2015 Print, Radio and Broadcast Media:

• 12/08: Foodborne illnesses kill 125,000 children under age five annually-WHO study; Health Newsline; Arie Havelaar
• 12/03: Reflections on the WHO initiative to Estimate the global burden of foodborne Diseases; PLOS Collections Blog; Arie Havelaar
• 12/03: Contaminated food sickens 1 in 10 people worldwide each year; Scientific American; Arie Havelaar
• 11/19: Which foods are most likely to get you sick — in three charts; Fortune; J. Glenn Morris
• 11/17: Scientists find a way to reduce pesticide use and save millions for ornamental industry; Science Daily; Erica Goss
• 10/19: When grain travels, sometimes unwelcome guests hitch a ride; Food Technology and Manufacturing Magazine; Karen Garrett
• 09/15: Nigerian anthrax strain: may be associated with vaccine evasion; The Global Dispatch; Jason Blackburn
• 08/25: Keep your dogs out of warm lakes: Pythosis risk; Science Daily; Erica Goss
• 08/05: Here’s the truth about the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak everyone is panicking about; Business Insider; J. Glenn Morris
• 08/03: Legionnaires’ Outbreak in the Bronx: Officials are looking for authentic source; The Market Business: J. Glenn Morris
• 08/03: 71 Reported Cases Of Legionnaires’ Disease So Far; Gothamist; J. Glenn Morris
• 08/02: Officials Seek Source of Legionnaires’ Outbreak in the Bronx; The New York Times; J. Glenn Morris
• 07/17: Math and Biology took a road trip. Here’s what they learned; National Geographic; Juliet Pulliam
• 07/03: Toxin Found in Fish May be More Prevalent in Florida’s Waters; WTXL Tallahasse
• 07/03: When The Fish You Eat Have Eaten Something Toxic; NPR
• 07/03: More Floridians Made Sick by Toxins Found in Tropical Fish Than Before, New Study Finds; New Times Broward- Palm Beach; Elizabeth Radke
• 07/02: Ciguatera fish poisoning could be more common than thought; NY City News
• 07/01: Fish poisoning rates in Florida ‘underestimated’; Medical News Today
• 07/01: Toxin found in fish may be more prevalent in Florida’s waters; ABC 7 Sarasota
• 06/30: Fish-Related Poisonings Up in a Florida; Pioneer News; Elizabeth Radke
• 06/30: Study: Cases of ‘fish poisoning’ in Florida far more prevalent than reported; Miami Herald
• 06/30: Study finds more ciguatera poisoning cases; Fox 13 Tampa Bay
• 06/30: The Freaky Fish-Borne Illness You’ve Never Heard Of; Yahoo!
• 06/30: Warm Gulf waters can harbor life-threatening bacteria; Ocala Star Banner; J. Glenn Morris
• 06/30: Food poisoning from toxin in tropical reef fish is more common than previously thought; The Washington Post; Elizabeth Radke
• 06/30: Ciguatera fish poisoning more common than thought; Middle East North Africa Financial Network
• 06/30: Worldwide Presence of Fish toxin is more Rampant than Acknowledged, Study; Weekly Observer; Elizabeth Radke
• 06/29: Toxic Fish Poisons More People Than Thought; Live Science; Elizabeth Radke
• 06/29: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning In Florida Underreported: What You Should Know; Tech Times; Elizabeth Radke
• 06/29: Ciguatera in Florida: Fish toxin affecting 28 times more people than previously believed; International Business Times; Elizabeth Radke
• 06/29: Fish Poisoning More Common Than Believed; The New York Times; Elizabeth Radke
• 06/25: New research probes key component of the immune system; Arizona State University News; Ira Longini, Jr.
• 06/12: WHO’s on First? The Way Forward to Regain Respect; MedPage; Ira Longini, Jr.
• 05/29: Deadly anthrax studied at Palm Bay biolab; Florida Today; Ira Longini, Jr.
• 05/17: Ebola Isn’t Going to Spread Through the Air; Epoch Times; Marco Salemi
• 05/14: Flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus in US oceans, what’s the real risk of going to the beach?; International Business Times; Paul Gulig
• 05/12: Study shows role of Disease-Fighting Cells in HIV related  Neruological Damage; Scicasts; Marco Salemi
• 04/23: Florida Malaria Research in Haiti; Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health; Bernard Okech
• 04/20: Study to focus on antibiotic resistance; The Cattle Network; KC Jeong
• 04/20: Five years after Deepwater Horizon, the gulf’s seafood seems safe; Quartz; Andy Kane
• 04/20: Study shows seafood samples had no elevated contaminant levels from oil spill; Phys.org; Andy Kane; Tracy Irani
• 04/17: Seafood samples had no elevated contaminant levels from oil spill, study shows; Science Daily: Andy Kane
• 04/15: UF composting paper towels in quest for zero waste; The Independent Florida Alligator
• 04/14: Researchers discuss aftermath of BP oil spill; The Gainesville Sun; J. Glenn Morris
• 03/05: Patient who died at Young VA had bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s Disease; Tampa Bay Times; J. Glenn Morris
• 02/23: UF not hesitant to host Cuba study Abroad Program; The Independent Florida Alligator; Donald Behringer
• 02/15: Experts: Vaccine benefits outweigh rare risks; Miami Herald; Eben Kenah
• 02/14: Vaccination rate leaves Miami-date at risk; Miami Herald; Eben Kenah
• 01/26: UF researcher finds virus thought long dead in area ticks; The Gainesville Sun; John Lednicky
• 01/24: Iron overload disease causes rapid growth of deadly Vibrio vulnificus bacteria; Science 2.0; Paul Gulig
• 01/13: New dengue vaccine cuts severe cases; Bangkok Post; Ira Longini

2014 Print, Radio and Broadcast Media:

• 12/09:  Immunizing schoolkids fights flu in others, too; WJXT – News4Jax; Parker A. Small
• 10/23: As researchers develop Ebola vaccine, early human clinical trials show promise; The Washington Post; Ira Longini
• 10/20: What I learned at Food Boot Camp; The Boston Globe; J. Glenn Morris
• 10/18: Are some people immune to Ebola?; The Epoch Times; Juliet Pulliam
• 10/17: The harsh truth about an Ebola vaccine: It’s not so simple; Los Angeles Times; Ira Longini
• 10/15: Ebola: The longer the outbreak, the greater the risk of mutation; NewsObserver.com; Ira Longini
• 10/15:  Ebola Outbreak Boosts Odds of Mutation Helping It Spread; Bloomberg News; Ira Longini
• 10/09: Researchers meet at the University of Florida to discuss Ebola; WUFT; Paul Psychas
• 10/08: UF experts see many factors behind Ebola outbreak; The Gainesville Sun; Paul Psychas
• 10/02: Shands stands prepared for Ebola, officials say; The Gainesville Sun; J. Glenn Morris
• 09/23:  UF students conduct research on Ebola virus; Independent Florida Alligator; Ira Longini, Jr.
• 09/09: Study: Ebola in U.S. “likely” but can be controlled; The Suncoast News; Ira Longini
• 06/17: Researchers find possible source of potato famine pathogen; Independent Florida Alligator; Erica Goss
• 06/12: UF researcher’s finding could help farmers stop potato, tomato disease; Crestview News Bulletin; Erica Goss
• 06/13: Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Nightmare Germs’ Found Across Florida; The Palm Beach Post; J. Glenn Morris Jr.
• 05/23: Desperate Love in a Time of Cholera; Pacific Standard Magazine; J. Glenn Morris Jr.
• 03/28: UF researchers find cow disease treatment; Independent Florida Alligator; Kwang Cheol Jeong
• 02/20: Researchers see progress on some disease fronts; The Gainesville Sun; J. Glenn Morris Jr.
• 02/18: Understanding citrus greening; PNAS Science Sessions Podcasts; Ariena H.C. van Bruggen; J. Glenn Morris
• 01/15: ‘We know it’s coming’: Deadly H1N1 flu strain a growing concern; The Daytona Beach News-Journal; J. Glenn Morris Jr.
• 01/13: This year’s flu ‘nastier,’ doctors say; Fox 13 Tampa Bay; J. Glenn Morris Jr.
• 01/13: Doctors Concerned Over Severity of Flu Cases; 90.7 WMFE: J. Glenn Morris Jr.
• 01/10: Spike In Flu Related Deaths: WCJB-TV 20; J. Glenn Morris Jr.
• 01/10: 12 UF Shands patient have died of flu since Oct; Fox 35 Orlando; J. Glenn Morris Jr.
• 01/10: Latest H1N1 virus may be more lethal; Gainesville Sun; J. Glenn Morris

2013 Print, Radio and Broadcast Media:

• 12/19: The high cost of cheap chicken; Consumer Reports; J. Glenn Morris Jr.
• 12/05: Uptick in Lyme disease still leaves many undiagnosed, experts say; Gainesville Sun; Carina Blackmore; J. Glenn Morris Jr.
• 11/06: Haitian Cholera Epidemic Continues to Kill Elsewhere; LiveScience; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 10/04: Cats may be the key to developing a successful HIV vaccine for humans; Fox News; Janet Yamamoto
• 09/29: In Florida, the Front Lines of a High-Pitched, Bite-Size War; The New York Times; Walter Tabachnick
• 09/27: New Research from the Journal of Wildlife Diseases; The Wildlife Socity News; Jason Blackburn
• 09/03: Science Can Never Rest in the War Against Emerging Pathogens; Food Safety News; Anita Wright
• 08/26: Undercurrents: Researchers Track Toxins Through VI Waters; St. Thomas Source; Robert L. Cook; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 07/04: Fewer people getting ciguatera; Virgin Island Daily News; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 05/26: Insecticide coating on mosquito nets could help eradicate malaria; Asian International News; Jeff Bloomquist
• 04/26: Answers For Oyster Collapse On The Coast; WCJB-TV; Andy Kane
• 04/24: Alachua County getting closer to 70 percent flu vaccination rate for students; The Gainesville Sun; Dr. Parker Small; Dr. Kathleen Ryan
• 04/01: Intralytix develops and markets bacteriophage-based products; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 03/30: Controversy still stewing over chicken plant rules; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 03/14:  ‘Giant’ Mosquitoes Set to Invade Florida This Summer; TIME Magazine; Phil Kaufman
• 03/06: Super-size this: Huge, aggressive mosquito may be abundant in Florida this summer, UF professor warns; South Florida Sun Sentinel; Phil Kaufman
• 03/05: From raw milk to sprouts to imported fish: food safety experts dish on what grocery store items they avoid; New York Daily News; Michael Batz
• 02/21: Research suggests malaria can be defeated without a globally led eradication program; Science Codex; Andrew Tatem
• 02/14: Research Day allows Emerging Pathogens Institute to show the breadth of its work; The Gainesville Sun; EPI Research Day 2013; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.; Kathleen Ryan; Ariena van Bruggen
• 02/07: Vibrosis, Deadly Disease Associated With Raw Oysters, May Get More Common As Ocean Warms; The Huffington Post; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 01/17: Vaccinating Half Haiti’s Population Could Stem Cholera Epidemic: Report; Caribbean Journal; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 01/10:  Haiti can quell cholera without vaccinating most people, researchers estimate; Medical Xpress; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 01/10: UF scientists: Vaccinating half of Haiti population would stop cholera outbreak; The Gainesville Sun; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.

2012 Print, Radio and Broadcast Media:

• 10/01: Web Site Tracks Mosquito-Borne Diseases Spread Globally by Air Travel; Scientific American; Andrew Tatem
• 09/06: Farm animal antibiotic adds problematic human resistance; WUFT-FM; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 09/03: Farm Use of Antibiotics Defies Scrutiny; The New York Times; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 07/31: Feline virus forces shelter to stop accepting, adopting out cats; The Gainesville Sun; Julie Levy
• 07/20: Food Processing Trends Underscore Need for Additional Safety; Food Safety News; Covered findings from Ranking the Risks: The 10 Pathogen-Food Combinations with the Greatest Risk to Public Health
• 07/18: UF/IFAS Model Shows How Citrus Greening Spreads within Tree; Southeast AgNet; J. Glenn Morris, Jr. and Ariena van Bruggen
• 07/11: Plan for UF tuberculosis facility is still unlikely; The Gainesville Sun; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 07/11: Video Tech Tracking Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic; Forbes; EPI’s role with cholera research in Haiti
• 07/09: Farmers Markets: Is the food safe to eat?; kjrh.com; Michael Batz
• 06/22: Modified bacteria help to reduce inflammation, UF finds; The Gainesville Sun; Mansour Mohamadzadeh
• 06/13: NECE certifies international students; The Florida Times Union; Gregory Gray
• 06/11: Kathleen Alexander receives NIH grant to study effect change on water-borne diseases ; Virginia Tech News; Jason Blackburn
• 06/06: Navy Entomology Center of Excellence Instructs International Students; Navy.mil; Gregory Gray
• 05/07: County sees two different stories on vaccinations; The Gainesville Sun; J. Glenn Morris, Jr. and Parker Small
• 05/05: Health Concerns About So-Called ‘Meat Glue’; PNWlocalnews.com; 
• 05/01: Getting vaccinated: does the good outweigh any risk?; The Gainesville Sun; Parker Small
• 04/27: New beef brouhaha: Should you be grossed out by meat ‘meat glue?’; Vitals on msnbc.com; Michael Batz
• 04/27: Forum recounts impacts from Gulf oil spill; The Gainesville Sun; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 04/16: Researchers track fake virus with a game; The Independent Florida Alligator; Juliet Pulliam
• 03/24: ‘Pink slime’ concerns are overblown; The Gainesville Sun; Michael Batz
• 03/08: Brucellosis pathogen persists in Botswana buffalo; Physorg.com; Jason Blackburn
• 03/03: Alliance takes on mosquito ills; Tampa Bay Online; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 01/17: How flu-proofed is Alachua County? The Gainesville Sun; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 01/20: Scab Check for Poultry to be Scrapped Under Food-Safety Rule; Bloomberg; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.

2011 Print, Radio and Broadcast Media:

• 07/07: 4 schools get $25 million for oil spill health studies; Associated Press Wires
• 07/07: WUFT radio interviews EPI director J. Glenn Morris, Jr., and EPI-affiliated researcher Jason Blackburn. The NIH awarded the University of Florida more than $6.5 million to study the environmental and psychological effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
• 06/02: Computers track cholera in Zimbabwe; UPI
• 05/25: interviewed on WCJB TV 20; his lab created a new set of mathematical methods to detect the subtle DNA differences within HIV strains
• 05/18: Ranking the Risks: The 10 Pathogen-Food Combinations with the Greatest Risk to Public Health, authored by Emerging Pathogens Institute researchers Michael B. Batz and J. Glenn Morris, Jr. Report author Sandra Hoffmann conducted research while a Fellow at Resources for the Future. Media who covered the Report included: The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, WIRED, Business Week, Yahoo! News, U.S. News and World Report, Newsday, WebMD, Sun-Sentinel, Arizona Republic, The Age (Australia)
• 04/26:  Alachua County wins national award for flu immunization; Gainesville Sun; J. Glenn Morris, Jr., Cuc Tran; Parker Small
• 04/20: Oil Spill: One Year Later; National Geographic Magazine; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.-colleague Lynn Grattan
• 04/20: Oil spill’s long-term effects worry UF experts: Gainesville Sun; J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
• 04/06: Researchers target Florida’s killer amoeba, Naegleria fowleri; Orlando Sentinel; Amanda Rice
• 03/01: Successful local school FluMist program a model for other areas; Gainesville Sun; Parker Small
• 03/01: Gainesville’s WCJB TV-20 coverage of the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute Research Day
• 02/10: Gainesville’s WCJB TV-20 coverage of the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute Research Day
• 01/14: Faculty members discuss Haiti relief efforts on panel; Independent Florida Alligator; Andrew Kane and Bernard Okech
• 01/08: UF faculty, students working on variety of projects to help Haiti; Gainesville Sun; J. Glenn Morris
• 01/04: Obama signs historic food safety law: Will it make dinner safer?

2010 Print, Radio and Broadcast Media:

• 12/16: New Estimates of Food Poisoning Cases; New York Times; J. Glenn Morris
• 12/10: Fish poisoning ‘link’ to warming; BBC; J. Glenn Morris
• 12/10: Fish in the Caribbean could poison you. Is climate change to blame? Smartplanet, a CBS News Blog; Glenn Morris
• 12/01: Malaria case found in Duval County; The Florida Times Union; Bernard Okech
• 11/18: Researchers tracking cholera to understand Haiti outbreak; Voice of America, website and radio segment; Afsar Ali
• 11/17: Cholera likely to grip Haiti for months; USA Today; Afsar Ali
• 11/12: Cholera outbreak in Hait; CBS News Radio; Afsar Ali
• 11/09: UF staff to study cholera in Haiti; Gainesville Sun; Afsar Ali, Bernard Okech, Glenn Morris
• 10/29: The recent work of Dr. Andrew Tatem and collaborator, Dr. David L. Smith, as published in the Lancet Malaria Elimination Series, is cited in the following outlets:Agence France-Presse Latin America ‘best placed for wiping out malaria’; Voice of America Researchers Find Key to Malaria Elimination; The Times of India Malaria can be wiped out in a decade; CBS News blog, smartplanet Researchers create worldwide database for malaria transmission
• 10/28:  Researcher may have contracted virus carried by monkeys
• 10/25: University of Florida professor says he predicted Haiti cholera; St. Petersburg Times Dr. Afsar Ali said “poor sanitation and the presence of thousands of residents displaced by January’s devestating earthquake” made for ideal cholera incubation conditions.
• 10/25: Food safety: how to keep our global menu off the recall list; Christian Science Monitor for KMEG14
• 08/16:  Malaria goals ‘cannot be met’ with existing weapons; Reuters via Scidev.Net Article references EPI’s Dr. David Smith’s malaria models
• 06/29: Human migration maps reveal global flow of malaria; Reuters via SciDev.Net Article describes the work of EPI’s Dr. Andy Tatem
• 05/21: Despite global warming, gains in fighting malaria, study finds;Christian Science Monitor
• 05/16: Tainted Lettuce Linked to Illness in Three States; New York Times EPI Director J. Glenn Morris quoted on the complexity of monitoring E. coli bacteria
• 01/27:  UF’s EPI aims to ‘contain future threats’ of disease; Gainesville Sun
  Feature on EPI’s pathogens research facility dedication event WITH VIDEO
• 01/27:  About 200 attend Emerging Pathogens Institute dedication ceremony; The Independent Florida Alligator
  News brief of EPI’s pathogens research facility dedication event
• 01/27: WUFT-FM radio spot about EPI’s pathogens research facility dedication event
• 01/27:  Disease research center dedicated in Gainesville; Sarasota Herald-Tribune
  Reprint of Gainesville Sun’s 1/26 advance story
• 01/26:  Emerging diseases research center to be dedicated today ; Gainesville Sun
  Advance feature on EPI’s pathogens research facility dedication event
• 01/19:  EPI Dedication Ceremony to be held on Jan. 26; Inside UF
  Mentions EPI Dedication Ceremony