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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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Kent State University's Lowry Hall is home to the College of Public Health.

Preparing for the next pandemic: What is ‘Disease X?’

John Engoglia, Reporter February 2, 2024

World leaders and health organizations have focused on “Disease X” as the next international pandemic, and it could reportedly be 20 times worse than COVID-19.   Kent State University experts,...

Tara Smith, professor of epidemiology at Kent State.

Kent State professor receives top research award, strain similar to COVID-19

Haley Kisling Reporter October 12, 2021

Professor Tara Smith of the College of Public Health was awarded the Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award for epidemiology studies. It’s the top research award at Kent State and is “for people...