In an op-ed for The Hill, Peter Hotez discusses emerging COVID-19 variants and their potential to cause a new surge in parts of the …
As the 21st century brings increasing urbanization and declines in global health, how can humans combat epidemic infectious disease? Vaccine diplomacy will be crucial …
Vaccines and other biomedical advances will not be sufficient to halt COVID-19, unless we simultaneously counter anti-science aggression, writes Peter Hotez, fellow in disease …
Preventive chemotherapy has saved lives on a scale that appears to have exceeded its intended impact on seven neglected tropical diseases, the authors write.
The Global Health Program examines the determinants and impact of health throughout the world, with a focus on neglected tropical diseases and the economics of health care policy in low-income settings. Areas of study include health and technology policy, maternal and child health, and the socioeconomic determinants of health in developing countries as well as wealthy countries such as the Group of 20 nations, where extreme poverty exists but is often overlooked.
Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., is the Baker Institute fellow in disease and poverty. He is dean of the National School of …
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