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Infectious disease

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

Infectious disease

Meningitis vaccination for college students not cost effective

Published Dec 21, 2018

Vaccine is highly effective, but the disease is too rare to justify the cost of universal vaccinations

Bioethics

An 'unacceptable' public health oversight

Published Dec 10, 2018

Experts say that the exclusion of pregnant women from vaccine development and use must end

Graduate student Alexander Komin (left) and materials scientist Kalina Hristova.

Ebola virus

Protein could be key to Ebola's spread

Published Aug 22, 2017

Discovery by JHU researchers plays key role in project that appears to pinpoint what makes deadly virus so contagious

A very small girl with gaunt features is being held by her mother

Epidemiology

Cholera vaccines less effective for kids than adults

Published Aug 9, 2017

Findings indicate that one dose, spread out over twice as many people, may be more effective at treating outbreaks than a traditional two-dose method / School of Public Health