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Fogarty International Center newsletter articles and press releases - 2020

December 2020

• Strengthening research capacity in LMICs to address the global NCD burden [Open access], authored by Fogarty staff
  Global Health Action, December 29, 2020
• The evolutionary dynamics of influenza A viruses circulating in mallards in duck hunting preserves in Maryland, USA [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty scientists Drs Nídia S Trovão and Martha Nelson
  Microorganisms, December 25, 2020
• FDA approves treatment [evaluated in a clinical trial led by NIH, DRC’s Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale] for Ebola 
  
• Reston Ebolavirus spreads efficiently in pigs, finding reveals potential for spread to humans
  NIAID/NIH news, December 21, 2020
• Women advocate for leadership roles in global health during 2020 Women Leaders in Global Health Conference
• NIH helps LMIC institutions combat sexual harassment
• Focus on One Health research: a holistic approach to improving the health of people, animals and the environment
• Prawn farming reduces disease, provides food source in Senegal
• Scientists in Tanzania show bacterial zoonoses, not malaria, often the cause of febrile diseases
• Research improves health among Mongolian livestock herders
• How the global research community is benefitting from virtual engagement
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Grantee studies nanotechnology to help eradicate tuberculosis
  Q and A with Dr Admire Dube
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Matchecane Cossa studied surgical quality in Mozambique
• NIH studies global-to-local solutions for HIV/AIDS stigma
• Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2019 study highlights NCD risk factors
• People in the global health news - December 2020
• Global health news briefs - December 2020
• Top global health research stories of 2020 from Fogarty and NIH
  Fogarty/NIH news, December 3, 2020
• COVID-19 vaccine trial ethics once we have efficacious vaccines, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Joseph Millum
  Science, December 3, 2020
• Proactive prevention: Act now to disrupt the impending noncommunicable disease crisis in low-burden populations [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Brad Newsome
  PLoS One via PubMed, December 1, 2020

November 2020

• NIH announces restructured HIV clinical trials networks, including grants to 35 US and international institutions selected as HIV clinical trials units
  NIAID/NIH news, November 30, 2020
• Race and social justice: Tropical medicine’s troubled past and future challenge [Video]
  American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) 2020 annual meeting via YouTube, November 25, 2020
• Transmission heterogeneities, kinetics, and controllability of SARS-CoV-2, featuring Fogarty's Dr Kaiyuan Sun as lead author, and Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud as co-senior author
  Science, November 24, 2020
• Related news: Study examines measures to slow COVID-19 spread
  NIH Research Matters, February 2, 2021
• 2020 ASTMH President's Address: Small pox eradication: African origin, African solutions and relevance to COVID-19 [Video], by Dr Joel G Breman, ASTMH past president and Fogarty/NIH scientist emeritus
  American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) 2020 annual meeting via YouTube, November 18, 2020
• Grantee news: HDFCCC received D43 award from Fogarty International to build a cancer research training program in Tanzania
  University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Global Cancer Program news, November 18, 2020
• Treatments for people with early COVID-19 infection is an urgent research focus
  NIAID/NIH news, November 11, 2020
• NIH calls on clinical researchers to swiftly share COVID-19 results
  NIH news, November 10, 2020
• Data scientists in Africa tackle environmental health challenges
  NIH-funded seminar takes on unique data issues around reducing environmental health hazards in Africa
  NIEHS/NIH Environmental Factor, November 2020

October 2020

• Fogarty allocates $4M to support early-career scientists
• NIH Common Fund issues two awards for COVID-19 research in Africa
• African experts share COVID-19 contact tracing tips
• Chronic disease research and training projects receive $14M investment from NIH
• $3M awarded to study HIV/AIDS stigma
• Focus: NIH hosts virtual conference on data science in Africa

• Data science potential for Africa examined during NIH virtual symposium
• Applicants urged to find diverse partners for new NIH DS-I Africa program
• Research hubs will harness innovation to advance African data science discoveries
• Unique methods needed to train African data scientists
• Conducting ethical data science research in Africa
• Leveraging data ecosystems to foster African research networks
• Developing biomedical technology to support global health research
  Q and A with Dr Bruce Tromberg
• Now is the time to catalyze data science and health innovation in Africa
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Profile: Type 2 diabetes syndemic in India characterized by Fogarty Scholar Dr Emily Mendenhall
• US leadership in research and development is slipping, a new report warns
• People in the global health news - October 2020
• Global health news briefs - October 2020
• Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Consortium news: High-depth African genomes inform human migration and health [Open access]
  Nature, October 28, 2020
• Genome data from Africa reveal millions of new variants
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins, November 10, 2020
• Landmark [international] TB trial identifies shorter-course treatment regimen
  NIAID/NIH news, October 21, 2020
• The Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
  Special issue of The Lancet, October 17, 2020
• NIH begins large clinical trial [at medical facilities in the US and Latin America] to test immune modulators for treatment of COVID-19
  NIH news, October 16, 2020
• Seasonal influenza: The challenges of vaccine strain selection [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty scientists Drs Amanda C Perofsky and Martha I Nelson
  eLife, October 13, 2020
• Accommodating individual travel history and unsampled diversity in Bayesian phylogeographic inference of SARS-CoV-2 [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Martha Nelson
  Nature Communications, October 9, 2020
• Systems science approaches for global environmental health research: Enhancing intervention design and implementation for household air pollution (HAP) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty scientists Drs Joshua Rosenthal and Ashlinn Quinn
  Environmental Health Perspectives, October 9, 2020
• Grantee news: Schizophrenia study in Africa [supported by Fogarty and NIMH] is boosting equity in global genetics research
  Broad Institute news, October 8, 2020
• Contact tracing in the COVID-19 response: Best practices in Africa,
  Recorded webinar presented by AFREhealth and Fogarty/NIH, October 5, 2020
• Commentary: Where are we in bridging the gender leadership gap in academic medicine? by Dr. Hannah Valantine, NIH chief officer for scientific workforce diversity
  Academic Medicine, October 2020
• Issue on Women and Academic Medicine
  Academic Medicine, October 2020
• GEOHealth hub activities highlighted during the Fogarty International Center’s virtual meeting
  NIEHS/NIH Global Environmental Health Newsletter, October 2020

September 2020

• NSF, NIH support $16 million in new awards through joint Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program
  National Science Foundation news, September 29, 2020
  
• Beyond clinical trials: Evolutionary and epidemiological considerations for development of a universal influenza vaccine, co-authored by Fogarty scientists
  PLOS Pathogens, September 24, 2020
• Reducing cancer’s global burden: A conversation with NCI Center for Global Health Director Dr. Satish Gopal
  NCI Cancer Currents blog post, September 24, 2020
• NIH ACTIV initiative launches adaptive clinical trials of blood-clotting treatments for COVID-19, with trials conducted at more than 100 sites around the world
  NHLBI/NIH news, September 10, 2020
• The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in Europe and North America, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Martha Nelson
  Science, September 10, 2020
• NIBIB announces NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge (NTAC) challenge winners, including first prize winner Fogarty grantee Dr Young Kim
  NIBIB/NIH news, September 9, 2020
• Opinion: Coming to terms with the real bioterrorist behind Covid-19: nature, co-authored by NIAID's Dr David M Morens and Fogarty senior scientist emeritus Dr Joel Breman
  STAT, September 9, 2020
• NIH-supported study to track prevalence and impact of SARS-CoV-2 among pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries
  NICHD/NIH news, September 1, 2020
• In preparation for a COVID-19-influenza double epidemic featuring Fogarty's Dr Nídia S Trovão
  The Lancet Microbe, September 1, 2020

August 2020

• Commentary: Fostering successful and sustainable collaborations to advance implementation science: the adolescent HIV prevention and treatment implementation science alliance [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty staff
  Special Issue of the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS), August 31, 2020
• NIH establishes Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases NIAID/NIH news, August 27, 2020
• NIH launches $58M Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa program
• Decolonizing and democratizing global health are difficult, but vital goals
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Focus on the Fogarty community's response to COVID-19
• COVID-19 creates new syndemic on US-Mexico border
• Researcher collaborates to solve pandemic inequities at home and abroad
• Scientists study intersection of COVID-19 and HIV
• Fogarty fellow captures 'lived experiences' of frontline health care workers, COVID-19 patients in South Africa
• Former Fogarty HIV trainee helps lead Dominican Republic's COVID response
  Q and A with Dr William Duke
• Profile: Fogarty fellow Dr Mark Brady’s tuberculosis training in Peru useful in combatting COVID-19
• NIEHS explores global environmental change and health
• NIH director encourages 2020 Fogarty Fellows and Scholars during virtual orientation
• Essence establishes funding coordination mechanism
• People in the global health news - August 2020
• Global health news briefs - August 2020
• NIH Rwandan fellow promotes global health equity through improved diabetes detection
  NIMHD/NIH news, August 25, 2020
• Low-cost, customizable microscope takes top biomedical engineering prize
  NIBIB/NIH news, August 25, 2020
• Emerging pandemic diseases: How we got to COVID-19 [Preproof], co-authored by NIAID Director Dr Anthony S Fauci
  Cell, August 15, 2020
• How [Dr Bartholomew N Ondigo] successfully applied for [the NIH African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI)]
  African Academy of Sciences news, August 7, 2020
• NIH launches clinical trial to test antibody treatment in hospitalized COVID-19 patients at select hospitals around the world
  NIAID/NIH news, August 4, 2020
• NIH clinical trial to test antibodies and other experimental therapeutics for mild and moderate COVID-19, will enroll participants at sites around the world
  NIAID/NIH news, August 4, 2020
• Editorial: A mechanism for reviewing investments in health research capacity strengthening in low- and middle-income countries [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty staff
  Annals of Global Health, August 3, 2020
• Correspondence: Implementation science for brain disorders, authored by Fogarty staff
  The Lancet Neurology, August 1, 2020
• Global Environmental Health Day draws links between human health and global environmental change, emphasizes solutions
  NIEHS/NIH Global Environmental Health Newsletter, August 2020

July 2020

• Grantee news: Impact of the Fogarty training program on trainee and institutional research capacity building at a government medical college in India
  Annals of Global Health, July 28, 2020
• NIH to invest $58M to catalyze data science and health research innovation in Africa
  NIH Common Fund news, July 27, 2020
• Vaginal ring for HIV prevention receives positive opinion from European regulator, marks important step toward expanding number of biomedical HIV prevention options available to women in sub-Saharan Africa
  NIAID/NIH news, July 24, 2020
• Grantee news: Fulbright[-Fogarty] award is a dream come true for UofL doctoral student
  University of Louisville news, July 17, 2020
• America should prepare for a double pandemic, featuring Fogarty scientist and grantee
  The Atlantic, July 15, 2020
• Estimation of excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  JAMA Internal Medicine, July 1, 2020
• Grantee news: Low-cost approach may lower adolescent pesticide exposure
  NIEHS/NIH Environmental Factor, July 2020

June 2020

• Swine flu strain with human pandemic potential increasingly found in Chinese pigs, featuring Fogarty's Dr Martha Nelson
  Science, June 29, 2020
• Challenges for the female academic during the COVID-19 pandemic
  The Lancet, June 27, 2020
• NIH to invest $58M to catalyze data science and innovation in Africa
• Together, we must work to end racism and promote equality
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• NIH closes sexual harassment loopholes in guidelines governing its grantees
• COVID research, diagnostics projects gear up at NIH
• Focus on the Fogarty community's response to COVID-19
• Fogarty community responds to COVID-19 in many ways
• Former Fogarty grantee leads COVID-19 genomics work in Africa
  Q and A with Dr Christian Happi
• Profile: Former Fogarty Scholar Dr Jessica Manning helps Cambodia respond to COVID
• Fogarty grantee Dr Manasi Kumar studies COVID impact on pregnant teens
• Fogarty Fellow Dr Dang Hoang Minh addresses COVID mental health needs in Vietnam
• Conducting research in a pandemic raises thorny bioethics issues
• More than $18M to be awarded for HIV research training
• Fogarty awards $5M for bioethics research training
• Fogarty adds search function to global health funding directory
• Commemorative stamp issued to mark 40th anniversary of smallpox eradication
• People in global health news - June 2020
• Global health news briefs - June 2020
• Special Issue: Integrating services for HIV and related comorbidities: modelling to inform policy and practice [Open access]
  Supplement to the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS), June 19, 2020
• Viewpoint: A call to action: strengthening the capacity for data capture and computational modelling of HIV integrated care in low‐ and middle‐income countries [Open access] authored by NIH scientists
  Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS), June 19, 2020
• Responding to the challenge of the dual COVID-19 and Ebola epidemics in the Democratic Republic of Congo - priorities for achieving control co-authored by Fogarty grantee Dr Jean B Nachega and Fogarty senior scientist emeritus Dr Joel Breman
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, June 19, 2020
• Correspondence: Facing the monster [COVID-19] in Haiti, authored by NIH grantees
  New England Journal of Medicine, June 16, 2020
• The vital role of blood in combating COVID, featuring former Fogarty Fellow Dr Iman Martin
  NIH Record, June 12, 2020
• New steps to help ensure safe work environments for NIH-supported research
  NIH Office of Extramural Research blog post, June 11, 2020
• Editorial: Combating sexual harassment, authored by NIH leadership
  Science, June 11, 2020
• Grantee news: Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health awarded $3 million for building research capacity in Nigeria and Mozambique
  Vanderbilt University Medical Center news, June 9, 2020
• NIH to test one-dose antibiotic for the prevention of maternal and infant sepsis in seven low- and middle-income countries
  NICHD/NIH news, June 3, 2020
• Will warm weather slow spread of novel coronavirus? featuring research co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins, June 2, 2020
• NIAID Postdoc Spotlight: Dr Bartholomew Nyangahu, African Postdoctoral Training Initiative Fellow
  NIAID careers and training news, June 1, 2020

May 2020

• From easing lockdowns to scaling-up community-based COVID-19 screening, testing, and contact tracing in Africa - shared approaches, innovations, and challenges to minimize morbidity and mortality [Free access], featuring Fogarty grantee Dr Jean Nachega as lead author
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 31, 2020
• Mobile health technology for enhancing the COVID-19 response in Africa: A potential game changer? [Open access]
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 29, 2020
• International community rallies to support open research and science to fight COVID-19 with launch of COVID-19 Technology Access Pool
  WHO news, May 29, 2020
• Grantee news: Ssewamala receives NIH grant to train HIV/AIDS Ugandan researchers
  Washington University in St. Louis news, May 29, 2020
• Peer-reviewed data shows remdesivir for COVID-19 improves time to recovery
  NIAID/NIH news, May 22, 2020
• Human viruses can jump into animals, too - sowing the seeds of future epidemics, featuring Fogarty's Dr Martha Nelson
  Scientific American, May 20, 2020
• Grantee news: University of Albany School of Public Health, SUNY Downstate, and Partnership for Research and Action for Health receive $1.5 Million to combat Georgian HIV epidemic
  University of Albany news, May 14, 2020
• Coordinated strategy to accelerate multiple COVID-19 vaccine candidates is key, NIH experts say
  NIAID/NIH news, May 11, 2020
• NIH clinical trial testing antiviral remdesivir plus anti-inflammatory drug baricitinib for COVID-19 begins
  NIAID/NIH news, May 8, 2020
• COVID-19: Shining the light on Africa, co-authored by Fogarty senior scientist emeritus Dr Joel Breman
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 5, 2020
• Study to determine incidence of novel coronavirus infection in US children begins
  NIAID/NIH news, May 4, 2020
• New NIAID study examines immune responses in people hospitalized with COVID-19
  NIAID Now blog post, May 1, 2020

April 2020

• NIH clinical trial shows remdesivir accelerates recovery from advanced COVID-19
  NIAID/NIH news, April 29, 2020
• NIH mobilizes national innovation initiative for COVID-19 diagnostics
  NIH news, April 29, 2020
• Changes in contact patterns shape the dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Science, April 29, 2020
• Limiting the spread of COVID-19 in Africa: one size mitigation strategies do not fit all countries [Open access]
  The Lancet Global Health, April 28, 2020
• NIH, Fogarty collaborate on COVID-19 rapid response
• COVID-19: working together as one to speed science
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Focus on pain research in low-resource settings
• Research needed to improve access to pain
• medicines
• Pain relief options are limited in low-resource settings
• Scientists use mobile health app to mitigate pain in Nepal
• $6.6M awarded to train infectious disease researchers in sub-Saharan Africa, South America
• Combining roles as a physician, scientist and policymaker in Zambia
  Q and A with former Fogarty trainee Dr Lloyd Mulenga
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Nauzley Abedini studies neonatal jaundice in Ghana
• Picture book launched to help world’s children deal with COVID-19
• People in global health news - April 2020
• Global health briefs - April 2020
• Comment: Impact of contact tracing on SARS-CoV-2 transmission, authored by Fogarty scientists Drs Kaiyuan Sun and Cecile Viboud
  The Lancet Infectious Diseases, April 27, 2020
• Grantee news: From the front lines: Malaysia
  Preparing for a storm that was already here
  amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research news, April 24, 2020
• NIAID strategic plan details COVID-19 research priorities
  NIAID/NIH news, April 23, 2020
• NIAID Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Research [PDF], April 22, 2020
• Expert US panel develops NIH treatment guidelines for COVID-19
  NIAID/NIH news, April 21, 2020
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines
• Experimental chikungunya vaccine is safe and well-tolerated in early trial
  NIAID Now blog post, April 17, 2020
• Antibody points to possible weak spot on novel coronavirus, could inform vaccine design
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins, April 14, 2020
• NIH begins study to quantify undetected cases of coronavirus infection
  NIAID/NIH news, April 10, 2020
• NIH clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine, a potential therapy for COVID-19, begins
  NHLBI/NIH news, April 9, 2020
• Correspondence: Global rheumatology in the time of COVID-19, co-authored by former Fogarty Fellows Drs Laura B. Lewandowski and Evelyn Hsieh
  The Lancet Rheumatology, April 6, 2020
• Coronavirus death toll: Americans are almost certainly dying of covid-19 but being left out of the official count, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Washington Post, April 5, 2020
• Prickly patch delivery of experimental COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in animal study
  NIAID Now blog post, April 3, 2020
• Evolving epidemiology and transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 outside Hubei province, China: a descriptive and modelling study, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  The Lancet Infectious Diseases, April 2, 2020
• Comment: Global coalition to accelerate COVID-19 clinical research in resource-limited settings
  The Lancet, April 2, 2020
• Bringing needed structure to COVID-19 drug development
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins, April 2, 2020
• How US coronavirus diagnoses are lagging behind the outbreak, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  New York Times, April 1, 2020

March 2020

• Atlanta site added to NIH clinical trial of a vaccine for COVID-19
  NIAID/NIH news, March 27, 2020
• Fact Checker: Those covid-19 death figures are incomplete, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Washington Post, March 27, 2020
• Genomic study points to natural origin of COVID-19
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins, March 26, 2020
• The National Library of Medicine expands access to coronavirus literature through PubMed Central
  NLM/NIH news, March 25, 2020
• How does a library respond to a gobal health crisis?
  Blog post by Dr Patti Brennan, director of NIH's National Library of Medicine (NLM), March 24, 2020
• NIAID acknowledges World Tuberculosis Day
  NIAID Now blog post, March 24, 2020
• Rapidly share, discover, and cite COVID19 research results generated by NIAID awards
  NIAID Now blog post, March 23, 2020
• COVID-19 workers get training to protect their own health
  NIEHS/NIH news, March 23, 2020
• Training resources for coronavirus workers dealing with the spread of COVID-19
  NIH's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Worker Training Program (WTP)
• When pigs fly: Pandemic influenza enters the 21st century by Fogarty scientists Drs Nídia S Trovão and Martha Nelson
  PLOS Pathogens, March 19, 2020
• New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces
  SARS-CoV-2 stability similar to original SARS virus
  NIAID/NIH news, March 17, 2020
• New analysis suggests months of social distancing may be needed to stop virus, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  NPR, March 17, 2020
• NIH clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins
  Study enrolling Seattle-based healthy adult volunteers
  NIAID/NIH news, March 16, 2020
• Call to action to the tech community on new machine readable COVID-19 dataset
  White House Office of Science and Technology Policy statement, March 16, 2020
• Early release: Evaluation of the effectiveness of surveillance and containment measures for the first 100 patients with COVID-19 in Singapore - January 2-February 29, 2020
  CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), March 13, 2020
• Are suburbs safer from coronavirus? Probably not. featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Bloomberg CityLab, March 13, 2020
• Children less sick from COVID-19, but still spread the virus, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Jamaica Observer, March 13, 2020
  
• Newer anti-HIV drugs safest, most effective during pregnancy:
  Dolutegravir-containing regimen exhibited superior safety profile in large, NIH-supported [multinational] study of pregnant women
  NIAID/NIH news, March 11, 2020
• Commentary: Curing HIV and sickle cell falls short if the most vulnerable populations are left out by NIH Director Dr Francis S. Collins
  Forturne, March 8, 2020
• Obituary: Maharaj Kishan Bhan
  The Lancet, March 7, 2020
• The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Science, March 6, 2020
• Superior AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma treatment improves outcomes in resource-limited settings
  NIAID Now blog post, March 6, 2020
• Une modélisation informatique du coronavirus dans le monde, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Radio-Canada's Midi Info, March 6, 2020
• How computer modeling of COVID-19's spread could help fight the virus, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  NPR, March 4, 2020
• Coronavirus: Fears and facts, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Science Vs podcast, March 4, 2020
• Structural Biology Points Way to Coronavirus Vaccine
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins, March 3, 2020

February 2020

• COVID-19 a reminder of the challenge of emerging infectious diseases
  NIAID news, February 28, 2020
  
• Covid-19 - navigating the uncharted [Free access], authored by NIAID/NIH and CDC scientists
  New England Journal of Medicine, February 28, 2020
• Le coronavirus Covid-19 se propagera-t-il plus que la grippe? featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Sciences et Avenir, February 28, 2020
• NIH mobilizes research to address new coronavirus
• NIH, Fogarty receive funding hikes for Fiscal Year 2020
• Focus on mobile health:
• Developing mobile solutions to improve health
• Innovative microscope enables early cancer diagnoses
• Scientists develop app to diagnose, treat leishmaniasis
• Mobile tool designed to alleviate late-stage cancer pain
• Building trust in vaccines is essential for global health
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Prioritizing research training and medical education in Africa
  Q and A with Dr Jean Nachega
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Jillian Armstrong studies novel malaria detection device in Cameroon
• Scientist studies the moringa plant’s medicinal, nutritional benefits
• Global sepsis burden is double previous estimates
• China overtaking US as global research leader
• People in global health news - February 2020
• Global health briefs - February 2020
• NIH clinical trial of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 begins
  NIAID/NIH news, February 25, 2020
• Viewpoint: Characteristics of and important lessons from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China [Free access] featuring Fogarty trainee Dr Zunyou Wu as lead author
  JAMA, February 24, 2020
• Early epidemiological analysis of the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak based on crowdsourced data: a population-level observational study [Open access], authored by Fogarty scientists
  The Lancet Digital Health, February 20, 2020
• Related comment: Crowdsourcing data to mitigate epidemics [Open access]
  The Lancet Digital Health, February 20, 2020
• NIH scientists identify atomic structure of novel coronavirus protein
  NIAID Now blog post, February 19, 2020
• The next chapter for African genomics, featuring the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa)
  Nature, February 19, 2020
• NIH study supports new approach for treating cerebral malaria
  NINDS/NIH news, February 18, 2020
• Resource allocation for biomedical research: analysis of investments by major funders [Open access] using World Report
  Health Research Policy and Systems, February 17, 2020
• Fogarty- and NIH-related sessions at the 2020 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) annual conference
  Fogarty news, February 14, 2020
• Remdesivir prevents MERS coronavirus disease in monkeys
  Results support testing antiviral against 2019 novel coronavirus
  NIAID/NIH news, February 13, 2020
• New images of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 now available
  NIAID Now blog post, February 13, 2020
• Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on a Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for FYs 2021-2025 (NOT-OD-20-064)
  NIH funding news, February 12, 2020
• Recent advances in addressing tuberculosis give hope for future
  NIAID/NIH news, February 11, 2020
• Genes linked to schizophrenia identified in ancestral African population
  NIH Research Matters, February 11, 2020
• NIH-funded clinical trial [in southern and eastern Africa] to test PrEP, dapivirine ring for safety in pregnant women
  NIAID/NIH news, February 10, 2020
• Early epidemiological analysis of the 2019-nCoV outbreak based on a crowdsourced data [Preprint], authored by Fogarty scientists
  medRxiv, February 4, 2020
• Assuming the role of NCI Center for Global Health Director: Advancing global oncology research
  NCI Center for Global Health Spotlight blog post by Dr Satish Gopal, February 3, 2020
• Experimental HIV vaccine regimen ineffective in preventing HIV
  No safety concerns found; NIH and partners discontinue vaccinations
  NIAID/NIH news, February 3, 2020
• New studies examine air pollution exposure and respiratory health in sub-Saharan Africa featuring research co-authored by Fogarty Scientist Dr Ashlinn Quinn
  NIEHS/NIH Global Environmental Health Newsletter, February 2020

January 2020

• Marking the first World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
  NIAID Now blog post, January 30, 2020
• Meet the honoree: Mary Fogarty McAndrew, recipient of the Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership Award
  Research!America blog post, January 28, 2020
• Perspective: A novel coronavirus emerging in China - Key questions for impact assessment, co-authored by NIAID scientists
  New England Journal of Medicine, January 24, 2020
• NIAID officials discuss novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China
  Research underway to address latest viral threat
  NIAID/NIH news, January 23, 2020
• Related publication: Coronavirus infections - more than just the common cold [Free access], co-authored by NIAID Director Dr Anthony S Fauci
  JAMA, January 23, 2020
• Preparing for the future implementation of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines, co-authored by Dr David Spiro, Director, Fogarty Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies
  The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, January 21, 2020
• Updates from the Center for Global Health Studies
  Fogarty news, January 15, 2020
• Peace Corps Director Dr Jody Olsen urges CFC donations, volunteers during fireside chat at NIH
  NIH Record, January 10, 2020
• Evolution of highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza viruses in Mexico [Full access], co-authored by Fogarty scientists
  Zoonoses and Public Health, January 7, 2020
  
  

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