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Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study documentary plays Vail Film Festival
A new documentary highlights three young adults' experiences growing up HIV positive, their goals for the future, and their hopes for the future of HIV research.
Antiviral drug doesn’t significantly lower risk of hepatitis B mother-to-child transmission
The antiviral drug Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, commonly prescribed to treat hepatitis B infection, does not significantly reduce mother-to-child transmission of the virus when taken during pregnancy and after delivery.
Self-collected specimens may boost HPV screening rates in transgender patients
Female-to-male trans masculine patients (TM)—those who are assigned a female sex at birth but who identify as a male—often retain their female reproductive organs but may not get screened for the high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) infection that causes…
Mumps resurgence likely due to waning vaccine-derived immunity
A resurgence of mumps in the U.S. among vaccinated young adults appears to be due to waning of vaccine-induced immunity.
Past encounters with the flu shape vaccine response
Immune history influences vaccine effectiveness, interacting with other potential problems arising from the manufacturing process For immediate release: February 20, 2018 New research on why the influenza vaccine was only modestly effective in recent years shows that immune…
Essential doorways for malaria parasites’ invasion of red blood cells identified
A key step in fighting malaria is understanding the biology behind the parasites’ invasion of their human hosts. Two recent studies from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers and colleagues have identified key essential proteins on…
High rates of diabetes, hypertension found in India
For immediate release: January 29, 2018 Boston, MA – Rates of diabetes and hypertension are high among middle-aged and elderly people across all geographic measures and sociodemographic groups in India, according to the first nationally representative study of…
Tuberculosis epidemic needs attention
In an editorial, infectious disease expert Barry Bloom of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health outlines the health system failures behind the global TB epidemic, and argues that systems’ ability to diagnose and treat TB must be…
Ban on deadly pathogen research lifts, but controversy remains
January 8, 2018 – Last month, the U.S. government lifted a three-year moratorium on funding risky research to genetically alter deadly viruses in ways that could make them even more lethal. Epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch of Harvard Chan School…
Rethinking WHO: Students see a bigger role for frontline health workers
Students from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and across the University came together at the Harvard iLab over the fall semester for an innovative new course—Design of Social Innovation.
