Lipsitch and Barry Bloom, October 9, 2012
Analyzing entire malaria parasite genome provides clues on malaria drug resistance
August 2, 2012 -- Using a more thorough type of analysis than has been used before to examine the genetic makeup of the malaria parasite, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Harvard University, and the Broad…
Where do we stand in the fight against AIDS?
More than 23,000 delegates from over 195 countries are gathered this week (July 22-27, 2012) in Washington, D.C., for the XIX International AIDS Conference. Richard G. Marlink, Beal Professor of the Practice of Public Health at Harvard School of…
Bird flu research needs broader discussion
HSPH infectious disease expert Marc Lipsitch is concerned that the public has shown little interest in the debate over the potential risks and benefits of conducting bird flu research. There needs to be a much broader conversation that…