With a background in biomedical informatics, Neal Goldstein focuses on computational approaches in complex data settings to understand infectious disease transmission among vulnerable populations ...

Genetic epidemiology of infectious disease transmission focuses on understanding how diseases spread through populations by analyzing genetic data from pathogens. This field combines genomic ...

The House passed a bill preventing government agencies from mandating the use of masks to slow the spread of an infectious ...

Researchers monitored indoor air quality in the buffet, gym, bar, restaurant, pub, theater and standard double occupancy ...

Waterborne transmission is part of a cultural vector ... But in terms of human diseases, generally it's in our interest to have the disease organisms be as mild as possible. What we can do depends ...

The H5N1 bird flu—widespread in wild birds worldwide and the cause of outbreaks in poultry, US cows and several human ...

Flu expert says bird flu virus may be spread by infected feces blowing in the wind. Dr. Michael Osterholm is a medical ...

In contrast, transmission of sexually transmitted pathogens (assuming rates of sexual contact don't necessarily increase with host density) and some vector-borne diseases is thought to be ...

Its 18 faculty members are conducting numerous NIH and industry sponsored studies in all areas of infectious disease. Major research interests include the following: Pediatric HIV infection - ...

David J. Cennimo, an associate professor of medicine and pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, spoke to Rutgers Today about what people should know ...