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October 14, 2025
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The Return of a Preventable Disease: Measles, misinformation and the crisis at the CDC
Measles has been declared eliminated in the U.S. for 25 years, but a surge in cases is threatening that status. Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University, joined Humans in Public Health to break down the outbreak, the chaotic federal response and how her team's tracker is stepping in to provide reliable, life-saving data.
October 6, 2025
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Empowering Communities to Address Africa's Dental Crisis
With a severe shortage of dentists across sub-Saharan Africa, the mOral Health course is training local community health workers to provide preventive care. The initiative, aimed at building a sustainable, grassroots workforce, marks the first time the WHO has formally endorsed an oral health resource in its nearly 80-year history.
July 22, 2025
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Environmental Explorers program brings public health to kids’ backyards
An innovative online summer course empowers budding environmentalists nationwide to tackle local public health challenges, fostering informed and engaged community leaders.
July 2, 2025
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Antimicrobial common in everyday items linked to allergic conditions in children
Researchers at Brown University’s School of Public Health found that children exposed to higher levels of triclosan may be more likely to develop eczema and allergy symptoms.
June 11, 2025
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The city effect: How urban landscapes shape our health
A special live Commencement & Reunion Weekend episode of our podcast, Humans in Public Health, brings Brown University experts from epidemiology and urban studies for a discussion on cities: How they collect public health problems and the ways they might help us to address those same issues.
June 5, 2025
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Outbreak tracker from Pandemic Center at Brown informs action, builds awareness on infectious disease
The user-friendly weekly report provides valuable information about the spread of infectious diseases like measles, influenza and COVID-19 to physicians, public health leaders and the public.
April 29, 2025
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New center at Brown to study the intersection of climate, environment and human health
During a campus conversation to celebrate the launch of the Center for Climate, Environment and Health, panelists explored the impacts of climate change on human health and the research that will drive life-saving solutions.
April 23, 2025
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Brown scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
With their election to the prestigious honor society, eight members of the Brown University faculty join the nation’s leading scholars in science, public affairs, business, arts and the humanities.
April 16, 2025
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Novel study at Brown shows how late-life health traces back to what happened in the womb
The New England Family Study, launched in 1959 and now led by a Brown epidemiologist, spans three generations of participants and unlocks key insights for healthy aging.
April 10, 2025
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Three-quarters of survey respondents supported an overdose prevention center in their neighborhood
An assessment by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health revealed that before the opening of an OPC in Providence, people living and working in the area were generally supportive.
March 13, 2025
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Preparation in an age of pandemics
On the 5th anniversary of COVID-19’s arrival, Professor Jennifer Nuzzo delivered a Presidential Faculty Award lecture on the U.S. response to COVID, the infectious disease threats we face today and the steps needed to prepare for the public health emergencies of tomorrow.
March 12, 2025
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The moment everything changed
If you ask anyone, they remember the exact moment that they realized that COVID-19 was going to change the world. For most of us, that moment came during the second week of March 2020. Schools were shut down. Many jobs became remote. But by the time most of our lives were changed by the pandemic, public health experts had already spent weeks or even months trying to stop the spread.