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Infectious Diseases

A Constellation of Storms: The Threat of Infectious Diseases

Infectious microbes constantly emerge and constantly mutate. To survive, we need extraordinary science and scientists.

Gain-of-Function Research: Balancing Science and Security

Gain-of-function research can help science get ahead of potential threats—but is it too much of a risk?

Survival Through Difference: How Bacteria Resist Treatment

New tools reveal how differences in individual cells within bacterial communities help them survive—and suggest targets for overcoming drug resistance.

Unraveling Long COVID's Causes and Impacts

Long COVID may offer insights into other vexing post-acute illnesses.

Early-Warning Systems

How networked, AI-guided biosampling and genetic sequencing in rural and urban areas could prevent the next pandemic.

Prioritizing Pathogens: Public Health in the Lab

Four Bloomberg School researchers investigate lesser-known microbes to identify their weapons and weaknesses—as well as new drug and vaccine targets.

The Deciding Decade for Infectious Diseases

Two very different threats surged to prominence in the 1980s, remaking public health priorities—and the Bloomberg School.

How Human Challenge Trials Accelerate Vaccine Development

Vaccinated, intentionally infected, and sequestered in a hospital unit, volunteers help researchers fast-track promising vaccine candidates.

The Human Factor in Disease Transmission

How rumors, travel, and politics help infectious diseases flourish.

Why Public Health Needs the Private Sector

Strategic partnerships allow better, faster responses to public health crises.

“Infectious Diseases” was published April 19, 2023.

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