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Nearly half of Americans believe H1N1 outbreak is over, poll finds
Majority of Parents Got or Intend to Get Their Children Vaccinated, But Majority of Adults Will Not Get H1N1 Vaccine Themselves For immediate release: Friday, February 5, 2010 Boston, MA – The latest poll from researchers at the…
Dean's message: H1N1 and comprehensive health security
[Winter 2010] Health Reform in an Era of Pandemics The H1N1 pandemic has had a profound impact on global security. This pandemic clearly shows us that, in health matters, the world has become a single neighborhood—and that the…
Vaccinating boys against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) not cost-effective
Cervical Cancer Prevention Efforts Should Prioritize Vaccinating Pre-Adolescent Girls and Continued Cervical Cancer Screening For immediate release: Thursday, October 8, 2009 Boston, MA -- Persistent infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus, is…
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…
Harvard School of Public Health professor Barry R. Bloom named recipient of national award for contributions to understanding immune responses to infectious diseases
For immediate release: September 2, 2009 Boston, MA -- Barry R. Bloom, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Professor of Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), will receive…
The cost of South Africa's misguided AIDS policies
[ Spring 2009 ] The human cost of South Africa's misguided AIDS policies AIDS activists and researchers argued for years that the negligent HIV/AIDS policies of former South African President Thabo Mbeki were causing a massive, unconscionable loss of human life. Now,…
Researchers estimate lives lost due to delay in antiretroviral drug use for HIV/AIDS in South Africa
For immediate release: Monday, October 20, 2008 Boston, MA - More than 330,000 lives were lost to HIV/AIDS in South Africa from 2000 and 2005 because a feasible and timely antiretroviral (ARV) treatment program was not implemented, assert…
TB superstrains
[ Fall 2008 ] Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis is research focus Covering 200 square kilometers of arid scrubland in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province, the rural district of Tugela Ferry seems to swallow its inhabitants, its parched mountain ridges shutting out the…
Thomas H. Weller, Nobel Laureate and Professor Emeritus, dies
For immediate release: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Boston, MA -- Thomas H. Weller, a Nobel Prize winner in 1954 and HSPH Professor Emeritus, passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2008. He was 93. Dr. Weller received the Nobel Prize…
