infectious disease

A woman wears a face mask to protect from diseases such as coronavirus

Q+A

What we know and don't know about coronavirus

Published Jan 22, 2020

Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, discusses the health interventions that work on a global scale to contain an emerging disease like coronavirus

Study: Viruses are leading cause of pneumonia in children

Published June 27, 2019

PERCH study, led by researchers at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, highlights the need for new vaccines, especially for respiratory synctial virus

public health

Analysis predicts U.S. counties at risk for measles outbreaks

Published May 9, 2019

New analysis predicts locations for possible future U.S. outbreaks based on international air travel, vaccination rates, population data

Global health

Researchers outline path to measles elimination

Published May 9, 2019

Where a country lies on the 'canonical path' could help officials identify at-risk populations and determine vaccination strategies

public health

Measles outbreak is the worst in U.S. in 20 years

Published April 25, 2019

Experts from the Bloomberg School of Public Health discuss the dangers of the virus, why it's spreading so rapidly, and what health officials can do to stop it

COMMENTARY

Not ordinary science

Published Feb 28, 2019

Public health experts condemn 'dangerous' research as government gives apparent green light to experiments that aim to create airborne bird flu / The Washington Post

Infectious disease

Schizophrenia linked with abnormal immune response to mono

Published Jan 9, 2019

Researchers say schizophrenia might alter the immune system to make patients susceptible to the virus, or the virus might cause the psychological disorder