Two-Way Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Between Humans and Minks on Mink Farms
Two-way transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between animal and humans found on mink farms. What does this mean for the current – and potentially future – COVID-19 epidemic?
epidemiology
Dr. Hildrus Poindexter — Making a difference through science and inspiration
Mahaa M. Ahmed is an Environmental Health MS student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Jovana Andrejevic is a fifth-year Applied Physics Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.
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Dr. Hildrus Poindexter — Making a difference through science and inspiration
by Mahaa Ahmed
Dr. Hildrus Poindexter
Dr. Hildrus Poindexter, a specialist in tropical diseases, epidemiology, and public health, was the first African American to receive both an MD and PhD. He earned his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1929 and…
It's Going Viral: (Re)-emerging viruses and epidemics in our increasingly global world
by Apurva Govande
figures by Anna Maurer
Viruses and the globe
In a hidden part of our world exists the vastly diverse microscopic universe. This micro-universe exerts a great amount of influence on our lives via minuscule, unseen molecular packages like…
Mosquitos: Friend or Foe? Possible use of mosquitos in modern epidemiology
Armigeres subalbatus mosquito of the ‘Nagasaki colony’ having a meal [Image: CDC/ Frank Collins, PhD. acquired from Public Health Image Library]
With the warm weather of summer quickly approaching, a common enemy known as the mosquito will…
Why the West African Ebola Outbreak Is the Deadliest Ever
The current Ebola outbreak in the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone has received a lot of media attention, with terrifying news headlines such as “Deadliest Ever Outbreak of Ebola” appearing across the globe [1]. And this is…