Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine
The MAGAZINE of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Spring 2010 | www.jhsph.edu
Native Vision
The Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health celebrates 30 years of promoting the heath of Native Americans.
Science Diplomacy
Nobel laureate Peter Agre has visited Burma, Cuba and North Korea in the name of scientific exchange, improved lives, and a new brand of diplomacy.
Injury: Research to Policy
Researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy are bridging the gap between research and policy, connecting policymakers with injury evidence.
Sex-Specific Vaccines?
At long last, scientists begin to consider the differences in female and male responses to vaccines. Researchers Sabra Klein and Andrew Pekosz give this neglected variable its due.
A Scary Strain of TB
Researchers have documented a case of TB that is not only resistant to an antibiotic used to treat it, but actually thrives on it.
Tracking West Nile Virus
West Nile virus has met the mosquito—and found in the arthropod a vector that outpaces the bird by leaps and bounds.
The Short Course of Prevention
Dean Emeritus Alfred Sommer riffs on medicine, health care, insurance, genetic research and the media—and waxes on why we’re getting what we deserve.
Farewell to Heroes
In February, the School bade farewell to two legends: Department of International Health founder Carl Taylor and water resources expert M. Gordon “Reds” Wolman.
The Magic Number
A Bloomberg School-led consortium has developed a computer-modeling tool cited by the Gates Foundation in its pledge of $10 billion toward vaccines.
Networking Against Malaria
The Center for Communication Programs launches a new anti-malaria program that intends to slash the mortality rate with long-lasting insecticidal bed nets.
PATH-Breaking Malaria Research
Research into a transmission-blocking vaccine, helped by the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative.
News to Live By
More psychotropic medications; divorce and health problems; and a better predictor of diabetes.
inSights with Dr. Fairweather
Immunologist DeLisa Fairweather explains why these diseases target certain people and how you can reduce your risk.
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