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Fogarty International Center newsletter articles and press releases - 2024

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December 2024

NIH Study Finds Tecovirimat Was Safe but Did Not Improve Mpox Resolution or Pain
NIAID News, December 10, 2024
Fogarty Makes a Match to Improve SCD Care
NIH Record, December 6, 2025
Single mutation in H5N1 influenza surface protein could enable easier human infection
NIAID News, December 6, 2024
A New View of Hemoglobin and its Role in Malaria
NIAID News, December 5, 2024
New Cornell tech to evaluate anemia to be used across India
NIBIB News, December 2, 2024

November 2024

Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants
The Lancet, November 12, 2024
Initiation and continued use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis among pregnant and postpartum women in South Africa (PrEP-PP): a demonstration cohort study
The Lancet, November 11, 2024
Women's attitudes towards intimate partner violence in Guyana: a population-based study
The Lancet Regional Health Americas, November 2024
Knowledge, Attitudes and Confidence in Providing Dementia Care to Older Adults Among Nurses Practicing in Hanoi, Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study
Wiley Online Library, November 11, 2024
COVID-19 inflammatory signature in a Mozambican cohort: unchanged red blood series and reduced levels of IL-6 and other proinflammatory cytokines
BMC Infectious Diseases, November 11, 2024
Whitehead Recounts Journey to Developing Dengue Vaccine
NIH Record, November 8, 2024
Scientists Discover Cause, Potential Treatment for Cases of Deadly Autoimmune Disorder
NIAID Now, November 6, 2024
Study of H5N1 from an infected person
NIH Research Matters, November 5, 2024

October 2024

Many People with Long COVID Have Signs of Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Proteins, New Findings Show
NIH Director’s Blog, October 31, 2024
Shaping the Next Era of HIV Therapeutics and Care
NIAID Now, October 29, 2024
Genomic variants that increase risk of kidney disease are found in nearly one-third of West Africans
NHGRI News, October 28, 2024
Shifting power in global health will require leadership by the Global South and allyship by the Global North
The Lancet, October 24, 2024
Qualitative drivers of postoperative prophylactic antibiotics use and resistance in Ethiopia
BMC Health Services Research, October 22, 2024
Jean Nachega: collaborating for research on mpox in Africa
The Lancet, October 19, 2024
The Principles and Practice of Disease Eradication, co-authored by Fogarty's Joel Breman
Oxford University Press, October 18, 2024
Editorial: Learning from global food and nutrition insecurity, co-authored by Fogarty's Susan Vorkoper
Frontiers in Public Health, October 17, 2024
Mpox vaccine is safe and generates a robust antibody response in adolescents
NIH News, October 16, 2024
Kidney transplantation between donors and recipients with HIV is safe
NIH News, October 16, 2024
The U.S. Government and Global Health
Kaiser Family Foundation, October 15, 2024
Improving struggling medical and nursing students’ subjective vitality, school engagement and academic performance through a peer mentorship intervention programme: an intervention protocol
BMC Medical Education, October 15, 2024
Breakthrough Lenacapavir Trial Builds on Decades of NIH Investment in Basic Science
NIH Office of AIDS Research Director’s blog, October 2, 2024

September 2024

Mosquitoes use infrared detection to help find people
NIH Research Matters, September 17, 2024
NIH releases mpox research agenda
NIH/NIAID news, September 17, 2024
NIH study links neighborhood environment to prostate cancer risk in men with West African genetic ancestry
NIH/NCI news, September 16, 2024
Fatal Oropouche Virus Infections in Nonendemic Region, Brazil, 2024
Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 13, 2024
NIH awards establish pandemic preparedness research network
NIH/NIAID news, September 13, 2024
How to LAUNCH a Global Health Research Career
NIH Record, September 13, 2024
Genetic carriers for sickle cell disease have higher risks of blood clots across diverse ancestries
NIH/NHGRI news, September 12, 2024
The Crucial Role of Research in Addressing Global Cancer Stigma
National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health Spotlight Blog, September 9, 2024
SARS-CoV-2 Rapidly Evolves in People with Advanced HIV
NIAID Now blog, September 9, 2024
Editorial: A call for global solidarity and rapid action to control mpox, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipients Jean B. Nachega and Jean‑Jacques Muyembe‑Tamfum
The Lancet, September 9, 2024

August 2024

Reflecting on my first 90 days as Fogarty director
Fogarty International Center Director’s blog, July/August 2024
Editorial: Is a Low-Dose Triple-Drug Combination Pill Protocol the Answer for Hypertension Control in Sub-Saharan Africa?, by George A. Mensah, director, Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
JAMA, August 31, 2024
Perspective: Mpox in Pregnancy — Risks, Vertical Transmission, Prevention, and Treatment, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipients Jean Nachega, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, and Landon Meyer
New England Journal of Medicine, August 28, 2024
‘Low-intensity’ blood stem cell transplants for sickle cell appear safe for lung health
NIH/NHLBI news, August 27, 2024
World Mosquito Day 2024—The Metabolic Mysteries of Mosquito Metabolism
NIAID now blog, August 20 2024
Hanchard Explores Genomics of African Populations
NIH Record, August 16, 2024
2023 Outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo
CDC outbreak news, August 15, 2024
The antiviral tecovirimat is safe but did not improve clade I mpox resolution in Democratic Republic of the Congo
NIH/NIAID news, August 15, 2024
United States Government’s Response to the Clade I Mpox Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Other Countries in the Region
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services news, August 14, 2024
Candidate malaria vaccine provides lasting protection in NIH-sponsored trials
NIH/NIAID news, August 14, 2024
Routine lab tests are not a reliable way to diagnose long COVID
NIH news, August 12, 2024
Charting the Path to an HIV-Free Generation
NIAID Now blog, August 12, 2024
Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies Evaluated in Many HIV Cure Strategies
NIAID Now blog, August 6, 2024

July 2024

NIAID Research to Eliminate the Threat of Viral Hepatitis Across the Globe
NIAID Now blog, July 26, 2024
Exploratory analysis associates HIV drug abacavir with elevated cardiovascular disease risk in large global trial
NIH/NIAID news, July 23, 2024
Testing transmission and infection of H5N1 from cows
NIH Research Matters, July 23, 2024
Long-acting injectable cabotegravir for HIV prevention is safe in pregnancy
NIH/NIAID news, July 23, 2024
Gene variant slows form of inherited Alzheimer’s disease
NIH Research Matters, July 23, 2024
An Isolated Viral Load Test May Generate False Positive Results for People Using Long-Acting PrEP
NIAID news, July 23, 2024
Study of Protective Gene Variant Provides Insight into Delaying Onset of Alzheimer’s Dementia
NIH Director’s blog, July 18, 2024
Kathleen Maletic Neuzil: new Fogarty International Center leader
The Lancet, July 15, 2024
Study suggests reinfections from the virus that causes COVID-19 likely have similar severity as original infection
NIH news, July 11, 2024
Features of H5N1 influenza viruses in dairy cows may facilitate infection, transmission in mammals
NIH/NIAID news, July 8, 2024
Ambassador Nkengasong Discusses Global HIV/AIDS Response
NIH Record, July 5, 2024
Tumor Signatures May Help Explain Global Differences in Kidney Cancer Rates
Cancer Currents blog from the National Cancer Institute, July 1, 2024
NIH-sponsored trial of nasal COVID-19 vaccine opens
NIH News, July 1, 2024
Umbilical cord milking does not appear to increase risk of neurodevelopmental delay in non-vigorous infants
NIH News, July 1, 2024

June 2024

DR2 Expands Network at Conference in Asia
National Institute of Environmental Health Science’s Global Environmental Health Newsletter, June 2024
NIH Statement on Preliminary Efficacy Results of Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention in Cisgender Women
NIAID news release, June 26, 2024
AI tool predicts response to cancer therapy
NIH Research Matters, June 25, 2024
New funding aims to bring diverse perspectives to the research workforce
Fogarty news, June 18, 2024
Launch of the WHO Collaborating Center for Global Cancer Control
NCI Center for Global Health news, June 18, 2024
Fogarty Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies Research Roundup
Fogarty news, June 14, 2024
Global cancer stigma research: a U.S. National Cancer Institute workshop report
JNCI Monographs, June 2024
NIAID Raises Awareness to Malaria-like Diseases in W. Africa
NIAID Now blog, June 6, 2024
NIH Releases H5N1 Influenza Research Agenda
NIH/NIAID news, June 5, 2024
Ambitious clinical trial could bring first TB vaccine in a century
Fogarty news, June 4, 2024
U.S. clinical trials begin for twice-yearly HIV prevention injection
NIH/NIAID news, June 4, 2024

May 2024

Global health reciprocal innovation: ethical, legal and regulatory considerations
Part of the Fogarty-supported “Reciprocal Innovation in Global Health Research” article series
BMJ Global Health, May 30, 2024
- Related editorial: The case for global health reciprocal innovation
  BMJ Global Health, May 30, 2024
Novel vaccine concept generates immune responses that could produce multiple types of HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies
NIH/NIAID news, May 30, 2024
Changing the Trajectory of the Global Tobacco Epidemic
NCI Center for Global Health Spotlight Blog, May 24, 2024
Israel’s Chief Epidemiologist Visits VRC
NIH Record, May 24, 2024
High H5N1 influenza levels found in mice given raw milk from infected dairy cows
NIH/NIAID news, May 24, 2024
NIAID Research Team Develops 2nd Model of Crimean-Congo Fever
NIAID news, May 21, 2024
Impacts of human mobility on the citywide transmission dynamics of 18 respiratory viruses in pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic years, co-authored by Fogarty’s Amanda C. Perofsky, Chelsea L. Hansen, and Cécile Viboud
Nature Communications, May 16, 2024
U.S. Preparedness and Response to Increasing Clade I Mpox Cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — United States, 2024
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), May 16, 2024
Vaccine Research Delegation from Japan Visits VRC
NIH Record, May 10, 2024
Global Forum Strengthens Commitments Towards Cervical Cancer Elimination
NCI Center for Global Health Spotlight Blog, May 9, 2024
Antibody reduces risk of malaria in children
NIH Research Matters, May 7, 2024
BARDA Launches the Next Generation of the BARDA Accelerator Network to Source and Support Startups across the U.S. and Globally
BARDA News, May 6, 2024
NIEHS shares research to identify chemicals’ effects on development
Environmental Factor, May 2024
President Biden Requests $12B for Research on Women’s Health
NIH Catalyst, May-June 2024
Welcoming Dr. Kathleen Neuzil as 13th director of the Fogarty International Center
Fogarty news, May 6, 2024

April 2024

New Tool Identifies Aedes Mosquito Exposure in People
NIAID Now, May 1, 2024
Lower Dose of Mpox Vaccine Is Safe and Generates Six-Week Antibody Response Equivalent to Standard Regimen
NIH/NIAID news, April 27, 2024
Experimental NIH malaria monoclonal antibody protective in Malian children
NIH/NIAID news, April 26, 2024
Use of Ebola Vaccines — Worldwide, 2021–2023
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), April 25, 2024
Microbe Normally Found in the Mouth May Drive Progression of Colorectal Cancer
NIH Director’s blog, April 11, 2024
Memory of Joel Breman
Fogarty Director’s blog, April 9, 2024
NIH Ending the HIV Epidemic Projects Bridge Gaps Between HIV Research and Public Health Practice
NIAID Now blog, April 8, 2024
At 20, the African Journal Partnership Program Enters Young Adulthood
National Library of Medicine’s Musing From the Mezzanine blog, April 3, 2024
Experimental Ebola Vaccines Found Safe and Capable of Producing Immune Responses in Healthy Adults
NIAID news, April 3, 2024
Surveillance To Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, 2022–2023
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), April 4, 2024
How lung distress from SARS-CoV-2 can cause heart damage
NIH Research Matters, April 2, 2024

March 2024

Joint Update by the Department of State and the Department of Health and Human Services on Negotiations Toward a Pandemic Accord
HHS Factsheet, March 29, 2024
Authorship of Publications Supported by NCI-Funded Grants Involving Low- and Middle-Income Countries, co-authored by the National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health’s Linsey Eldridge, Elise M. Garton, Kalina Duncan, and Satish Gopal
JAMA, March 29, 2024
NIH selects Dr. Kathleen Neuzil as director of the Fogarty International Center
NIH news, March 28, 2024
Ceftriaxone-Resistant Gonorrhea — China, 2022
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), March 28, 2024
Hotter days put human health at risk
NIH Medline Plus, March 26, 2024
Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment Update — U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, 36 Countries, 2016–2023
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), March 21, 2024
Severe lung infection during COVID-19 can cause damage to the heart
NHLBI news, March 20, 2023
25 years of Cancer Research and Care on the Island of Ireland
National Cancer Institute, Center for Global Health news, March 14, 2024
US-Sweden Cancer Summit - Bridging the Research to Implementation Gap
National Cancer Institute, Center for Global Health news, March 13, 2024
WHO and UNICEF launch free online course to address children’s environmental health
WHO news, March 13, 2024
Designing a new antibiotic to combat drug resistance
NIH Research Matters, March 12, 2024
Long-acting HIV treatment benefits adults with barriers to daily pill taking and adolescents with suppressed HIV
NIH/NIAID news, March 6, 2024
Children surpass a year of HIV remission after treatment pause
NIH/NIAID news, March 6, 2024
NIEHS catalyzes research collaborations in India
Environmental Factor, March 2024
Identifying barriers to life-saving diarrhea care
NIH Research Matters, March 5, 2024
New report documents increase in HIV drug resistance to dolutegravir
WHO news, March 5, 2024
Vaginal ring and oral pre-exposure prophylaxis found safe for HIV prevention throughout pregnancy
NIH/NIAID news, March 5, 2024
Tools Underestimate Cardiovascular Event Risk in People with HIV
NIAID news, March 4, 2024
The HIV-2 proviral landscape is dominated by defective proviruses, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipient Roger Shapiro and Fogarty trainee Catherine K. Koofhethile
AIDS, March 1, 2024

February 2024

Progress Toward Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome Elimination — Worldwide, 2012–2022
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, February 29, 2024
Leaders call for scale-up in implementing One Health approach
WHO news, February 29, 2024
New Guidelines for Use of Statins by People with HIV to Prevent Cardiovascular Events
HIV.gov blog, February 29, 2024
SARS-CoV-2 fragments may cause problems after infectionNIH Research Matters, February 27, 2024
Intervention reduces likelihood of developing postpartum anxiety and depression by more than 70%
NIH news, February 26, 2024
Looking back to see forward: multidirectional learning between the US Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Part of the Fogarty-supported “Reciprocal Innovation in Global Health Research” article series
BMJ Global Health, February 23, 2024
Progress Toward Measles Elimination — World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2019–2022
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, February 22, 2024
Statement: Long-Acting HIV Treatment Demonstrates Efficacy in People with Challenges Taking Daily Medicine as Prescribed
NIAID news, February 21, 2024
275 million new genetic variants identified in NIH precision medicine data
NIH news, February 20, 2024
Researchers optimize genetic tests for diverse populations to tackle health disparities
NIH news, February 20, 2024
- Related commentary: The All of Us Research Program is an opportunity to enhance the diversity of US biomedical research, co-authored by leaders across NIH, including Fogarty Acting Director Peter Kilmarx
  Nature Medicine, February 19, 2024
NIH Hosts Annual Global Health Workshop with Gates Foundation
NIH Record, February 16, 2024
Podcast: A Global Outlook on Women, Power, and Cancer
National Cancer Institute's Inside Cancer Careers Podcast, February 15, 2024
How a Simple Tool Is Saving Lives of Children with Cancer in Latin America
National Cancer Institute's Cancer Currents blog, February 15, 2024
COVID-19 vaccination and boosting during pregnancy protects infants for six months
NIH/NIAID news, February 14, 2024
A researcher-exchange programme made me a better doctor at home and abroad – profile of former Fogarty Global Health Fellow Caleb Skipper
Nature, February 12, 2024
Seeing is believing: My year helming the Fogarty International Center
Fogarty Director’s blog, February 8, 2024
India’s First Homegrown CAR T-Cell Therapy Has Roots in NCI Collaboration
National Cancer Institute's Cancer Currents blog, February 7, 2024
Synchrony of Bird Migration with Global Dispersal of Avian Influenza Reveals Exposed Bird Orders, co-authored by Fogarty’s Nidia Trovão
Nature Communications, February 6, 2024
Novel functional insights into ischemic stroke biology provided by the first genome-wide association study of stroke in indigenous Africans, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipients Bruce Ovbiagele and Mayowa O. Owolabi, Fogarty trainees Onoja Akpa, Reginald Obiako, Godwin O. Osaigbovo, Abiodun Adeoye, Okechukwu S. Ogah, Godwin Ogbole, and Akinkunmi Okekunle, and National Human Genome Research Institute’s Charles Rotimi
Genome Medicine, February 5, 2024
CDC Opens New East Asia and Pacific Regional Office in Japan
CDC news release, February 5, 2024
French Public Health Research Leaders Visit NIH
NIH Record, February 2, 2024
Findings in Tuberculosis Immunity Point Toward New Approaches to Treatment and Prevention
NIH Director’s blog, February 1, 2024
Implementation science can advance environmental justice research
Environmental Factor, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), February 2024

January 2024

PAHO releases toolkit to enhance management of cardiovascular risk and hypertension in the Americas
PAHO news, January 31, 2024
Building Research Capacity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons Learned and Future Directions, co-authored by Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx, former Fogarty Advisory Board Member Karen A. Goraleski, and Fogarty grant recipients John F. Lindo and Nancy Gore Saravia
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 23, 2024
Advances in Global Implementation Science at NCI
Dispatches from Implementation Science at NCI blog, January 2024
Impact of regulatory tightening of the Hungarian tobacco retail market on availability, access and cigarette smoking prevalence of adolescents, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipient Kristie Foley
Tobacco Control, January 19, 2024
NIH-developed HIV antibodies protect animals in proof-of-concept study
NIH/NIAID news, January 17, 2024
Scaling up antivenom for snakebite envenoming in the Brazilian Amazon: a cost-effectiveness analysis, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipient Charles Gerardo
The Lancet Regional Health Americas, January 2024
Implementation of a Multi-Site Digitally-Enhanced School Clinician Training and ADHD/ODD Intervention Program in Mexico: Randomized Controlled Trial of CLS-R-FUERTE, co-authored by Fogarty Global Brain Disorders Research grant recipient Lauren Haack
Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, January 9, 2024
Effects of Cooking with Liquefied Petroleum Gas or Biomass on Stunting in Infants, authored by HAPIN Trial investigators, supported by Fogarty and other NIH Institutes and Centers
New England Journal of Medicine, January 4, 2024
Liquefied Petroleum Gas or Biomass Cooking and Severe Infant Pneumonia, authored by HAPIN Trial investigators, supported by Fogarty and other NIH Institutes and Centers
New England Journal of Medicine, January 4, 2024
Public health and research ethics education: the experience of developing a new cadre of bioethicists at a Ugandan institution, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipients Gertrude N. Kiwanuka and Sana Loue
BMC Medical Education, January 3, 2024
TBscreen: A passive cough classifier for tuberculosis screening with a controlled dataset, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipients Videlis Nduba and Thomas Hawn
Science Advances, January 3, 2024
Rapid dynamic changes of FL.2 variant: A case report of COVID-19 breakthrough infection, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipients Roger Shapiro, Joseph Makhema, and Shahin Lockman, and trainees Sikhulile Moyo, Gobuiwang Khilly Kurusa (Gasenna), and Simani Gaseitsiwe
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2024

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