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Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship (web article) 10/20/04 Guidebook Helps Adults Identify and Cope with Teen Stress 10/18/04 Diane Griffin Named to Institute of Medicine (web article) 10/15/04 Vaccine Shortage Complicates Flu Season 10/14/04 CCP Contributes Expertise to New Public Health Projects 10/13/04 Saving Lives Millions at a Time Receives Numerous Awards (web article) 10/12/04 J.B. Grant Society Hosts Panel on Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (web article) 10/12/04 Chipping Away at Malaria (web article) 10/06/04 Burney Lecturer: U.S. Citizens Unaware of Water Resources' Limits (web article) 10/01/04 Nutrition Expert Discusses New Dietary Guidelines (web article) 09/30/04 Jonathan Weiner Appointed to Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (web article) 09/29/04 Injuries are the Fourth Leading Cause of Death in the Philippines 09/27/04 "HIV Positive Voices" Wins Best Documentary at New York AIDS Film Festival 09/23/04 Gun Policy Center Recommends Alternatives to Expired Weapons Ban (web article) 09/20/04 Pharmacist Shares His Perspective on Malaria in Zimbabwe (web article) 09/20/04 Matthew L. Tayback, 1919-2004 (web article) 09/16/04 U.S. Child Health Worse Than Other Industrialized Countries 09/14/04 School Hosts Health Care Debate (web article) 09/13/04 Initiating HAART Sooner Optimizes Results (web article) 09/08/04 High Blood Pressure Can Be Controlled, If We Wish to Control It (web article) 09/08/04 Leaders Address “Culture Of Detachment” in U.S. Schools 09/01/04 Access to Health Care: The Presidential Positions 08/30/04 Three Bloomberg School of Public Health Students Receive Fulbright Awards (web article) 08/27/04 CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service: The Real Medical Investigators (web article) 08/26/04 Two Prestigious Foundations Appoint Dean Sommer to Board of Directors (web article) 08/26/04 Student Named President-Elect of Public Health Student Caucus (web article) 08/19/04 Improved Nutrition Could Reduce Malaria Burden Worldwide 08/18/04 Anti-Bacterial Additive Found in Maryland Streams 08/11/04 Scientists Identify Compounds That Mimic Calorie Restriction 08/11/04 Parliamentarians Convene for Health Leadership Seminar (special report) 08/05/04 Dr. Rita Colwell Among Inductees to National Women’s Hall of Fame (web article) 08/05/04 Diversity Student Internship Program Provides Public Health Insight (web article) 08/03/04 Gun Laws Requiring Safe Storage Prevent Some Youth Suicides 08/03/04 The Hard Facts about Fighting Ebola (web article) 07/30/04 Medicare Changes View on Obesity (web article) 07/28/04 New Mobile Safety Center Hits the Streets 07/26/04 School Researchers File Friends-of-the-Court Brief in Landmark Tobacco Case 07/21/04 Lower Drug Prices Could Eliminate Coverage Gap in Medicare Prescription Drug Plan 07/20/04 Study Reveals High Burden of Peripheral Arterial Disease (web article) 07/20/04 Young Children Capable of Reporting on Their Own Health 07/16/04 Gates Leadership Seminar Energizes Participants (special report) 07/14/04 Maryland Honors MPH Graduate for Creating PHASE Program (web article) 07/13/04 Medical Database Agreement to Enhance ACG Risk Adjustment System 07/06/04 Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Announces Fellowship Grants 06/29/04 Scientific Secrets of Getting Pregnant (web article) 06/28/04 School of Public Health Tests New Anthrax Vaccine 06/24/04 Researcher Dispels Myth of Dioxins and Plastic Water Bottles (web article) 06/24/04 Malaria Researcher Receives Global Infectious Disease Award (web article) 06/23/04 Long History of Missed Opportunities Plague Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit 06/22/04 Mental Health Faculty Member Receives NARSAD Grant 06/18/04 Ugandans Highly Knowledgeable about HIV Vaccine and Willing to Participate in Future Trials 6/18/04 Cicadas Help in Study of Lou Gehrig's Disease (web article) 6/17/04 Improved Nutrition Could Prevent More Than Half of the World’s Child Deaths Annually 6/16/04 Fetal Development Expert Lectured at School (web article) 06/15/04 Griffin Named to American Academy of Microbiology (web article) 06/15/04 Secondhand Smoke Found in 94 Percent of Public Places in Latin America 06/15/04 CCP Wins Regional Emmy Award for HIV/AIDS Documentary 06/14/04 Report Highlights Importance of Chesapeake Bay Health to Human Health 06/14/04 Conference Examines Cost-Effective Medicaid (web article) 06/10/04 Lead and Cadmium Levels Not as Safe as Previously Thought 06/09/04 Alzheimer’s Disease—When Will We Conquer It? (web article) 06/09/04 World Conference on Injury Prevention Report Authored by School Faculty (web article) 06/07/04 Environmental Health Sciences Researchers Receive Aerosol Paper Award (web article) 06/02/04 2004 Faculty Innovation Fund Winners Announced (web article) 06/02/04 Male Involvement in Contraception Education Can Decrease Repeat Abortions (web article) 05/27/04 Researchers Identify New Target Of Protein Involved In Cancerous Cell Growth 05/26/04 New Educational Website Highlights Connections Between Human Health, Climate and Ecosystem Change 05/20/04 Zinc Therapy Accelerates Recovery from Pneumonia 05/20/04 Major General Lester Martinez-Lopez Receives Woodrow Wilson Award (web article) 05/19/04 Honors and Awards Ceremony (web article) 05/17/04 Mectizan Studies Presented at Symposium (web article) 05/14/04 How Can We Beat Those Food Cravings? (web article) 05/13/04 Multi-Million Dollar Gifts to Aid Scholars and Mother and Infant Mortality Prevention 05/10/04 Studies Show Success of Mectizan Partnerships 05/10/04 School Participates in Bike to Work Day (web article) 05/07/04 Resource Fair Offers Health Information For East Baltimore 05/04/04 Americans Spend More On Health Care But Are Not Healthier 05/04/04 School Of Public Health Awarded $2.9 Million For Computer Modeling Of Epidemics 05/03/04 School Researchers Work to Improve West Nile Virus Surveillance (web article) 05/03/04 Early Spanking a Risk Factor for Behavior Problems Among White Children, Not African-Americans or Hispanics 04/29/04 Award Recognizes Samet’s Dedication to Further Lung Disease Research (web article) 04/29/04 Barbara Starfield Given 2004 Baxter International Foundation Prize (web article) 04/28/04 Pesticide Exposure May Lead to Poor Semen Quality (web article) 04/27/04 Speakers Help School Rededicate New Space and Persevere in Mission (web article) 04/27/04 HIV Infection Progresses To AIDS Quicker In Developing Countries 04/26/04 Robert Blum Installed As Inaugural Gates Professor (web article) 04/26/04 Nation’s Largest AIDS Study Marks 20th Anniversary 04/20/04 Two from Johns Hopkins Elected to National Academy of Sciences 04/19/04 School of Public Health Celebrates Building Completion, Rededicates Mission 04/16/04 Maryland's Uninsured Are Focus of 2004 Colman Lecture (web article) 04/15/04 School Researcher Participated in United Nations Road Traffic Safety Roundtable (web article) 04/15/04 Eating for the Future: Can Public Health Rise to the Challenge? (web article) 04/14/04 "Dirty Bomb" Preparedness Discussed at Conference (web article) 04/13/04 School of Public Health Helps Teens Produce Anti-Smoking Messages (web article) 04/12/04 School Of Public Health Awarded $3.9 Million to Assess Afghan Health System 04/09/04 Drug Policies and the Global HIV Epidemic (web article) 04/07/04 Obesity Epidemic Concerns Addressed at Symposium 04/06/04 Conference Examines Radiation Terror Preparedness 04/06/04 Center For Public Health and Human Rights Established 04/06/04 Vietnamese Physicians Visit School to Study Health Care Delivery to Disadvantaged (web article) 04/05/04 Hepatitis B Mutations Predict Liver Cancer 03/31/04 Road Safety Focus of World Health Day 2004 03/31/04 Genetic Engineering Offers New Way to Combat Insect Pests (web article) 03/30/04 Traumatic Brain Injuries Are An Overlooked Public Health Issue (web article) 03/26/04 Malaria Conference's Second Day Focuses on the Big Picture (web article) 03/25/04 Malaria Research Institute Holds Second International Conference (web article) 03/25/04 New Fitness Center Opened at School of Public Health (web article) 03/23/04Ecologist Urges Sharing Land with Other Species to Foster Biodiversity (web article) 03/22/04 Coffee House Opened at School of Public Health (web article) 03/18/04 Primate Viruses Transmitted to People Through Bushmeat 03/18/04 International Health Professor Receives HEED Grant for Study in Chad 03/12/04 William Eaton to Lead Department of Mental Health 03/08/04 School of Public Health Takes Behavior and Health Challenge (web article) 03/05/04 “Docs, Cops and Shops” Campaign to Curb Drinking and Driving 03/02/04 Due To Indoor Sources, Cancer Health Risk Significantly Underestimated by EPA’s Ambient Model Estimates 03/01/04 School of Public Health Renews Agreement with Spanish Health Ministry (web article) 03/01/04 Patients Should Be Informed About Different Dialysis Treatments 02/25/04 New Tool Measures Children’s Own Health Perceptions 02/24/04 Ethical Review of Research in Developing Countries Needed 02/23/04 Study To Detect Extent Of Eye Disease In Baltimore Children 02/19/04 Celiac Disease is a Risk Factor for Schizophrenia 02/12/04 Dr. Rita Colwell, National Science Foundation Director, to Join School of Public Health 02/11/04 Duff Gillespie Joins Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health 02/04/04 Study Questions Premise of Impending U.S. Physician Shortage 01/28/04 Ignoring Deadly Viruses (Wall Street Journal op-ed) 01/27/04 High Cholesterol Predicts Lower Mortality in Dialysis Patients But Is Not Protective 01/21/04 Thailand Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Epidemics Spread in Waves Emanating from Bangkok 01/19/04 Vitamin Supplement Use May Reduce Effects of Alzheimer’s Disease 01/09/04 Public Health Association Calls for Moratorium on Factory Farms; Cites Health Issues, Pollution 01/09/04 Inadequate Water and Sanitation Adversely Effects Child Growth 01/07/04 Lack of Global Public Policies and Resource Investments for Childhood Injury Prevention 01/06/04 Potential Impact of Global Climate Change (web article) Public Affairs Media Contact for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Tim Parsons @ 410.955.6878 or paffairs@jhsph.edu.
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