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Exploring the vexing world of malaria control
As a visiting professor in the Chan School’s Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases (IID), Hilary Ranson immersed herself in the fundamental research unfolding within IID’s laboratories — studies of the malaria parasite and its abilities to outwit…
Data sharing will help India address public health challenges
Strengthening the collection of population health data in India, if done securely and transparently, will help address public health challenges in the country such as maternal health, antibiotic resistance, and non-communicable diseases, according to Dean Michelle Williams of…
New drugs, tools, innovations needed to rid world of malaria
New medicines to help counter drug resistance and tools like gene drive technologies to curb parasite transmission are among the innovations needed to rid the world of malaria, according to a new research agenda published as a special…
Huge progress in treating AIDS
The first World AIDS Day was December 1, 1988. That same year, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health AIDS Initiative (HAI) was established to help end the epidemic. Max Essex, Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences and Chair of…
A new era of epidemics
In this week’s episode we speak with two leading experts on Zika virus—which grabbed international attention when it sickened a million people in dozens of countries more than two years ago.
Multifaceted approach key to eradicating malaria
October 25, 2017 – Throughout the twentieth century, researchers hoped to discover a “magic bullet” to cure malaria. But today experts realize that efforts to curb or eradicate the mosquito-borne disease must be multifaceted, from research to policy…
Asthma may be over-diagnosed in children born with HIV
Asthma may be over-diagnosed in children born with HIV, according to a new study from the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS), based at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Tulane University School of Medicine. Instead, the…
In Afghanistan, polio vaccination faces threats
Afghanistan is one of three nations in the world (along with Pakistan and Nigeria) where the polio virus continues to be endemic, in part due to inadequate vaccination rates. A new poll of parents and caregivers of young…
Search for a better tuberculosis vaccine underway
Efforts by a team of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers to expedite the discovery of a new and improved tuberculosis vaccine were featured in an August 18, 2017 STAT article. The article highlighted work by…
Is a full course of antibiotics always necessary?
Harvard Chan School experts say that while shorter courses of antibiotics may be OK in some cases, they’re not safe overall.
