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The race to develop a vaccine against dengue fever may be getting a little closer to the finish line. Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, Walter G. Ross Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine in the School of Medicine and Health…
Pneumonia is the single leading killer of young children in the world, more than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, Walter G. Ross Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine in the School of…
David G. Borenstein, M.D., clinical professor of medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was appointed president of the American College of Rheumatology during the ACR's annual business meeting, held Wednesday, November 10 in Atlanta.
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) announced that Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, Walter G. Ross Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has assumed…
New research predicts that the U.S. obesity rate won't level off until it reaches at least 42 percent, in 2050.
A new study on Alzheimer's disease shows that women end up bearing most of the burden. Ted Rothstein, M.D., associate professor of Neurology, says women are more affected because men have shorter lifespans.
The Transportation Security Administration recently announced plans to overhaul passenger and cargo screening methods in the wake of the bomb plot from Yemen.
Improvised explosives are the weapon of choice for terrorists and will continue to be a threat because they are so difficult to detect.
There is one thing in which each of us is an expert: ourselves. But when it comes to perception of HIV risk, we only think we know ourselves, said Jeremy Brown, M.D., assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Health providers and aid groups have mobilized to combat outbreaks of cholera in Haiti and Nigeria.