Notre Dame student researcher identifies a mix of factors behind decline in exclusive breastfeeding in Ghana
Studies have shown that breastfeeding reduces the risk of asthma, obesity, and type 1 diabetes. It can also reduce the risk of…
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Notre Dame faculty fight malaria resurgence in Bangladesh
Between 2008 and 2020, districts across the country of Bangladesh saw a 93% reduction in malaria cases. Today, as the world reflects on the World Malaria Day 2024 theme, “accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world,” researchers at the University of Notre Dame are developing new community-centered approaches to prevent a resurgence.
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As humans change the globe, they also influence the transmission of diseases, an extensive study in Nature shows
Human activity across the globe contributes to the rise in emerging infectious disease, but researchers had not concluded which of these activities, called global change drivers, increases risk the most. …
Five Notre Dame faculty elected AAAS Fellows as program celebrates 150th anniversary
Today, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals, announced its newest class of AAAS Fellows, including five faculty from the University of...
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