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ND faculty discuss public health, importance of remote learning in ‘flattening the curve’

Isabella Volmert | Monday, March 23, 2020

Before students left for spring break, engineering professor Jeff Kantor created a model simulation of how COVID-19 could affect the Notre Dame campus and showed it to his students. Kantor explained the model is standard to predict the outcomes of infectious disease which most engineering and STEM students learn early on in their education.  The

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Speaker examines long-term effects of Ebola outbreak

Jenna Wilson | Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Staff, stuff, systems and space. Those are the four things Paul Farmer said are necessary in order to combat infectious pathogens in healthcare deficient areas. On Tuesday, Farmer, a physician, anthropologist, chief strategist and cofounder of Partners in Health, gave a lecture entitled, “Taking up the Challenge of Poverty: Why Accompaniment Matters” that tackled the complexities

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Sustainable development is the cure

Elizabeth Hascher | Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Not long after the disastrous outbreak of Ebola in western Africa, the Zika virus has begun to spread quickly across Latin America. A flu-like illness that normally only causes mild symptoms, it has become a cause of increasing concern as more severe symptoms and birth defects such as microcephaly have emerged. Margaret Chan, Director-General of

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Saint Mary’s concludes supply drive for Ebola patients

Veronica Darling | Friday, November 7, 2014

Saint Mary’s assistant professor of nursing Juliana Mwose, the Sisters of Nefertiti and Belles for Africa concluded their supply drive for the Ebola outbreak Wednesday. They placed bins in Spes Unica Hall to collect supplies to send to African countries that would help prevent the spread of the virus, including hand sanitizers, thermometers, gloves, surface wipes and masks. Associate professor of

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ND campaign raises funds to fight Ebola

Catherine Owers | Wednesday, October 15, 2014

The ND Unite to Fight Ebola campaign is raising funds to send medical supplies to West Africa, according to Dr. Katherine Taylor, director of operations of the Eck Institute for Global Health. “First of all, our role is compassion,” Taylor said. “When we see this happening somewhere, and the devastating impact on the communities in West

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Notre Dame researcher works to develop Ebola treatment

Catherine Owers | Tuesday, August 26, 2014

The recent Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 1,400 people, according to the World Health Organization. Robert Stahelin, adjunct associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, said this outbreak is the largest to date, with a fatality rate of approximately 60 percent. Ebola is one of two types of viruses in the the filovirus family, Stahelin said. The other is

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After a win against Louisville on Saturday, The Ba After a win against Louisville on Saturday, The Basement Breakdown, The Observer’s sports podcast, is back with some Pittsburgh predictions.  Some highlights from the stream include:

🏈Last Saturday’s 12-7 final score against Louisville (0:23)

🏈Taking a look around college football with Georgia falling to Alabama, Florida State getting its first FBS win against North Carolina and the Big Ten returning this weekend. (14:52)

🏈Fact-or Fiction. This episode’s hot takes include: ND’s first defensive touchdown coming against Pitt? Can the Irish produce a 100-yard rusher against the Panthers’ defense? Did the Louisville win actually give Notre Dame the blueprint for beating Clemson? (20:20)

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