In the News

An update on topics in the news related to tropical medicine and global health.

February 1, 2012: ASTMH announces 2nd Peru Conference, Feb. 16, in Lima. View the poster and the conference agenda (English) (Spanish).

January 27, 2012: Participate in a live webcast Monday, January 30, 6 - 7:30 a.m. (Eastern)--Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases: Ending the Neglect and Reaching 2020 Goals. View the invitation here. Go to the live webcast site.

January 9, 2012: Read ASTMH's statement on the January 12, 2012, Anniversary of the Haiti earthquake.

December 13, 2011: View a PDF of Executive Director Karen Goraleski's presentation on advocacy and the scientific community. Learn why U.S. public opinion poll results matter to Congress and to the science community. Do Americans care about global health R&D? Where does the American public stand on support for a U.S. investment in global health R&D?

December 12, 2011: The New York Times reports on call for renewed emphasis on snakebites in papers presented at the 60th Annual Meeting.

December 8, 2011: ASTMH welcomes 2011-12 Council.

December 7, 2011: View a PDF of Peter Hotez's 2011 Presidential Address from the 60th Annual Meeting, "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: The Fight Against Plague, Famine, War and Death."

December 5, 2011: Congratulations to ASTMH 2011 Award winners.

December 4, 2011: ASTMH awards Financial Times, Science its 2011 Communications Award for their body of work in the field of tropical medicine journalism.

November 2, 2011: New in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: Scientists in Global Flu Hot-Spot Report Rare Occurrence of Humans Harboring Two Strains of the Disease at the Same Time.

October 11, 2011: Alliance for Case Studies for Global Health seeks submissions for second edition of Case Studies for Global Health. Get more information here.

October 5, 2011: AJTMH study finds that alternative compound dramatically reduces malaria transmission in Benin. Read the news release.

September 27, 2011: Congratulations to ASTMH President Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, on winning the prestigious Abraham Horwitz Award for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health from PAHEF and PAHO. Read the full ASTMH statement here and the news release from the Baylor College of Medicine here.

September 14, 2011: ASTMH President Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, discusses neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa in Voice of America interview.

September 1, 2011: Get to know a few of the 2011 Ben Kean Fellows.

August 19: The August issue of ASTMH News is now online.

August 18, 2011: Read ASTMH's response to the debt ceiling agreement between Congress and the White House.

August 3, 2011: An examination of the world's largest river basins found nutrient-rich and powerful river discharges led to spokes in the blooms of plankton associated with cholera outbreaks. This study was published in the August 2011 issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

July 19, 2011: ASTMH, CSIS, Research!America and Sabin Vaccine Institute invite you to a briefing on the Department of Defense's Essential Contributions to Global Health, July 28, 2011. Get full details here.

July 12, 2011: Executive Director Karen A. Goraleski offered public witness testimony before Appropriations Chairman Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) and members of the subcommittee highlighting the tropical medicine efforts of WRAIR, USAMRID and USNMRC. Read the complete testimony here.

July 6, 2011: New in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: New Study Finds Cheap Drug Now Used to Treat River Blindness in Africa Could Dramatically Reduce Malaria Transmission.

July 1, 2011: Visit our YouTube channel and see classic interviews with tropical medicine pioneers Karl Meyer, Calista Causey, Tom Monath, Telford Work and Jordi Casals-Ariet.

June 1, 2011: Joint statement signed by ASTMH president and past president calls for aid in fight against cholera.

June 1, 2011: New in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: Scientists Find Increases in Rain and Temperature Could Signal Deadly Cholera Outbreaks Months Before They Strike.

May 26, 2011: ASTMH President Peter J. Hotez to Baylor grads: "Go out and move mountains."

April 27, 2011: ASTMH President Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, has been named to the prestigious Council of Councils at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Council is responsible for advising the NIH Director on a variety of policies and initiatives. Read the news release and learn more about the Council of Councils here.

April 27, 2011: "Sparking Innovation to Save Lives: How the U.S. Can Advance Global Health through New Technologies," a program sponsored by the Global Health Technologies Coalition and member organization ASTMH, will be held on Thursday, May 3, in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. View the invitation and list of scheduled speakers here. The event is free and open to the public.

April 27, 2011: New blog post details USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah's testimony before the Senate State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee. Go to the blog.

April 27, 2011: 60th Annual Meeting news: The agenda for the Basic Science Pre-Meeting Course, scheduled for Dec. 3, 2011, in Philadelphia, is now online.

April 26, 2011: ASTMH, along with other members of the Global Health Council, signed this community statement in support of World Malaria Day. Read the statement.

April 20: ASTMH Web editor Jonathan Mayer, PhD, presents another fascinating interview. Read a Profile in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and Global Health of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and 2010 ASTMH Communications Award winner Tina Rosenberg.

April 1, 2011: See pictures of attendees, presenters and poster presentations at ASTMH's first Peru conference.

March 18, 2011: ASTMH Web editor Jonathan Mayer, PhD, presents the first Profile in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and Global Health: Carolina Barillas-Mury, MD, PhD.

March 8, 2011: A new study revealed that using treated mosquito nets could reduce the transmission of Japanese Encephalitis to humans. Read the entire press release here.

February 23, 2011: ASTMH held a briefing on cholera on Capitol Hill. See the invitation for the briefing and get a brief FAQ on cholera.