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Researchers Propose Surveillance System for Zika Virus and Other Infectious Diseases

A group of prominent researchers from seven institutions including Princeton University are calling for the establishment of a worldwide program to…

Q&A: Gerberding Urges Women to “Raise Their Hands” and Celebrate Differences

Women’s History Month begins this week and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs had the honor of hosting Dr. Julie…

Ebola Crisis Provides Framework for Responding to Outbreaks like Zika Virus

As world leaders grapple with containing the Zika virus, the Ebola epidemic in West Africa provides valuable lessons for how to respond to other…

WWS Reacts: The CDC’s Alcohol Guidelines for Women

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a recommendation that sexually active women who are not using birth…

Wailoo Contributes to National Academy Report Deeming Mitochondrial Gene Technique ‘Ethically Permissible’

Clinical investigations of mitochondrial replacement techniques which may someday produce what some call “three-parent babies” have been deemed…

WWS Reacts: Lead Exposure and Water Contamination in Flint, Michigan

Since the discovery that its water supply had been contaminated with unsafe levels of lead, the city of Flint, Michigan, has been under a state of…

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Global Health Program Shapes Students in the Classroom and in the Field

Princeton's Global Health Program (GHP) serves as a hub for students interested in tackling some of the most pressing health-related issues of our…

WWS Reacts: Fighting the Zika Virus

President Barack Obama is urging Congress to provide $1.8 billion in emergency funding to combat Zika virus, a mosquito-borne illness that has spread…

Policy Task Force Identifies Ways to Improve Health in South Africa

Six million child and 500,000 maternal deaths occur each year worldwide, often from easily-preventable causes. Why do women and children – especially…

“Impassioned Debate” Results in Noteworthy Journal

While producing the annual Journal of Public and International Affairs (JPIA) is no small task, a review of this year’s 26th edition clearly…

Nancy Duff Campbell: A Path to Public Service

Nancy Duff Campbell is the founder and co-president of the National Women's Law Center. This fall, she visited the Woodrow Wilson School in October…

Currie Wins Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

WWS Reacts: Is Gun Violence an American 'Epidemic'?

Two shooters opened fire at a party in San Bernadino, Calif., last week, killing 14 people and injuring 21, the latest in a series of mass shootings…

Princeton-Fung Global Forum Identifies Approaches for Dealing with 'Modern Plagues'

On the verdant campus of University College Dublin, nearly 300 public health experts and practitioners, government officials, scholars and students…

An Anthropological View of the Ebola Outbreak

More than 150 people gathered in Robertson Hall in early October for a panel discussion and reception by four social scientists who examined…

Fung Forum on 'Modern Plagues' Kicks Off in Dublin

On day two of the 2015 Princeton-Fung Global Forum, Tuesday, Nov.

Quiet ‘Epidemic’ Has Killed Half a Million Middle-Aged White Americans

Despite advances in health care and quality of life, white middle-aged Americans have seen overall mortality rates increase over the past 15 years,…

What to Expect from Open Enrollment 2015-2016

November 1 marks the start of the third annual Open Enrollment period for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Eligible Americans can shop…

Twitter Chat Focuses on the Government's Role in Relief Efforts

Doug Mercado, an alumnus of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and an officer with the U…

WooCast: Behind the Scenes of the Princeton-Fung Global Forum

Resolving epidemics like the Ebola crisis requires a multidisciplinary approach –involving not only public health and medical knowledge but an…

Economist Currie Investigates the Building Blocks of Children's Success

Trained as a labor economist at Princeton, Janet Currie wrote her dissertation on strikes and arbitration.

Metcalf Awarded by Wellcome Fund to Study Population, Disease Dynamics

C. Jessica Metcalf, a Princeton University assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biologyand public affairs, was one of 10…

Inequality Grows as Economies Develop, Regardless of Technology

While technological progress favoring skilled workers is one of the main drivers behind inequality in America, the chasm between the rich and poor…

Princeton's Online Portal to Global Health

After a visit to Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Richard Horton wrote…

Political Challenges, Not Just Scientific Ones, Shape Response to Epidemics

The fight against epidemics like Ebola is waged by health care workers on the ground and by researchers in the lab. But it is also fought by public…