Infectious Disease Results
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Children Who Had a Dengue Infection Could Be Protected from Symptomatic Zika
New Research from Aubree Gordon
A prior dengue virus infection could protect children from symptomatic Zika virus infection, according to a study by an international group of researchers including those from the University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: The Anti-Vaxxopalypse: What Happens to Humanity if Vaccine Hesitancy Continues?
Gary Freed Quoted in Salon
The World Health Organization (WHO) has named “vaccine hesitancy” one of the top ten health perils it pledges to prioritize in 2019. Gary Freed, Professor of Health Management and Policy, and other experts explain how a recent increase in preventable diseases, which is being driven by the anti-vaccination movement in first-world countries, is endangering global health and stability. Read more
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Some Nose, Throat Bacteria Make It Less Likely to Get Flu
New Research from Betsy Foxman and Aubree Gordon
Researchers at the University of Michigan hope they've taken the first step in a long road to make this a reality after they identified a cluster of nose and throat bacteria that made their hosts less likely to get the flu. Read more
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Small-Scale Poultry Farming Could Mean Big Problem in Developing Countries
New Research from Joe Eisenberg
Small-scale farming in developing countries provides those in rural communities with income and access to protein, but it may have a large impact on antibiotic resistance, according to a new University of Michigan study. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: Polio-Like Illness AFM Tests An Overstretched Public Health System
Laura Power Quoted in Huffington Post
The mysterious, polio-like disease that has struck 414 people — mostly young children — across the United States since 2014 comes at a time when the public health system already is overstretched. Read more
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Environmental Monitoring Will Be Key as World Reaches Global Polio Eradication
New Research from Andrew Brouwer
Robust environmental monitoring should be used as the world approaches global eradication of polio, say researchers from the University of Michigan School of Public Health who recently studied the epidemiology of the 2013 silent polio outbreak in Rahat, Israel. Read more
