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Experts to gather at DOHaD congress to address challenges that impact health of children, adolescents

Over 600 experts from around the world will meet to address the many challenges that currently impact the health of mothers, babies in the womb, infants, children and adolescents at the Society for the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease congress, which will be held in Africa for the first time.

5 Nov 2015

Study provides novel insight into the evolution of hepatitis A virus and how it spreads to humans

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are part of an international team led by the University of Bonn, Germany, who have found a link between the origin of hepatitis A virus (HAV) and small mammals.

4 Nov 2015

Alnylam presents positive ongoing phase 2 open-label extension data for Patisiran and Revusiran

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced new results from its ongoing Phase 2 open-label extension (OLE) studies with patisiran and revusiran, investigational RNAi therapeutics targeting transthyretin (TTR) for the treatment of TTR-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR amyloidosis).

3 Nov 2015

Deaths from avoidable risk factors: an interview with Dr Ali Mokdad, IHME

The study showed that about thirty percent to maybe half of the leading causes of death in the world are preventable. These are risk factors that you could manage and thus you could prevent a lot of premature deaths.

3 Nov 2015

Two Duke obesity experts' articles appear in the November issue of Health Affairs

Two Duke Global Health Institute faculty members have articles in the November issue of Health Affairs, which is devoted entirely to the subject of food and health, marking the first time the publication has covered the subject in this way.

3 Nov 2015

Loughborough researchers secure £545,000 to help tackle Antimicrobial Resistance

Researchers at Loughborough University have secured £545,000 to help tackle growing resistance to antibiotics.

3 Nov 2015

Stanford bioethicist wins 2015 MacLean Center Prize in Clinical Ethics and Health Outcomes

The 2015 MacLean Center Prize in Clinical Ethics and Health Outcomes, a $50,000 award, will be presented to Laura Roberts, MD, MA, a graduate of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, who is chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and an internationally recognized scholar in bioethics, psychiatry, medicine and medical education.

3 Nov 2015

APHA Law Section honors Lawrence Gostin for Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law

Lawrence Gostin, JD, LLD (h.c.), Faculty Director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law, was honored today for his "Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law" by the American Public Health Association (APHA) Law Section. The award was presented in Chicago.

3 Nov 2015

West African man indicted in $12M anti-malaria fraud scheme

The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the indictment of a citizen of Burkina Faso for his role in a scheme to procure and distribute approximately two million fraudulent and substandard mosquito nets in the West African nation.

31 Oct 2015

Novel enzyme therapy offers possible treatment for cocaine overdose

A long-acting enzyme that rapidly and safely metabolizes cocaine in the blood stream is currently being investigated in animal models as a possible treatment for cocaine overdose.

30 Oct 2015

Over 3.7 billion people under 50 have genital HSV-1 infection, shows WHO report

More than 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 – or 67% of the population – are infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), according to the World Health Organization’s first global estimates of HSV-1 infection published today in the journal PLOS ONE.

29 Oct 2015

Major shift needed in global fight against tuberculosis, say researchers

Unless there is a major shift in the way the world fights tuberculosis--from a reliance on biomedical solutions to an approach that combines biomedical interventions with social actions--the epidemic and drug resistance will worsen, say researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

26 Oct 2015

New WHO report reveals ways to reduce health risks from short-lived climate pollutants

A new World Health Organization report highlights the urgent need to reduce emissions of black carbon, ozone and methane - as well as carbon dioxide – which all contribute to climate change.

23 Oct 2015

Researchers use cutting edge genomic methods to explain protective effects of malaria vaccine candidate

An international team led by researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have used cutting edge genomic methods to uncover key biological insights that help explain the protective effects of the world's most advanced malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S).

22 Oct 2015

Camels in Kenya infected by MERS virus, new study finds

A new study has found that nearly half of camels in parts of Kenya have been infected by the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and calls for further research into the role they might play in the transmission of this emerging disease to humans.

19 Oct 2015

Sanofi Pasteur, IDRI establish Global Health Vaccine Center of Innovation

In an effort to accelerate timelines and decrease development costs of life-saving vaccines, the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) and Sanofi Pasteur today announce the establishment of the Global Health Vaccine Center of Innovation (GHVCI), to be headquartered at IDRI in Seattle.

16 Oct 2015

Johns Hopkins members to be honored with American Academy of Nursing's Fellows recognition

Faculty members at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing will be honored in all three categories of the American Academy of Nursing's Fellows recognition. Sharon Kozachik, PhD, RN, and Jennifer Wenzel, PhD, RN, CCM, will be inducted as Fellows, Laura Gitlin, PhD, will be awarded an Honorary fellowship, and Fannie Gaston-Johansson, PhD, RN, FAAN, will be recognized as a Living Legend—the academy's highest distinction.

16 Oct 2015

Global Health Film Festival programme published for 30 and 31 October

The full programme has been published for the first Global Health Film Festival to be held on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE. A collaboration between the Royal Society Medicine, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the festival aims to use film and media as a catalyst to inspire change in health and development.

15 Oct 2015

Researchers link organ transplant drug to rise in rare lymphoma

A study led by Johns Hopkins researchers has linked the immunosuppressive drug mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) to an increased risk of central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma in solid organ transplant patients. But the same study also found that another class of immunosuppressive drugs, called calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs), given alone or in combination with MMF, appears to protect transplant patients against this rare form of lymphoma.

15 Oct 2015

First-ever genomic study shows dengue may survive year-round in southern China

The first-ever comprehensive genomic analysis of the virus that causes dengue fever suggests that it may survive year-round in southern China.

14 Oct 2015

Global Health News and Research

Experts to gather at DOHaD congress to address challenges that impact health of children, adolescents

Study provides novel insight into the evolution of hepatitis A virus and how it spreads to humans

Alnylam presents positive ongoing phase 2 open-label extension data for Patisiran and Revusiran

Deaths from avoidable risk factors: an interview with Dr Ali Mokdad, IHME

Two Duke obesity experts' articles appear in the November issue of Health Affairs

Loughborough researchers secure £545,000 to help tackle Antimicrobial Resistance

Stanford bioethicist wins 2015 MacLean Center Prize in Clinical Ethics and Health Outcomes

APHA Law Section honors Lawrence Gostin for Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law

West African man indicted in $12M anti-malaria fraud scheme

Novel enzyme therapy offers possible treatment for cocaine overdose

Over 3.7 billion people under 50 have genital HSV-1 infection, shows WHO report

Major shift needed in global fight against tuberculosis, say researchers

New WHO report reveals ways to reduce health risks from short-lived climate pollutants

Researchers use cutting edge genomic methods to explain protective effects of malaria vaccine candidate

Camels in Kenya infected by MERS virus, new study finds

Sanofi Pasteur, IDRI establish Global Health Vaccine Center of Innovation

Johns Hopkins members to be honored with American Academy of Nursing's Fellows recognition

Global Health Film Festival programme published for 30 and 31 October

Researchers link organ transplant drug to rise in rare lymphoma

First-ever genomic study shows dengue may survive year-round in southern China

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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