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Acting now to reduce fossil fuel emissions will result in improved air quality and dramatic reductions in pollution-related deaths, illnesses and economic losses across the United States by 2030, a new study by scientists at Duke…

In Ghana, COVID-19 vaccines are literally falling from the sky. As part of the West African country’s plan to ensure vaccines reach people in remote villages, drones are carrying doses – as many as 2,000 per flight – from a central…

A Duke University-led initiative to predict and prevent malaria outbreaks in the Amazon has received a $3.4 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).The grant will support the research team’s…

The Duke University School of Nursing received the 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from “INSIGHT Into Diversity” magazine for the second consecutive year. Given by the oldest and largest…

Craig Albanese, an accomplished health care leader and distinguished academic pediatric surgeon, has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer of Duke University Health System (DUHS).Albanese comes to DUHS from…

Boosted by its influence on students’ post-academic careers, Duke placed fifth in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education rankings. Duke ranked second in the outcomes category, which incorporates the graduation rate and the…

Scholars, practitioners and advocates will examine the legal and political landscape of redistricting, preview the ongoing process in North Carolina and around the country, and discuss reforms during a conference Sept. 28-29 at…

Engineers, medical students, ecologists, political scientists, ethicists, policymakers — come one, come all to the Duke Space Initiative (DSI), “the interdisciplinary home for all things space at Duke.”At Duke Polis’ “Perspectives on…

Clouds of smoke and ash from wildfires that ravaged Australia in 2019 and 2020 triggered widespread algal blooms in the Southern Ocean thousands of miles downwind to the east, a new Duke University-led study by an international team of…

Latinos are the largest and youngest racial minority group in the U.S. – representing roughly a quarter of all people younger than 30 years old.Duke University School of Nursing’s new Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH)…