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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…

Cellphone Data Can Track Infectious Diseases

Tracking mobile phone data is often associated with privacy issues, but these vast datasets could be the key to understanding how infectious diseases…

Twitter Chat Focuses on Reporting a Global Health Crisis

Pam Belluck, an alumna of Princeton University and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times, participated in a live Twitter chat on…

Global Vaccine-Development Fund Could Save Thousands of Lives, Billions of Dollars

Ebola is a preventable disease, and yet a safe and effective vaccine has not been deployed. As with many vaccines, financial barriers persist:…

WWS Reacts: What Does the New Ebola Vaccine Mean for Global Health?

A new Ebola vaccine has shown to be 100 percent effective in phase three trials, according to an article in The Lancet. Developed by the Public…

Medicare and Medicaid Myths: Setting the 50-Year Record Straight

Over the past half-century, Medicare and Medicaid have become bedrocks of the U.S. health care system, together providing insurance coverage for more…

WooCast: Are Doctors Choosing the Best Treatment for Heart Attacks?

When someone has a heart attack, he or she is immediately rushed to the emergency room. At that point, the doctor has to make a choice: either treat…

WWS Reacts: Supreme Court Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide

On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage is a legal right across the country, a historic moment in the court's 226-year…

WWS Reacts: Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act Subsidies

On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, keeping health insurance coverage within reach for…

WWS Reacts: Who is Most Affected by the Texas Abortion Law?

UPDATE: As of June 29, the Supreme Court is refusing to allow Texas to enforce these restrictions. The order will likely remain in effect until fall…

WWS Reacts: How to Fight MERS

Since mid-May, Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has infected 150 and killed 16 people in South Korea. Now, after months of quarantine,…

Video Chat Focuses on Emergency Preparedness vs. Sustainability in Ebola Relief Efforts

Carolyn Rouse, a professor of anthropology at Princeton University, and Kimberly Bonner '08, MPA '12, participated in a live video chat on…

"Gold-Standard" Clinical Trials Fail to Capture How Personal Behavior Changes Influence Treatment

Double-blind clinical trials for new drugs are considered the "gold standard" of medical research because they're designed to determine the efficacy…

Students on Cybersecurity Task Force Weigh Policy Options

"Cybersecurity" has been in the American lexicon for decades. The U.S. has typically taken a defensive approach to cyberwarfare, responding to…

Video Chat Highlights Ebola Response, Lessons Learned

Raphael Frankfurter, a 2013 Princeton graduate and executive director of the nonprofit group Wellbody Alliance, participated in a live video chat…

A Deadly Shadow: Measles May Weaken Immune System Up to Three Years

The measles virus can cause serious disease in children by temporarily suppressing their immune systems. This vulnerability was previously thought to…

WooCast: The History of Plagues

Epidemics. Throughout history, they have obliterated populations and shattered economies. Crippling the public with fear, epidemics have disrupted…

Class Snapshot: 'Ebola in 2014: The Science, Society and Politics of a Modern Epidemic'

Class: "Ebola in 2014: The Science, Society and Politics of a Modern Epidemic" Description: This course, offered primarily to juniors and…

Alumna Kate Grant Gives a Voice to the World’s Poorest Women

Fatima went into labor with her first child at the age of 16. As is custom in her nomadic community in western Sudan, she planned to deliver the baby…

Wailoo Serves on IOM Committee Focused on Mitochondrial Gene Therapy

The United Kingdom's House of Commons recently voted to allow British researchers to pursue a controversial new fertility treatment intended to help…

Alumni Join Ebola Intervention in West Africa

Ebola is difficult to contract. The disease is not airborne like influenza or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) – a healthy person must come…

Ebola Outbreak of 2014 May Have Laid Tracks for Deadly Measles Epidemic in Africa

The Ebola outbreak that has swept West Africa since 2014 may have cleared the way for a more familiar killer that could claim thousands of more lives…

Maternal Health in India Much Worse than Previously Thought

More than 40 percent of women in India are underweight when they begin pregnancy, according to a new study published by Princeton University's…

Princeton Forum in Dublin to Focus on Ebola Crisis, Lessons for the Future

The third annual Princeton-Fung Global Forum will bring together researchers, scholars, policymakers and health officials in November to…