Archived articles

Epidemiology
Experts gather to discuss Ebola outbreak
Published Oct 14, 2014
Swiftly moving epidemic presents immense challenge to national and global health systems, infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm says
Q+A
Ebola facts
Published Aug 11, 2014
What is the Ebola virus and how is it transmitted?
Stopping Ebola's spread
Published Aug 6, 2014
Johns Hopkins expert discusses challenges of containing Ebola virus in Africa's most populous city / NBC News
Disease visualization
Published Aug 2013
Free software suite is designed to collect, analyze, visualize, and share information within a national disease surveillance system / Gazette
A career gone viral
Published July 5, 2013
JHU virologist devotes his life to investigating cancer-causing HPV / Johns Hopkins Public Health magazine
The forks well-traveled
Published July 2013
School of Public Health's Sommer recounts detours of his career in epidemiology, global health in new book / Gazette
Virus scan
Cancer risk assessment
Published June 4, 2013
Study shows no increased risk of infection for partners of people with HPV-related oral cancers / Hopkins Medicine
Fever forecast
Published Summer 2013
By accurately predicting outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses, a new model from APL gives officials a head start on prevention / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Forecast: fever
APL develops early warning system for disease outbreaks
Published March 21, 2013
Scientists use new model to successfully predict dengue fever outbreaks weeks in advance / Applied Physics Laboratory
Flu review
Published Winter 2012
Publishing scientific research might prevent the next pandemic, but critical information could fall into the wrong hands / Johns Hopkins Magazine