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Lessons from Polio in Nigeria

Lessons from Polio in Nigeria

By: Tristan Lim At the end of the twenty-fifth year of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, only three polio-endemic countries remain in the world – a drastic difference from the more than 125 countries struggling to control polio in 1988. One of these remaining countries […]

Lessons from Polio in Nigeria

Lessons from Polio in Nigeria

At the end of the twenty-fifth year of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, only three polio-endemic countries remain in the world – a drastic difference from the more than 125 countries struggling to control polio in 1988. One of these remaining countries is one of […]

Measuring up a Vaccine: The Meningitis B Immune Response Study

Measuring up a Vaccine: The Meningitis B Immune Response Study

By Daniel Liu This past November, students from Princeton University’s incoming freshman class lined up atop Icahn Laboratory’s Oval Lounge to participate in an immune response study to the meningitis B vaccine. That clinic was the second round of a large-scale public health study being […]

Measuring up a Vaccine: The Meningitis B Immune Response Study

Measuring up a Vaccine: The Meningitis B Immune Response Study

This past November, students from Princeton University’s incoming freshman class lined up atop Icahn Laboratory’s Oval Lounge to participate in an immune response study to the meningitis B vaccine. That clinic was the second round of a large-scale public health study being conducted by Professor […]

Suspected Measles Case Reported On-Campus; Student Had Been Vaccinated

Suspected Measles Case Reported On-Campus; Student Had Been Vaccinated

Preliminary testing has suggested that a University student could have a case of the measles, Princeton’s University Health Services announced in an email to the student body late Wednesday afternoon. The email stated that 99.5% of the student body has been vaccinated against the disease. The […]

The Politicization of Disease

The Politicization of Disease

By Cailin Hong Senator and 2016 presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (R-TX) made media waves this October when he criticized the Obama Administration’s response to Ebola cases reported in the US. “I remain concerned we don’t see sufficient seriousness on the part of the federal government […]

Ebola: Why Quarantine?

Ebola: Why Quarantine?

A handful of states, in response to the Ebola outbreak, are imposing a mandatory quarantine on health care workers returning to the United States from Ebola zones amid fears of the virus spreading outside West Africa.[1] New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New Jersey officials […]

The Politicization of Disease

The Politicization of Disease

Senator and 2016 presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (R-TX) made media waves this October when he criticized the Obama Administration’s response to Ebola cases reported in the US. “I remain concerned we don’t see sufficient seriousness on the part of the federal government about protecting the […]