UGA to establish national NIH-funded center to fight flu
Apr 2021
The National Institutes of Health has awarded UGA a contract to establish the Center for Influenza Disease and Emergence Research.
UGA’s Amazing Students: Claire Teitelbaum
Apr 2021
Claire Teitelbaum, a doctoral student in the Odum School of Ecology, is featured in UGA’s Amazing Students series.
Light pollution drives increased risk of West Nile virus
Mar 2021
By attracting birds and mosquitoes, light pollution is enhancing the likelihood that they’ll spread West Nile virus to animals and humans.
Long-lived butterfly parasites can’t take the heat
Mar 2021
Debilitating parasite spores that infect monarch butterflies can persist for years at cool temperatures, but are knocked out by heat.
Disease Detectives
Mar 2021
Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases researchers are working toward predicting future outbreaks by studying how hosts and parasites interact in the wild.
Opinion: Preparing Now for the Next Great Pandemic
Feb 2021
In a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal, Dean John L. Gittleman urges global surveillance on the origins of viral transmission.
Unusual flu season linked to more transmissible strain
Feb 2021
The unusual 2019-2020 flu season in the U.S. was driven largely by a new, more transmissible strain of Type B influenza.
Opinion: Act now to prevent overwhelming hospitals
Jan 2021
Prof. John Drake and ER Dr. Jonathan Davis urge action to slow the spread of COVID-19 to prevent overwhelming Georgia’s hospitals.
Alumni News: Study identifies bird species that could spread Lyme disease
Jan 2021
A study led by alumnus Daniel Becker, PhD ’17, just published in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography, identifies bird species with the potential to transmit the Lyme disease bacterium
Toxic pollutants can impact wildlife disease spread
Dec 2020
Exposure to toxic pollutants associated with human activities may be influencing the spread of infectious diseases in wildlife.