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A better antibiotic for tuberculosis treatment
PhD candidate Harim Won is developing a new type of antibiotic to address long-standing issues of lengthy treatments and drug resistance, using a new approach to turn a normal protein system in the bacterial cell against itself.
Both rich and poor countries saw essential health services decline during COVID
Many essential health services—including cancer and tuberculosis screenings, HIV testing, maternal health services, and child vaccinations—declined during the COVID-19 pandemic in poor and rich countries alike around the globe, according to a new study co-authored by Harvard Chan…
‘The infectious disease that nobody ever thinks about’
To mark World TB Day, March 24, Harvard Chan School's Sarah Fortune, a TB expert, discusses the state of the disease worldwide, obstacles to fighting it, and the latest research.
Eric Rubin, Renee Salas elected to National Academy of Medicine
Two researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Eric Rubin and Renee Salas, have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
What will it be like when COVID-19 becomes endemic?
In a Q&A, Yonatan Grad, Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, discusses what endemic COVID-19 will look like.
The making of a disease detective
Samantha Giffen, PhD ’21, loves the thrill of discovery, in the lab and beyond May 6, 2021 – One day in 2014, Samantha Giffen sat in a small dark room at the New York State Department of Public…
Bridging the Know-Do Gap
Ariadne Labs’ Better Evidence program brings the most up-to-date clinical knowledge to health care providers in resource-poor countries.
New center aims to advance research toward a vaccine for TB
October 8, 2019 – Tuberculosis is a major health problem worldwide. More than 1.5 million people died from it last year, making it the leading infectious killer on the planet. Another 10 million people fell ill with the…
TB declining among U.S. youth, but sharp racial disparities persist
Rates of tuberculosis (TB) declined 48% in children and teens in the U.S. between 2007-2017, according to new research led by Tori Cowger, a PhD student at Harvard T.H. Chan School who conducted the study while working for…
Message from the Dean: Our Frontier Mentality
This is the moment for Harvard Chan to align its formidable scholarship, inspired vision, and deep institutional engagement to take on the world’s biggest public health challenges.
