School of Public Health News
Study: How can we stop the spread of flu?
This year’s flu season is turning out to be brutal. As a new variant known as subclade K spreads rapidly, a study out today offers clues as to how to avoid the annual sickness.
Researchers from University of Maryland Schools of Public Health and Engineering in College Park and the School of Medici...
Study Finds Dangerous Bacteria in Homes Plagued by Sewage Backups
A University of Maryland study of Baltimore houses with recent sewage backups revealed that most had toxic bacteria that could potentially infect residents who touch a contaminated surface or breathe contaminated air.
Study: Extreme weather increases risk of violence in couples
A UMD study out in JAMA Network Open this fall is the first to show that drought and extreme heat are linked to more violence in intimate relationships.
Led by SPH’s Dr. Pin Wang, an environmental health specialist focused on how climate affects disease, the study analyzed Demographic and Health ...
COVID: UMD infectious disease expert’s tips to stay safe
You may have noticed more people around you with a runny nose, chills or coughing. These can be the telltale symptoms of COVID-19, the highly infectious disease that is making a come-back this fall, now with a new strain in the mix.
UMD's Dr. Sacoby Wilson wins Heinz Award for the Environment
On Tuesday the Heinz Family Foundation named University of Maryland School of Public Health Professor Sacoby M. Wilson, Ph.D., one of two recipients of the prestigious 30th Heinz Award for the Environment. As part of the accolade, he will receive an unrestricted cash award of $250,000.
“Sacoby is ...
Bird flu outbreak in house cats: high-risk but survival possible
Bird flu hits cats particularly hard. Just last week an infected cat was euthanized in California after eating raw pet food. But a University of Maryland-led study out today in One Health shows promising results when an infected cat gets early care and treatment.
SPH project equips urban farms to safely harvest rainwater
In Maryland’s rich agricultural flatlands around Upper Marlboro, a group of scientists, contractors and farmers braved the heat on a June day at UMD’s Terp Farm at the Central Maryland Research & Education Center to gain hands-on skills around safe rainwater harvesting in urban agricultural sett...
UMD SPH announces its first-ever Clark Leadership Chair
The UMD School of Public Health has a new luminary on the horizon, with the appointment of the school’s first-ever Clark Leadership Chair in Global Health, Dr. Heather Wipfli.
Wipfli will bring deep expertise in global chronic disease control, particularly related to tobacco control, employing inte...
SPH Aerobiology Pioneer Awarded UMD Highest Honor
The University of Maryland has bestowed on Dr. Donald K. Milton the title and exceptional honor of Distinguished University Professor, a first in UMD School of Public Health history and one in only a handful of such titles given to tenured faculty across the university.
Bird flu study points to risk of another pandemic
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — It’s spring, the birds are migrating and bird flu (H5N1) is rapidly evolving into the possibility of a human pandemic. On May 7, researchers from the University of Maryland School of Public Health published a major study in Open Forum Infectious Diseases documenting research on b...