Faculty in the Media

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…

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.

Health providers and aid groups have mobilized to combat outbreaks of cholera in Haiti and Nigeria.

The George Washington University Medical Center recently named Anton N. Sidawy, M.D., M.P.H., former chief of surgical services at Veterans Administration Medical Center, chair of the Department of Surgery.

Since the earthquake in Haiti last January, public health experts expected infectious diseases, such as the recent cholera outbreak, to take hold as people worked to rebuild the country.

Alzheimer's affects more than 35 million people globally and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

GW's Daniel Kaniewski, deputy director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute, says that by effectively marshaling and mobilizing all resources, whether they be foreign governments or private sector organizations from all over the world, Chile has handled the mining crisis much better than the…