Researchers identify genes causing antimalarial drug resistance
For immediate release: Thursday, April 21, 2011 Boston, MA -- Using a pair of powerful genome-search techniques, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Harvard University, and the Broad Institute have identified several genes that may…
Global health news: guinea worm disease may soon join smallpox in the history books as worldwide cases dwindle
Guinea worm disease may soon be the second disease to be eliminated from the world after smallpox, Donald Hopkins, vice president for health programs at The Carter Center, told an HSPH audience on February 1. Hopkins, presenting this…
Global experts convene for malaria eradication conference
Leading malaria experts from public and private institutions around the world convened for a three-day conference aimed at discussing and rethinking the future of malaria prevention, control, elimination, and eradication. The culminating session, “Rethinking Malaria: The Science of…
Study identifies more effective antiretroviral treatments for HIV-positive women in Africa
October 21, 2010 -- An international study led by Shahin Lockman, assistant professor in immunology and infectious diseases at HSPH and a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, has found that women who took single-dose nevirapine…
Bacteria identified that may lead to inflammatory bowel disease in genetically susceptible individuals
For immediate release: Thursday, September 16, 2010 Certain bacteria that inhabit the intestine provide the environmental trigger that initiates and perpetuates chronic intestinal inflammation in individuals who are genetically susceptible to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a study led…
Report calls for schools to adjust lice policies to keep kids in school
HSPH’s Richard Pollack is quoted in a Time magazine article about a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics calling on schools to abandon strict no-nits policies that keep children out of class. Pollack is a research associate…
Tuberculosis researcher Sarah Fortune receives clinical scientist development award
July 2, 2010 -- Sarah Fortune, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases, has been selected to receive a Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The goal of the CSDA is to encourage the…
Infectious disease: lessons learned from H1N1 pandemic
June 14, 2010 -- For the next new infectious threat—or the next phase of the ongoing H1N1 influenza pandemic—public health decision makers need better data about who’s infected and who’s severely sick. And they need it sooner, said…
When infection won't quit
[ Spring/Summer 2010 ] TB, AIDS, and malaria are finding new ways to resist treatment Recent headlines paint an insidious trend in infectious disease. In San Francisco, 60 percent of new HIV infections are drug resistant. In Europe and the U.S., a…
New twist on potential malaria drug target acts by trapping parasites in cells
For immediate release: Thursday, May 13, 2010 Boston, MA -- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers and colleagues seeking to block invasion of healthy red blood cells by malaria parasites have instead succeeded in locking the parasites…