Experts feared a disease rebound after COVID-19. It didn’t happen.
Oct 2025
New research published in Science by Pej Rohani and Toby Brett explores which infectious diseases were impacted by COVID-19 control measures.
The honey bee secret to staying clean and healthy
Oct 2025
Ecology’s Lewis Barlett researches how bees create enzymes to sanitize the hive.
Wildlife cameras capture critters from suburb to farm to forest
Oct 2025
Residents across Athens are getting a peek at the wildlife in their own backyards.
The tiniest patient: Teaching veterinarians to treat bees
Oct 2025
Beekeepers need a prescription when hives get sick, but few veterinarians are qualified to treat bees. A new course at UGA will change that.
Scientists identify high viral loads, mite resistance as key factors in recent honey bee losses
Aug 2025
Lewis Bartlett discusses the causes and impacts of the unprecedented 2024-25 honey bee losses.
Museum collections reveal worldwide spread of butterfly disease
Apr 2025
Research from Sonia Altizer explores how museum specimens can be used to track the spread of disease.
Predicting pandemics with Pejman Rohani
Dec 2024
Ecology’s Pej Rohani and CEID colleagues are helping to develop computational models for forecasting the spread of influenza, which annually causes half a million deaths worldwide.
Machine learning may lead to better flu vaccines
Aug 2024
Alpha Forna, a postdoc in the Drake and Rohani labs, developed a system that uses machine learning to predict how a seasonal flu virus is expected to evolve—with nearly 73% accuracy.
Researchers to develop tool to predict measles outbreaks
May 2024
CEID Director John Drake is part of a UGA/Penn State team receiving a grant from the Gates Foundation to restore progress toward measles elimination lost during the pandemic.
Accessing the connections between infectious disease, climate change and biodiversity loss
Apr 2024
Regents’ Professor and CEID Director John Drake is co-author on a new report calling for a more unified approach to planetary health.