The Communications Department of the Tropical Institute is the point of contact for media representatives on topics relating to the Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine. In this section you will find our current press and news releases as well as media reports.
The Tropical Institute issues press releases on new and ongoing projects and studies, among other things. Here you will find an overview of our press releases. >>
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Media reports
Numerous media outlets have reported on the work and experts of the Tropical Institute, in particular on the corona pandemic. In the media section you will find an overview of some of the media reports. >>
Together with UNITE4TB, the largest collaboration between academic partners and pharmaceutical companies for the development of tuberculosis drugs, the Munich Tropical Institute announces the start of clinical trials under the sponsorship of the LMU Klinikum. >>
Three years of the coronavirus pandemic at LMU Munich Hospital
27.01.2023
The first COVID-19 case in Germany was made public on January 27, 2020. Dr. Camilla Rothe, Deputy Director of the Tropical Institute, examined the first infected person at the time. At the end of February 2020, the LMU Hospital admitted its first COVID-19 patient as an inpatient. Since then, over 6,000 COVID-19 patients have been treated there. >>
The Tropical Institute at LMU Klinikum München, together with the German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health (DTG), mourns the loss of Professor Thomas Löscher, who…
The ORCHESTRA Project, Connecting European Cohorts to Increase Common and Effective Response to Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic, has come to an end. This European research initiative, coordinated by the…
Am Samstag, 14. September 2024, präsentiert sich die LMU Medizin von 10 bis 16 Uhr beim Tag der Offenen Tür am Campus Großhadern mit einem vielfältigen Programm für die gesamte Familie: mit Vorträgen, Führungen, Infoständen und Mitmach-Aktionen. Dazu gibt es ein buntes und spannendes Rahmenprogramm mit Aktivitäten für Kinder, Foodtrucks und Musik.
