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Malaria 11.26.24

Malaria Control Program Achieves 99% Reduction in Cases Across Brazilian Amazon Cities

The Malaria Control Action Program has helped transition six municipalities in Brazil from high to low-risk malaria zones.

11.19.24

A Conversation with ASTMH President David Fidock

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Lassa Virus & Pathogens 11.18.24

International research consortium tackles Lassa vaccine development from concept to clinic

By: Rose Catlos, Communications Director, Iavi

Marburg Virus & Intranasal Vaccines 11.17.24

Exploring the protective potential of intranasal vaccines for the deadly Marburg virus

By: Rose Catlos, Communications Director, Iavi

Mpox 11.16.24

Health Officials Grapple with a Rapidly Evolving Mpox Threat

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.16.24

U.S. Leader for Pandemic Preparedness Advises Caution When Discussing Avian Influenza Risks

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Astmh 11.15.24

John Amuasi Embraces the Positive Power of Shifting the Goalposts

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.15.24

Soaring Dengue Caseload Adds Urgency to Search for Treatments

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Malaria & Antimalarial Drug Resistance 11.15.24

Urgent action needed to safeguard and advance antimalarial treatments

By: Cristina Donini

Malaria & Astmh 11.14.24

Making a Case for Using Three-Drug Combinations to Combat Artemisinin Resistance in Africa

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health 11.14.24

U.S. Global Health Officials Optimistic for Continued Bipartisan Support

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Typhoid & Tcv 11.13.24

Malawi, Niger, Nepal, and Bangladesh, where data are driving decision-making

By: Leslie Jamka, Tyvac, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Astmh & Ntd 11.13.24

Monique Wasunna Calls for ‘Decolonizing Science to Benefit Us All’

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Astmh & Dengue Virus 11.08.24

#TropMed24 Responds to a Record-Breaking Year for Dengue Infections

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Astmh, Malaria, Mpox & Chagas Disease 10.28.24

A Small Taste of #TropMed24 in the Big Easy

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

10.25.23

Malaria Terminal: Reflections from a Kean Fellow

But, our community has researchers, clinicians, and field workers navigating this overwhelming new area where microbiology meets growth physiology.

Hookworm & Zika 10.21.23

Advancing Hookworm and Zika Vaccines with ‘Controlled Human Infections’

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

10.21.23

Joined-up Global Genomic Surveillance, Starting with Malaria

By: Luke Lythgoe, Genomic Surveillance Unit

Astmh & Karen Goraleski 10.21.23

Lucky 13: A Conversation with Outgoing ASTMH CEO Karen A. Goraleski

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health 10.21.23

Maintaining Momentum in the Quest to Decolonize Global Health

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Balamuthia Mandrillaris 10.21.23

Race to Treat a Brain-Eating Amoeba Reveals Lessons for Using Drug Screens to Locate Treatments for Rare Diseases

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

10.20.23

High-impact results from the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP)

By: John Bawa, Path, Dr. Rafiq Okine, Who, and Kristen Kelleher, Who

Infectious Diseases & Chikungunya 10.20.23

Moving Closer to the World’s First Chikungunya Vaccine

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

10.20.23

New Round of Locally Acquired Malaria in the U.S.: Outlier or Warning Sign?

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

10.20.23

Pediatric Global Health Research Challenges: The Case of Schistosomiasis

By: Alexandra Burgess, Ba, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

10.19.23

Communicating Creatively About Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

By: Stephanie Wilkes Moumtzis, Target Malaria

10.19.23

Emerging from the Pandemic to Find Science Under Assault

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

10.19.23

From Insecticide Resistance to Outdoor Biting: The Many Challenges of Fighting Malaria by Fighting Mosquitoes

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

10.18.23

#TropMed23 Launches on Lake Michigan

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

10.18.23

The Five P’s of Pandemic Preparedness: Politics, Populations, Policies, Partnerships and Pathogens

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.22.22

War Against Malaria Rages On

I was at the just concluded Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) held in Seattle, WA. The topic that received most attention at the conference was the ongoing battle against Malaria, the most challenging public health crisis faced by the mankind.

11.07.22

Insights from the U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator at TropMed22

By: David Walton, Md, Mph

11.07.22

Typhoid conjugate vaccine effectiveness in Malawi: An evaluation of the test-negative design

By: Priyanka Patel, Malawi-liverpool Wellcome Trust

11.04.22

Expanding use of and learning from the first malaria vaccine, RTS, S-AS01

By: Scott Gordon, Phd, Path and Mary J. Hamel, M.d., Who

11.04.22

Scientists Can Tell Great Stories, Too - An Insightful First StorySlam at TropMed

By: Misia Lerska, Burness

11.03.22

What makes severe malaria different from mild cases? New research from Mali tells the story.

By: Hanna Lebuhn, Ba, University of Maryland, Baltimore

11.02.22

ASTMH President Dan Bausch Urges Society Members to Be Ambassadors and Advocates for Human Rights

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.02.22

Predicting the Next Pandemic: Flu, Shrews, and a Plague of Mistrust and Misinformation

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.02.22

The Impact of Malaria on Children’s Education

By: Hanna Lebuhn, Ba, University of Maryland, Baltimore

11.01.22

Animal Spillovers, Relapsing Malaria, Climate Change: Battling Many Fronts in the Fight to Eliminate Malaria

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.01.22

Portable Light Therapy for Treating Jaundice Wins TropMed Pitch Competition

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

10.31.22

Constant Vigilance: How To Track Antimalarial Drug Resistance

By: Richard Pearson, Phd, Welcome Sanger Institute

10.31.22

Digital Data Brings Haiti Closer to Disease Elimination

By: Mark Gudmastad, Rti International

10.31.22

Fighting Malaria with Transgenic Mosquitoes: Securing Community Support Could be More Complex than the Science

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

10.31.22

Monkeypox Becomes a Rallying Point for Equity in Global Health

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

10.31.22

Typhoid and its growing research presence at ASTMH

By: Natalie Fecteau, Mph, University of Maryland, Baltimore

10.30.22

TropMed22 Opens with Brazilian Champion of Health Equity Celebrating Election Outcome

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

10.28.22

Kicking off #TropMed22

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

12.14.21

The problem and solution to delivering safe Plasmodium vivax treatment to Cambodia’s unreached

Cambodia, which has the second greatest malaria burden in the Greater Mekong Subregion, aims to reach elimination for malaria-causing parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax by 2023 and 2025, respectively. The Cambodia Elimination Project (CMEP) supported by the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) has contributed to this intense national effort leading to remarkable progress.

12.09.21

ASTMH President Daniel Bausch Shares Insights on the Lessons Learned in Virology over the Past Year

By: Bridget Desimone, Burness

12.08.21

Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Resurgence of Measles, Polio and Other Killers

By: Eric Swedberg, Rashed Shah, and Sara Canavati

11.29.21

A Conversation with ASTMH Scientific Program Chair and self-professed “leshmaniac” Christy Petersen at #TropMed21

Burness science writer Matthew Davis caught up with ASTMH Scientific Program Chair and self-professed “leshmaniac” Christy Petersen, MD, FASTMH, at ASTMH’s headquarters in Arlington, VA during #TropMed21. She shared that one of the most exciting sessions she attended at the Annual Meeting where she explored the use of 3-D technology to visualize cutaneous leishmaniasis.

By: Bridget Desimone, Burness

11.24.21

A Conversation with Incoming ASTMH President Daniel Bausch

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.23.21

Amy Maxmen of Nature wins the ASTMH Communications Award for a second time

By: Sara Canavati, Save the Children

11.23.21

Community health workers are backbone of malaria diagnosis and treatment in kids under five in Cote d'Ivoire

By:

11.21.21

Linking Forest Drought to Brazil’s First Urban Outbreaks of Yellow Fever in Nearly a Century

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.20.21

A Conversation with Outgoing ASTMH President Julie Jacobson

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.20.21

Q & A with "Accidental Host - The Story of Rat Lungworm Disease" Producer Claire Panosian Dunavan

By: Bridget Desimone, Burness

11.20.21

Widespread Mistrust of COVID-19 Vaccines in Region Hit Hard by Ebola

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.19.21

From Isolating a Rare Disease in a Bottle of Aromatherapy to New Efforts Against Malaria, Dengue and Ebola, CDC Director Details 2021 Agency Work Beyond COVID-19

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.19.21

How Stigmatization and Isolation of LGBTIQ Communities Is a Global Health Threat

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.19.21

Panel Reflects on Surge of Excitement from Approval of World’s First Malaria Vaccine

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.19.21

Success in the Fight Against Lymphatic Filariasis and Lymphedema

By:

11.19.21

Typhoid Intestinal Perforation: A Treasure Chest of Information

By:

11.18.21

COVID-19 Vaccine Pioneer: New Advances Could Put Dozens of Vaccines “On the Shelf” for Future Pandemic Threats

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.18.21

Elimination milestone reached in River Blindness Hotspot Nigeria

By: Bridget Desimone, Burness

11.18.21

History of Racism Linked to Higher Risk of COVID-19 Deaths for Black and Hispanic/Latinx Individuals Under 50 in Illinois Study

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.17.21

A Crucial Message to Launch #TropMed21: All of Our Efforts are More Important Than Ever

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.17.21

WHO Director-General Warns of Pandemic Setbacks to Malaria, HIV and NTDs

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.16.21

Kicking off #TropMed21: Previewing the virtual and exciting reality of this year’s meeting with new Scientific Program Chair

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health 11.20.20

Predicting the Future: The Importance and Limitations of Outbreak Science

Panelists discuss the importance, as well as the limitations, of outbreak science to the COVID-19 response.

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.20.20

Vector-borne diseases eradication: being one step ahead with modeling

By: Maria Luísa Simões, Phd, Johns Hopkins University

Global Health 11.19.20

A Call for Diagnostic Research Proposals for LF and Onchocerciasis

By: Emily Owens, The Task Force for Global Health

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.19.20

Addressing the threat of antimicrobial resistance-- the future is in our hands

By: Rebecca Mandt, Phd Candidate, Harvard University

Global Health 11.19.20

Building Capacity and Refining Algorithms for Critical Care in LMICs

By: Aislinn Mcmillan, Ba, Md Candidate 2022, University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Malaria, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.19.20

Fighting Supervillains with Science

By: Rebecca Mandt, Phd Candidate, Harvard University

Global Health 11.19.20

More evidence that typhoid conjugate vaccines work – and just in time

By: Laura Kallen, Mph, Path

Infectious Diseases & Global Health 11.19.20

Oxford Scientist Optimistic about COVID Vaccine Immune Response in Seniors

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.19.20

Tropical Medicine’s Racist, Colonial Past—and How it Still Percolates in the Present

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.18.20

ASTMH is committed to fighting climate change year-round, but we need to do better

By: Astmh Green Working Group

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.18.20

ASTMH President Joel Breman at #TropMed20: Seeking Guidance from Smallpox Eradication in a “Year Like No Other”

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Infectious Diseases & Global Health 11.18.20

Excitement Builds for Using Monoclonal Antibodies to Protect Against Malaria

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.18.20

In Uganda, Four Children were Linked to 60% of the Malaria-Infected Mosquitoes Raising Concerns About Stealth Super Spreaders

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.18.20

Science Advocacy: It’s Everyone’s Job

By: Rebecca Mandt, Phd Candidate, Harvard University

Global Health 11.17.20

Malaria Genomics- A Family Matter

By: Rebecca E.k. Mandt, Ba, Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.17.20

Metagenomics: An Adaptable Platform for a Novel Pathogen Landscape

By: Aislinn Mcmillan, University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.17.20

Potential Role for COVID-19 Challenge Trials, Even with Vaccines Close at Hand

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.17.20

With all Eyes on COVID-19, Climate Change Continues its Cruel Erosion of Global Health

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Infectious Diseases & Global Health 11.16.20

New Evidence Shows Human-to-Human Transmission in Deadly 2019 Outbreak of Mysterious Disease in Bolivia

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Infectious Diseases & Global Health 11.16.20

Rising Temperatures Lead to Increased Risk of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever for Humans

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.16.20

Smallpox Eradication Turns 40: Lessons Lost in COVID Fight, Eyeing New Pox Threats

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.16.20

Vaccine Expert Warns of Rising Reluctance as Covid-19 Candidates Advance

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Disease Outbreaks, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.15.20

Climate Leader Urges TropMed Experts to Assume Political Role in Pandemic Recovery

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Disease Outbreaks, Infectious Diseases & Global Health 11.13.20

COVID-19, Climate Change, and Poxes Still Upon Us: #TropMed20 Pick 6 with Dan Bausch

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 12.17.19

Q & A with Incoming ASTMH President Joel Breman

Learn more about incoming ASTMH President Joel Breman

Global Health, Ebola, Disease Outbreaks & Infectious Diseases 12.16.19

Can medical students be the key to ending the Ebola epidemic?

By: Eve Ameen, Bs, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Hiv 11.26.19

Beyond HIV: Caring for Immunocompromised Patients in a Global Context

By: Bickey Chang, M.h.a., University of Virginia School of Medicine

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.26.19

But they are right there!

By: Bickey Chang, M.h.a., University of Virginia School of Medicine

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Malaria 11.25.19

Being basic: connecting fundamental research to public health

By: Rebecca E.k. Mandt, Ba, Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health

Global Health, Ebola & Infectious Diseases 11.25.19

Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Perfect Public Health Storm

By: Austin T. Jones, Mphtm, Md/phd Student, Tulane University

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Ebola 11.25.19

What do Human African trypanosomiasis, Melioidosis, and Ebola have in common?

By: Aislinn Mcmillan, University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Disease Outbreaks & Global Health 11.25.19

Where the Wellies Hit the Road: The Efficacy and Safety of Personal Protective Equipment

By: Kristen Zozulin, Md Candidate 2020, Frank H. Netter Md School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.24.19

Dengue Dives Where Bacteria-Infected Mosquitoes Are Introduced

By: Astmh

Global Health 11.23.19

It’s Getting Hot In Here: Threat of Climate Change to Human Health

By: Kristen Zozulin, Md Candidate 2020, Frank H. Netter Md School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.23.19

Predicting the Expansion of Lyme Disease: An Interview with Donal Bisanzio

By: Donal Bisanzio, Phd, Veterinary Medicine, University of Torino

Public Health 11.23.19

Scientists, Stand Up!

By: Rebecca E.k. Mandt, Ba, Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.23.19

Setting a Research Agenda for Female Genital Schistosomiasis

By: Chelsea Toledo, Ma, Ntd Support Center

11.23.19

The Tropical Bookshelf: Revisiting Hot Zones, Looking for Lost Cities

By: Kristen Zozulin, Md Candidate 2020, Frank H. Netter Md School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

11.23.19

Viral Cocktail for Combating Cholera Wins TropMed19 Pitch Competition

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.23.19

Well “Versed” in Science, Chandy John Seeks the Poetry of Tropical Medicine

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.23.19

What is a breath?

By: Charlotte Ward, Malaria Consortium

Global Health & Public Health 11.22.19

An Insightful and Inspiring Conversation with NIH Director Francis Collins

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Malaria, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.22.19

How we can treat severe malaria cases in the U.S.

By: Joanne Morrison, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Malaria, Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 11.22.19

Of mice, men and malaria

By: Rebecca E.k. Mandt, Ba, Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.22.19

Poor Quality Drugs, AMR Resistance and “Murder By Medicine”

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Public Health 11.22.19

Tailoring the Use of Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Each Unique Setting

By: Aislinn Mcmillan, University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.22.19

What Mosquito Nets Should We Be Using?

By: Bickey Chang, M.h.a., University of Virginia School of Medicine

Public Health 11.22.19

Where are the women leaders in global public health?

By: Kristen Zozulin, Md Candidate 2020, Frank H. Netter Md School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 11.21.19

Addressing Mosquito-Borne Diseases with a Single Vaccine

By: Joanne Morrison, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 11.21.19

Chikungunya Vaccine Challenge: Launching Trial Before Disease Disappears

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Ebola 11.21.19

Lessons Learned in 40 Years of Fighting Ebola Outbreaks

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health, Disease Outbreaks & Infectious Diseases 11.21.19

Peter Hotez Delivers Spirited Warning About Era of “Anthropocene Disease Drivers”

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health 11.21.19

What about the posters?

By: Leslie Jamka, Mem, Ms, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (cvd) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Global Health & Public Health 11.21.19

Working outside our comfort zone: Fighting NTDs in conflict areas

By: Scott Mcpherson, Mph, Act to End Ntds | East, Rti International

11.20.19

Highlights from TropMed on the Potomac: This Week, Washington DC Region is the Center of Power for Global Health

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.20.19

Inclusion and Respect

By: Julie Jacobson, Md, Dtmh, Astmh

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.20.19

Q and A with Outgoing ASTMH President Chandy John

By: Chandy C. John, Md, Ms, Astmh President

11.20.19

The Profound Public Health Impact of “Research With the People”

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.18.19

ASTMH Cares About Reducing Its Carbon Footprint

By: Chandy C. John, Md, Ms, Astmh President

Africa, Disease Outbreaks, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 09.16.19

What’s it like to be a virus hunter?

By: Anne Rimoin, Ph.d., M.p.h.

Africa, Disease Outbreaks & Global Health 08.14.19

Driven by Ambition

By: Astmh

Disease Outbreaks, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 07.10.19

Linking it all Together

By: M. Claudia Guezala V. Dvm, Phd.

Infectious Diseases, Dengue Virus, Cholera & Disease Outbreaks 06.14.19

Oh Behave! Understanding mosquito-borne diseases through behavior and interactions

By: A. Desiree Labeaud Associate Professor of Pediatrics (infectious Diseases), Stanford University

Malaria, Disease Outbreaks, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 04.15.19

When Malaria Gets Personal

By: Abdoulaye Djimdé, Pharmd, Phd

Africa, Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 11.27.18

Down in the Bayou

Seth Judson discusses his experience with the ASTMH annual meeting, and his time in New Orleans.

Global Health, Public Health, Malaria & Infectious Diseases 11.14.18

ASTMH TropMed Conference and the Power of Diversity in Science

By: Caitlin Christman, Malaria Technical Advisor, U.s. President’s Malaria Initiative

Global Health, Public Health & Infectious Diseases 11.09.18

Tackling Typhoid with an Integrated Approach

By: Catherine Gulley, Sabin Vaccine Institute

Global Health, Malaria, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Disease Outbreaks 11.05.18

A Conversation with the New Commander of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health 11.02.18

A Conversation with ASTMH Past President Regina Rabinovich

By: Astmh

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Public Health 11.02.18

A Conversation with Incoming ASTMH President Chandy C. John

By: Chandy C. John, Md, Ms, Astmh President

Malaria & Global Health 11.02.18

Frontiers in Malaria Vaccine Development Calls for Expanding the Frontiers of Health Care Delivery

By: Daniel Hodson

Malaria, Disease Outbreaks, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.02.18

The scourge of antimalarial drug resistance

Andrea Stewart discusses updates in antimalarial resistance during TropMed18.

By: Andrea-stewart

Global Health 11.01.18

A Journalist, Politician and Scientist Walk in to a Bar, They Can’t Communicate

By: Bieneke Bron

Ebola, Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 11.01.18

Amidst Grim News from Ongoing Outbreak in the DRC, a Ray of Hope: Four Experimental Drugs Show Promise in Treating Ebola Virus Disease

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health, Infectious Diseases, Disease Outbreaks & Cholera 11.01.18

Ending Cholera Requires Novel Approaches in Vulnerable Populations

By: Mellisa Roskosky

Disease Outbreaks, Public Health & Infectious Diseases 10.31.18

Department of Homeland Security Working Dogs Face Internal Threat – A Tropical Disease Causing Heart Problems

By: Bridget Desimone, Burness

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 10.31.18

Human challenge models: What we learn from voluntary infection

By: Leslie Jamka, Mem, Ms, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (cvd) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Infectious Diseases, Global Health & Disease Outbreaks 10.31.18

Investigating Recent Scares from Nipah Virus and Lassa Fever for Evidence of Other Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers with Outbreak Potential

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Malaria, Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 10.31.18

Strength in partnership to end malaria: looking back on 20 years of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership

By: Lisa Goldman-van Nostrand

Infectious Diseases & Dengue Virus 10.31.18

Understanding the Role of Dengue Virus NS1 in the Pathogenesis of Severe Dengue Disease

By: Kristina Burrack

Public Health & Global Health 10.31.18

Women Are Not a Vulnerable Population; They Are Drivers of Global Health

By: Mellisa Roskosky

Malaria, Global Health, Disease Outbreaks & Infectious Diseases 10.30.18

Researchers Report Progress Developing Vaccines that Block Malaria Transmission

By: Camila Coelho

Infectious Diseases, Global Health & Disease Outbreaks 10.30.18

A New App that Allows Researchers to Study Lyme Disease Risks also Documents the Great American Lawn Mowing Divide

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Infectious Diseases & Global Health 10.30.18

Ending Cholera

By: Eric Mintz, Md, Mph - Team Lead, Global Epidemiology Waterborne Diseases Prevention Branch, Cdc

10.30.18

Japanese Encephalitis—No Longer Neglected

By: Dr. Nihal Abeysinghe & Dr. Kathy Neuzil

Infectious Diseases, Global Health, Public Health & Disease Outbreaks 10.30.18

On the Anniversary of the 1918 Flu Pandemic, Disease Experts Nervously on the Look-Out for the next Big One

As we mark the 100th Anniversary of 1918 Flu Pandemic – What’s Next Big One?

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Infectious Diseases, Global Health & Disease Outbreaks 10.30.18

Oral Cholera Vaccines as a Cholera Control Tool

By: Mark Jones

Malaria, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 10.30.18

School Age Kids: Targeting an Important Reservoir of Malaria Transmission

By: Ingrid Peterson, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 10.30.18

Where Are People Getting Infected with Chikungunya and How Does This Vary Between Communities?

By: Guido España

Ebola, Infectious Diseases, Global Health, Public Health & Disease Outbreaks 10.29.18

Anticipating the Next Health Emergency: It could be Ebola, Influenza—or a Disease “Not on Anyone’s Radar”

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Plenary, Hiv & Infectious Diseases 10.29.18

Artist Nina Finley Captures the Opening Plenary Session Through Art

By: Bridget Desimone, Burness

Malaria, Infectious Diseases & Global Health 10.29.18

Medical Dogs Can Sniff Out Malaria Infections

By: Kristina Burrack

Malaria, Africa & Infectious Diseases 10.29.18

Why We’re Never Done Adapting: PMI and the Importance of Operational Research

By: Martin Alilio Operational Research Coordinator U.s. President’s Malaria Initiative

Global Health, Ebola, Hiv, Africa, Infectious Diseases & Plenary 10.28.18

WHO Africa Leader Opens TropMed with a Clarion Call to Confront Gender Inequality as a Significant Health Hazard

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Infectious Diseases & Malaria 10.26.18

Working to Stop Malaria Relapse for Good

By: Brice Campo, Director, Drug Discovery at Mmv

10.22.18

NOLA Ebola Redux, Flu Pandemic at 100, Spit is Cool: TropMed Pick 6 with Dan Bausch

By: Doug Dusik