Born under South African apartheid, James brings his understanding of the issue to the Watson School of International and Public Affairs.

Officials in Russia provide conflicting information about the death of an employee at a Siberian "anti-plague" laboratory.

The Brown Political Review’s documentary festival took place this past weekend.

In the third of a six-part series, the new South African President FW de Klerk is shocked to learn of the apartheid biological weapons programme and takes action to suspend those involved in what was ...

Providence Documentary Film Festival

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The second of six parts on the apartheid-era biological programmes that went by the benign name of Project Coast – a covert endeavour representing some of the worst practices in building and dismantli...

Providence Documentary Film Festival

Measles cases continue to rise in the US, and four people have died recently. Vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and those around you.

YouTube video by Brown University School of Public Health

As world leaders and climate experts gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week, a major milestone in public health and environmental governance has been unveiled: the release of the Global Indoor Air Quality Policy Database. Developed through a global collaborative effort involving the Air Club, the Brown University Pandemic Center, the Montenegrin Institute for Advanced Innovation, GO AQS, and IWBI, this repository represents the first comprehensive global mapping of indoor air quality (IAQ) governance.

The first of six parts on the biological programmes that went by the benign name of Project Coast – a covert endeavour representing some of the worst practices in building and dismantling a biological...

A global coalition aspiring towards healthy indoor air.

When asked about the largest surge in measles in over 30 years, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly claimed that the U.S. is doing or has done “better … than any c...

As Bangladesh faces a deadly measles outbreak, experts assess what it would take for the U.S. to reach similar levels

A global coalition aspiring towards healthy indoor air.

On July 1, 2026, the Watson School appointed three new leaders in academic programming and welcomed two new center directors.

Stronger health systems in Africa benefit global resilience against biological threats

This lecture will explore the difficulties and challenges Nelson Mandela faced in setting the norm for adherence to and compliance with internation...

This lecture will explore the difficulties and challenges Nelson Mandela faced in setting the norm for adherence to and compliance with internation...

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So far, approximately 2,000 frontline workers have been vaccinated against Ebola virus in a growing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, WHO told Healio.The vaccine, Ervebo (Merck), is li...

Wilmot James, an internationally recognized public health expert and former member of South Africa’s Parliament, is the new director of the Watson School’s Africa Initiative. James has ambitious plans...