The Harvard Gazette

Infectious disease

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Brian O'Shea

What fuels prejudice?

Study rebuts theory that increased contact boosts racial tensions, suggests fear of exposure to disease as possible cause

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DateAugust 5, 2019

Dyann Wirth, chair of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, discusses what’s behind the resurgence of measles in the United States.

Sick with measles, again

Infectious disease expert discusses recent spread, vaccination issues, more

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DateFebruary 5, 2015

Infectious disease expert works to ban landmines, fight tuberculosis & AIDS

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DateFebruary 12, 2013

Rifat Atun, professor of international health management at Imperial College, London, said much progress has been made in improving global health, but future improvement depends on shifting the conversation from focusing on specific diseases to health platforms that buttress leadership, expand coverage of health services, and build health systems.

Pondering health, at home and abroad

Think tank sees global transition from communicative to chronic diseases

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DateMarch 27, 2012June 6, 2019

Why some TB cells resist antibiotics

Findings could lead to more effective treatment for global disease

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DateDecember 16, 2011March 15, 2019

How doctors think, past and present

David Jones’ work bridges history, medicine at Harvard

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DateSeptember 1, 2011June 18, 2019

“Just because a country has a bigger burden of infectious disease, that doesn’t mean they have a lesser burden of chronic disease," said Institute of Medicine President Harvey Fineberg. Fineberg delivered his talk, “The Under-appreciated Burden: Chronic Illness in the Developing World,” in conjunction with a reception to highlight a new effort to study chronic disease in Africa.

The rise of chronic disease

As developing nations mature, some illnesses thrive too

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DateNovember 9, 2010April 23, 2019