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Access the latest Fogarty International Center newsletter articles and press releases, and breaking global health research news from across the U.S. National Institutes of Health and from other global health research leaders.

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September 2016

• US-India joint effort targets genes and traits to improve glaucoma screening, prevention and treatment
  National Eye Institute news, September 29, 2016
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases tackles the global burden of lung diseases
  Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases news, September 27, 2016
• African medical education program enters next phase
• Continuing to strengthen science capacity in Africa
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Fogarty awards $3M to support emerging research leaders in developing countries
• HHS makes progress on Zika, yellow fever vaccines
• Focus on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at 70:
  CDC celebrates 70 years of global health leadership
• Cuba is new site for NIH-funded research training program
• Fogarty program develops bioethics expertise in Uganda
• Q and A with Fabio Mesquita: Building global HIV research capacity
• Profile: Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow Dr Brie Falkard studies cholera in children in Bangladesh
• Fogarty posts mHealth training materials
• Child dehydration diagnostic tool validated
• NIH Director advises Fogarty Fellows and Scholars
• People in the news - September 2016
• Global health briefs - September 2016
• Planning grants for global noncommunicable disease research centers announced by National Cancer Institute
  NCI Center for Global Health news, September 21, 2016
• HHS takes steps to provide more information about clinical trials to the public
  NIH news, September 16, 2016
• Federal prize competition seeks innovative ideas to combat antimicrobial resistance
  NIH news, September 8, 2016
• HHS accelerates development of mRNA-based Zika vaccine
  HHS news, September 7, 2016

August 2016

• NIH collaboration helps advance potential Zika treatments
  NIH news, August 29, 2016
• Progress and challenges in scaling up laboratory monitoring of HIV treatment
  co-authored by Fogarty Deputy Director Dr. Peter Kilmarx
  PLOS Medicine, August 23, 2016
• Related publication: Availability and use of HIV monitoring and early infant diagnosis technologies in WHO member states in 2011–2013: Analysis of annual surveys at the facility levelPLOS Medicine, August 23, 2016
• Addressing NCDs through research and capacity building in LMICs: lessons learned from tobacco control
  Global Health Action, August 19, 2016
• NIAID scientists explore connection between Ebola survival and co-infection with malaria parasites
  NIAID/NIH news, August 16, 2016
• Related publication: Plasmodium Parasitemia Associated with Increased Survival in Ebola Virus-Infected Patients
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, August 15, 2016 (online)
• NIH awards $3M to support emerging research leaders in developing countries
  Fogarty news, August 4, 2016
• NIH begins testing investigational Zika vaccine in humans
  NIAID/NIH, August 3, 2016

July 2016

• HHS forges unprecedented partnership to combat antimicrobial resistance
  HHS news, July 28, 2016
• NIH launches early-stage yellow fever vaccine trial
  NIAID/NIH news, July 27, 2016
• HIV therapy for breastfeeding mothers can virtually eliminate transmission to babies
  NIAID/NICHD/NIH news, July 18, 2016
• Fogarty awards $13M to train HIV researchers in LMICs
• Case Western Reserve Researcher Receives NIH grant for HIV Research in Uganda
  Drs. Henry Boom at CWRU and Moses Joloba at Makerere University will direct effort
  Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine news, July 21, 2016
• University at Albany, Downstate Medical combat AIDS epidemic in Republic of Georgia
  University at Albany news, June 6, 2016
• UB partners with University of Zimbabwe to launch $1.3 million HIV research program
  University at Buffalo news, May 19, 2016
• New York State International Training and Research Program (NYS-ITRP) receives $1.5M from NIH to conduct HIV research training in Kazakhstan
  SUNY Downstate Medical Center news, May 9, 2016
• New grants will help develop expertise in research ethics
• Dartmouth receives renewal grant for international research ethics training
  Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine news, June 22, 2016
• Focus: Using implementation science to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
• Related publication: Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV TransmissionJournal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) Supplement, June 30, 2016 (online)
• Fogarty training will expand mHealth research capacity
• Partnerships are essential to Fogarty's success
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Q and A with Dr Peter Mason:
  Training researchers in Zimbabwe
• Profile: Fogarty Dental Fellow Lilliam Pinzón studies Mexican children with HIV
• Fogarty trains Pakistani scientists in biorisk management
• People in the news - July 2016
• Global health briefs - July 2016
• NIH expands investment in HIV cure research
  Six research teams to lead collaborative investigations worldwide
  NIAID/NIH news, July 13, 2016
• International collaboration to create new cancer models to accelerate research
  NCI/NIH news, July 11, 2016
• NIH launches largest-ever study of breast cancer genetics in African-ancestry populations
  NCI/NIH news, July 6, 2016
• PREVAIL treatment trial for men with persistent Ebola viral RNA in semen opens in Liberia
  NIAID/NIH news, July 5, 2016
• NIH funds Zika virus study involving U.S. Olympic team:
  Researchers will monitor potential infections among group of U.S. athletes traveling to Brazil
  NICHD/NIH news, July 5, 2016

June 2016

• NIH-led effort uses implementation science approaches to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
  NIH/Fogarty news, June 30, 2016
• Related publication: Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV TransmissionJournal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) Supplement, June 30, 2016 (online)
• Analysis of 1976 Ebola outbreak holds lessons relevant today
  Fogarty news, June 29, 2016
• Related publication: Discovery and description of Ebola Zaire Virus in 1976 and relevance to the West African epidemic during 2013-2016
  The Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 29, 2016
• History credits [Dr Peter Piot] with discovering Ebola on his own. History is wrong
  STAT, July 14, 2014
• Zika vaccines protect mice from infection
  NIH-funded research suggests human vaccine is possible
  NIAID/NIH news, June 28, 2016
• Related publication: Vaccine protection against Zika virus from Brazil
  Nature, June 28, 2016
• Researchers discover the 2009 swine flu pandemic originated in Mexico
  Mount Sinai Hospital news, June 27, 2016
• Related publication: Origins of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in swine in Mexico, co-authored by Fogarty scientists
  eLife, June 28, 2016
• Grantee news: Study: One-third of hospitals in developing world lack running water
  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health news, June 22, 2016
• NIH launches large [international] study of pregnant women in areas affected by Zika virus
  NIAID/NIH news, June 21, 2016
• Single IRB policy to streamline reviews of multi-site research
  NIH news, June 21, 2016
• HHS engages in historic health collaboration with Cuba
  HHS news, June 13, 2016
• Building global capacity and training to support household air pollution research
  NIEHS Global Environmental Health newsletter, June 2016

May 2016

• Grantee news: Unmet surgical needs high for world’s 60 million refugees
  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health news, May 26, 2016
• World leaders and advocates unite in Washington, DC for one mission: Make mental health a global priority
  NIMH/NIH news, May 20, 2016
• Universities consider sustainable future in global health
• Academic partnerships key to success, study says
• Bill Gates visits NIH for ongoing talks
• Fogarty's RAPIDD program has catalyzed the field of infectious disease modeling
• Focus on the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA):
• Advancing research on alcohol abuse and dependence
• Studying alcohol and HIV: a dangerous combination
• NIAAA advances fetal alcohol exposure research
• Urgent vs Important global health issues
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Q and A with Dr Alain Beaudet of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research on the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Andrew Gardner casts light on alcohol injuries in Ghana
• Japanese fellows contribute to NIH research for more than 20 years
• MenAfriVac vaccine slashes meningitis cases in Africa
• Cuban delegation makes historic visit to NIH
• People in the news
• Global health briefs
• Investigational malaria vaccine protects healthy U.S. adults for more than one year
  NIAID/NIH news, May 9, 2016

April 2016

• NIH creates Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations
  NIH / NHGRI news, April 29, 2016
• A Big 'Woo-Hoo' for Europe on World Malaria Day: No New Cases in 2015 featuring Fogarty Senior Scientist Emeritus Dr Joel Breman
  NPR Goats and Soda blog, April 25, 2016

March 2016

• Cuban delegation visits NIH
  Fogarty news, March 30, 2016
• NIH-funded scientists develop mouse model for Zika:
  Journal article: Characterization of a Novel Murine Model to Study Zika Virus
  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 28, 2016 (online)
• NIAID's Fauci urges continued global vigilance on Zika, other diseases
  Fogarty news, March 23, 2016
• Experimental dengue vaccine [developed by NIH and FDA scientists] protects all recipients in virus challenge study
  NIH news, March 16, 2016
• Ebola, Zika modelers aim to inform policy decisions
• PAHO's Dr Marcos Espinal on global partnerships to fight Zika, Ebola and other diseases
• Commission considers how to improve global disease outbreak response
• Focus on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS):
  50 years of research and training to improve global health
• Scientists study aflatoxins, foodborne carcinogens
• School program in rural Bangladesh reduces arsenic exposure, study shows
• Researchers help prevent heat-related deaths in India
• Profile: Fogarty engineering fellow Dr Arti Kundu tests water purity in India
• We have much to learn from research in Haiti
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Poll says supporting global health is the right thing to do
• HHS revises global health strategy
• People in the news - March 2016
• Global health briefs - March 2016
• Grantee news: Building capacity in implementation science research training at the University of Nairobi
  Implementation Science, March 8, 2016
• HHS revises global health strategy
  Fogarty news, March 4, 2016
• Global partnerships for global health
  Blog post by HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell, March 4, 2016

February 2016

• Ebola research news from NIAID:
• Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys: Antibody isolated from Ebola survivor can advance to clinical trials
  NIAID/NIH news, February 25, 2016
• Ebola survivor study yields insights on complications of disease: Other findings may have implications for potential sexual transmission of Ebola
  NIAID/NIH news, February 23, 2016
• Vaginal ring provides partial protection from HIV in large multinational trial
  NIAID/NIH news, February 22, 2016
• NIH seeks research applications to study Zika in pregnancy, developing fetus
  NICHD/NIAID media advisory, February 5, 2016
• Related resource: Zika virus information and resources from Fogarty
• FAPESP and NIH announce new [parallel funding] research opportunity to support research collaboration between investigators in the U.S. and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil
  FAPESP news, February 2, 2016
• Related NIH funding opportunity: Parallel Funding Initiative for Collaborative Research Between Investigators in the USA and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil (NOT-TW-16-001) released Jan 12, 2016
• Related FAPESP funding opportunity: FAPESP and NIH Collaborative Research Opportunity - Call for Proposals released Feb 2, 2016

January 2016

• What dose of medication is best to prevent the evolution of drug resistance?
  Penn State news, January 28, 2016
• Related journal article: Does High-Dose Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Prevent the Evolution of Resistance?
  PLOS Computational Biology, January 28, 2016
• Zika virus: an emerging health threat
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, January 26, 2016
• Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil
  Authors supported in part by Fogarty
  The Lancet, January 14, 2016 (online)
• Zika virus in the Americas - yet another arbovirus threat
  co-authored by NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
  New England Journal of Medicine, January 13, 2016
• PEPFAR’s Dr Deborah Birx urges sharper focus to halt HIV globally
• New Fogarty programs build capacity, spur research
• Focus on Global Burden of Disease study: Dr Chris Murray discusses findings and future of GBD at NIH
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases partners publish hypertension findings
• The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: a partnership blossoms
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Testing curbs malaria drug misuse in Kenya
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr John Stanifer studies kidney disease in Tanzania
• Value of Fogarty-supported research training
  Q and A with Dr Peter Cherutich
• South African cohort studies yield key health insights
• NIH unveils Strategic Plan for 2016-2020
• People in the news - January 2016
• Global health briefs - January 2016
• NIH experts offer lessons learned from the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak
  NIAID/NIH news, January 14, 2016
• Special issue on EbolaClinical Trials, January 14, 2016 (online)
• Dengue vaccine [developed at NIH] enters phase 3 trial in Brazil
  NIAID/NIH news, January 14, 2016

December 2015

• Translational cancer research comes of age in Latin America: Investigators of the U.S.-Latin America Cancer Research Network
  Science Translational Medicine, December 23, 2015
• Top global health research stories of 2015 from Fogarty
  Fogarty news, December 17, 2015
• Grantee news: Combating Uganda’s HIV, TB epidemic by Dr Chris Whalen
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 16, 2015
• Poverty may slightly increase childhood risk of neurological impairment, NIH study suggests
  NICHD/NIH news, December 16, 2015
• Grantee news: The Einstein-Brazil Fogarty: A decade of synergy
  Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, December 2015

November 2015

• NIH-led effort details global brain disorders research agenda in Nature supplement
  Fogarty news, November 18, 2015
• Related publication: Brain disorders across the lifespan: Research to achieve nervous system health worldwide
  Nature supplement, November 19, 2015 (online)
• US scientists explore research partnerships with Cuba
• H3Africa spurs range of genomic research, training
• Q and A with Dr Nicola Mulder on bioinformatics and H3Africa
• NIH aims to increase collaboration on chronic diseases
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Akwi W. Asombang advances cancer research in Zambia
• Setting sustainable global health goals
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• NIH makes Rep John E Fogarty's papers available online
• People in the news
• Global health briefs
• Grantee news: UGA receives $1.49 million grant for HIV, TB research training in Uganda
  University of Georgia news, November 10, 2015
• Behaviour change strategies for reducing blood pressure-related disease burden: findings from a global implementation research programme
  Implementation Science, November 9, 2015
• Grantee news: New smartphone attachment detects sickle cell disease
  Yale news, November 3, 3015

October 2015

• Report: Ebola R&D landscape of clinical candidates and trials
  WHO, October 2015
• New [global] prize competition seeks innovative ideas to advance open science
  NIH news, October 20, 2015
• US and Canada partner to invest $21 million for environmental and occupational health research hubs in developing countries
  Fogarty news, October 8, 2015
• icddr,b and University of Chicago win joint grant worth USD 1.5 million for new GEOHealth Hub
  ICDDR,B news October 19, 2015
• AAU and partner receive $3 million for research and training
  Addis Ababa University new, October 19, 2105
• USC to partner on air pollution and health study in Eastern Africa
  University of Southern California news, October 13, 2015
• Rollins researchers receive global environmental research and training award
  Emory University news, October 12, 2015
• Tulane awarded $3 million to study impact of pollutants in Caribbean countries
  Tulane University news, October 9, 2015

September 2015

• Scientists create world’s largest catalog of human genomic variation
  NHGRI news, September 30, 2015
• Drug used to treat HIV linked to lower bone mass in newborns
  NICHD news, September 30, 2015
• NLM adds papers of Congressman John E. Fogarty to Profiles in Science
  National Library of Medicine news, September 24, 2015
• The John E Fogarty Papers
  National Library of Medicine's Profiles in Science
• Stillbirth should be given greater priority on the global health agenda, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist, Dr Joseph Millum
  The BMJ, September 23, 2015
• NIH awards $36M to train junior faculty in Africa through MEPI program
• Rwandan Minister of Health Dr Agnes Binagwaho discusses country's health advances
• Focus on research in China:
• Research advances in China improve health globally
• Chinese researchers discovered effectiveness of artemisinin against malaria
• Arsenic added to cancer therapy after studies in China
• Benzene research in China informs EPA regulation
• Asian diet examined for clues to improve health
• Chinese study shows folic acid helps reduce stroke risk
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Emily Vogtmann studies cancer threats
• Q and A with Dr Roger Detels on HIV/AIDS research and training
• Former Fogarty trainees help eliminate hepatitis C in Georgia
• Fogarty aims to inspire future global health leaders
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• HHS announces proposed changes to Common Rule
• Queen of Spain visits NIH to discuss cancer research
• People in the news
• Global health briefs
• Characterizing Ebola transmission patterns based on Internet news reports, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 15, 2015 (published online September 3, 2015)

August 2015

• Grantee news: Foes can become friends on the coral reef
  Georgia Tech news, August 25, 2015
• Undergrad biomedical engineering teams win NIH’s DEBUT Challenge for design of creative new devices focused on global health and point-of-care technologies
  NIBIB/NIH news, August 21, 2015
• Grantee news: New diagnostic tools for dehydration severity in children
  Brown University news, August 21, 2015
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) members [including NIH] fund landmark research into prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes
  Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases news, August 20, 2015
• Grantee news: Grants bolster HIV-focused research capacity
  Vanderbilt University news, August 20, 2015
• Large percentage of youth with HIV may lack immunity to measles, mumps, rubella:
  NIH study finds those vaccinated before starting modern HIV therapy may be at risk
  NICHD/NIH news, August 13, 2015
• Scientists adopt new strategy to find Huntington's disease therapies
  Large, international NIH-supported study uses precision medicine to tackle neurological disorders
  NINDS/NIH news, August 7, 2015

July 2015

• Dr Peter Kilmarx appointed Fogarty Deputy Director
  Fogarty news, July 30, 2015
• Young South African women can adhere to daily PrEP regimen as HIV prevention:
  NIH-funded study finds men in Bangkok, Harlem also successful in taking daily dose
  NIAID/NIH news, July 21, 2015
• Early antiretroviral therapy prevents non-AIDS outcomes in HIV-infected people
  NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2025
• Related publication: Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Early Asymptomatic HIV Infection
  New England Journal of Medicine, July 20, 2015
• HIV control through treatment durably prevents heterosexual transmission of virus
  NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2015
• Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED)
  The Lancet Global Health, September 2015 (published online July 19, 2015)
• US-China renew commitment to global health security
• Fogarty to award nearly $3M to advance ICT for research and training
• New career development program launched for LMIC scientists
• Scientists aim to defeat Middle East respiratory virus
• Focus on the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at NIH:
• Drug abuse institute marks 20 years of global forum
• Researchers slow HIV spread among drug users in Vietnam
• Scientists tackle disease in Kazakhstan drug injectors
• NIDA, Fogarty work to reduce smoking in Argentina
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Jennifer Syvertsen documents drugs and HIV risk in Kenya
• Q and A with Dr Nelson Sewankambo on research and training in Uganda
• Diplomacy: a powerful force to improve global health
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Trainee music video urges malaria prevention
• People in the news - July 2015
• Global health briefs - July 2015
• Investigational aerosolized Ebola vaccine shows promise in nonhuman primates
  NIAID/NIH news, July 13, 2015
• Related publication: Aerosolized Ebola vaccine protects primates and elicits lung-resident T cell responses
  Journal of Clinical Investigation, July 13, 2015
• MEPI grantee publication: Medical education departments: a study of four medical schools in Sub-Saharan Africa
  BME Medical Education, July 1, 2015
• Valuing Stillbirths, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist, Dr Joseph Millum
  Bioethics, July 2015 (published online November 14, 2014)

June 2015

• Fogarty and National Library of Medicine (NLM) supported The African Journal Partnership Project: Raising the visibility of African medical publishing and research
  The BMJ, June 25, 2015
• U.S. and China: a strong partnership in health
  HHS blog, June 24, 2015
• Study of Ebola survivors opens in Liberia: Trial to examine long-term health effects of Ebola virus disease
  NIAID/NIH news, June 17, 2015

May 2015

• Stemming the tide of fake medicines
  New York Times editorial, May 18, 2015
• Rwandan Health Minister Dr Agnes Binagwaho presents NIH global health lecture
• NIH, South Africa partner on $8M in research projects
• Focus on the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research:
• NIH marks 20 years of advancing behavioral and social sciences
• Behavioral, social sciences are vital to global health
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Q and A with world-renowned malaria research expert Dr Chris Plowe
• Fogarty web tools facilitate collaboration
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Anna Babakhanyan in Cameroon assesses HIV impact in utero
• NIH encourages veterinarians to consider research careers
• Fogarty posts concepts for new LMIC training grant and several existing programs
• New TB hospital and research center opens in Haiti
• Burkitt's lymphoma studies may also advance research on other cancers, HIV, malaria
• People in the news - May 2015
• Global health briefs - May 2015

April 2015

• NIAID helps launch first "African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics" (ACE) in Mali
  NIAID/NIH news, April 29, 2015
• Global pandemic of fake medicines poses urgent risk, scientists say
  Fogarty/NIH news, April 20, 2015
• Related publications: The Global Pandemic of Falsified Medicines: Laboratory and Field Innovations and Policy Perspectives
  June 2015 supplement to the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, published online April 20, 2015
• Stemming the tide of fake medicines
  New York Times editorial, May 18, 2015
• Fake medicines do real damage: Thousands die, superbugs get stronger according to Fogarty Senior Scientist Emeritus Dr Joel Breman
  NPR Goats and Soda blog, April 24, 2015
• Why researchers say fake and low-quality drugs are a 'global pandemic'
  Washington Post, April 20, 2015
• Substandard drugs, not fakes, undermine fight against malaria
  Reuters Health, April 20, 2015
• Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass receives 2015 Albert B Sabin Gold Medal Award
  Fogarty news, April 15, 2015
• NIH launches largest clinical trial focused on HIV-related cardiovascular disease, with roughly 100 sites in Canada, Puerto Rico, Thailand and the US
  NHLBI/NIH news, April 15, 2015
• NIH, South African Medical Research Council award $8 million in HIV, TB grants
  NIAID/NIH news, April 13, 2015
• 8 Million Dollars’ worth of grants awarded to scientists at South African universities
  South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) news, April 13, 2015
• NIH research: Think globally
  NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., address the importance of continuing to pursue research on a global scale amid fiscal constraints.
  Science, April 10, 2015
• Brain program catalyzes research, builds capacity
• Brain disorders research: a decade of progress
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Lack of adherence in HIV trial has broad implications
• NIH meeting advances Alzheimer's research agenda
• Focus on infectious diseases
• Global swine trade facilitates evolution, spread of flu
• Scientists work to eliminate disease carried by pigs
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Rockefeller Oteng studies trauma, injury in Ghana
• Q and A with outgoing USAID Administrator Dr Rajiv Shah
• HHS expands public access to research
• NIH examines lead’s impact on dementia, bone density
• People in the news - April 2015
• Global health briefs - April 2015
• Experimental Ebola vaccine safe, prompts immune response: Results from US government-sponsored phase 1 trial of VSV vaccine reported
  NIAID/NIH news, April 1, 2015

March 2015

• Global swine trade facilitates evolution, spread of flu
  Fogarty news, March 27, 2015
• Related publication: Global migration of influenza A viruses in swine
  Nature Communications (online), March 27, 2015
• Ebola test vaccines appear safe in Phase 2 Liberian clinical trial: Liberia-US partnership planning Phase 3 trial and study of Ebola survivors
  NIAID/NIH news, March 26, 2015
• For most children with HIV and low immune cell count, cells rebound after treatment​​: NIH-funded study finds T-cell level returns to normal with time
  NICHD/NIH news, March 23, 2015
• Anti-herpes drug may help control HIV, NIH study finds
  NICHD/NIH news, March 13, 2015

February 2015

• Liberia-U.S. clinical research partnership opens trial to test Ebola treatments: Initial study will evaluate experimental drug cocktail ZMapp
  NIAID/NIH news, February 27, 2015
• Grantee news: Strong Connection between Violence and Mental Illness in Guatemala During Civil War Lessens in Postwar Period, Penn Study Finds
  Penn Medicine news, February 26, 2015
• Ethics and Ebola: Public Health Planning and Response
  from the The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, released February 26, 2015
• NIH-funded scientists create potential long-acting HIV therapeutic
  NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015
• Study suggests alternative approach to AIDS vaccine
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, February 24, 2015
• NIH-sponsored HIV vaccine trial launches in South Africa
  NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015
• Grantee news: Malaria vaccine candidate produced from algae
  UC San Diego News, February 18, 2015
• Related publication: Algae-produced malaria transmission-blocking vaccine candidate Pfs25 formulated with a human use-compatible potent adjuvant induces high affinity antibodies that block Plasmodium falciparum infection of mosquitoes
  Infection and Immunity from the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), February 17, 2015 (online)
• HHS Secretary says US plays key role in global health
• NIH Ebola vaccine trial gets underway in Liberia
• Medical Education Partnership Initiative aids Ebola response
• Focus on nursing research:
• Nursing research and training spur global health gains
• Sari cloth can filter cholera from water, research shows
• Lab-on-a-chip provides speedy disease diagnoses
• Research aims to curb mental, emotional pain of HIV
• Study finds mothers can help reduce daughters' risk of HIV infection in Jamaica
• Role of nursing research in global health: Q and A with NINR Director Dr Patricia A Grady
• Profile: Fogarty nursing fellow Faith Beulah oversees HIV trials in India
• Measuring health impact of indoor air pollution is key
• Evaluating the health benefits of clean cooking adoption: Indicators and biomarkers of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
  Meeting report and presentations from the December 2014 Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves / NIH household air pollution workshop
• Injuries cause 5 million global deaths each year
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Sub-Saharan Africa genomics study gives clues about disease
• NIH, Brazil launch novel funding program
• People in the news - February 2015
• Global health briefs - February 2015
• Journal article: International Research Ethics Education, co-authored by Fogarty staff
  JAMA, February 3, 2015

January 2015

• Former NIAID Director [and Fogarty senior scientific advisor] Dr Richard Krause Dies at 90
  NIAID news, January 9, 2015
• NIH-supported tailor-made vaccine set to banish Africa's meningitis epidemics
  Reuters, January 9, 2015

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