Dry winters linked to seasonal outbreaks of influenza
For immediate release: Monday, February 22, 2010 Boston, MA -- The seasonal increase of influenza has long baffled scientists, but a new study published this week in PLoS Biology has found that seasonal changes of absolute humidity are…
Severity of H1N1 flu in U.S. during current flu season may be less than feared
Burden of Disease May Fall on Young Children and Non-Elderly Adults For immediate release: Monday, December 7, 2009 Boston, MA—A new study from researchers at the UK Medical Research Council and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)…
HSPH investigators help lead H1N1 research and response
[Fall 2009] Catching the flu before it catches the world As a new influenza pandemic this spring set off alarms in the global health community, Harvard School of Public Health scholars helped illuminate the crisis and lead a…
Center for Communicable Disease dynamics to be established at HSPH to model factors involved in infectious disease spread and intervention
For immediate release: Thursday, September 3, 2009 Boston, MA -- A new center that will focus on mathematical modeling of drug resistance, seasonal infectious diseases, and intervention allocation will be established at the Harvard School of Public Health…
In a flu pandemic, first using small stockpile of secondary drug could delay resistance to primary stockpiled medication
For immediate release: Thursday, April 30, 2009 Boston, MA -- In a global influenza pandemic, small stockpiles of a secondary flu medication -- if used early in local outbreaks -- could extend the effectiveness of primary drug stockpiles,…