Researchers know that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) spreads through air, but are working to pinpoint how much virus hangs in small airborne particles. A new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases explored how much SARS-CoV-2 virus is released into the air when people infected with COVID-19 sing, talk or simply breathe. 

Two rising University of Maryland seniors are bringing their passion for kidney disease awareness and prevention to the School of Public Health with a new course,

Exercise can increase brain connectivity related to memory and may help older adults at risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease led by J. Carson Smith at the University of Maryland. 

Amid the Black Lives Matter movement, COVID-19 and the climate crisis, Deirdre Quinn, PhD ‘17, and Samuel Allen, PhD ‘20, have spotlighted another public health epidemic, gun violence in the U.S.