Infectious Disease

Advancing Care: Nurse Practitioners, At-Risk Communities, and the Ever-Expanding Education that Puts Nurses at the Heart of Serving Communities in Need

Nurses have been playing a unique and vital role in our battles against disease for centuries. Since the 1960s in the US, nurses have been at the forefront not only of health care services but also of health care administration and management. Nurses continue evolving their skills and the profession itself to meet needs beyond even their own imaginations and comfort levels.

IN THE NEWS: Vaccinations Fall to Alarming Rates, CDC Study Shows

Matt Boulton featured in the New York Times

In Michigan, fewer than half of infants five months or younger are up to date on their vaccinations, which may allow for outbreaks of diseases like measles.

IN THE NEWS: Aftershock: If Coronavirus Swells in a Second Wave Later This Year, Will the Nation Be Ready?

Arnold Monto featured in USA Today

When will it hit and what will it look like? Those are just a few unanswered questions about a possible second wave of COVID-19.

Safe Labor, Industry, and Business during a Pandemic

Q&A with Aurora Le

As states in the US slowly reopen their economies, industry and business leaders will need to think about worker safety in new ways, most importantly how to mitigate the spread of infectious disease while still maintaining other basic safety measures specific to their facility.

IN THE NEWS: 'Micro' Aggressions, Large Lasting Effects

Arline Geronimus featured on PBS SOCAL

People pass micro-aggressions off as comedy or even just natural curiosity, but those who have experienced micro-aggressions can give you a more nuanced way of understanding how damaging these offhanded statements or actions can be.

How to Address the Coronavirus's Outsized Toll on People of Color

Enrique Neblett featured in Nature

US scientists say that better data, testing and hospital preparedness are key to erasing inequalities — and to defeating the pandemic overall.