<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Public Health News - Stories - 2006]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/</link><description><![CDATA[Stories - 2006]]></description><copyright><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins University. All rights reserved. 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, 410-955-6878]]></copyright><managingEditor><![CDATA[paffairs@jhsph.edu]]></managingEditor><webmaster><![CDATA[webadmin@jhsph.edu]]></webmaster><ttl>120</ttl><lastBuildDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:23:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SiteExecutive v2011</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Nicaragua Study Tour Jouranl]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/nicaragua/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[A team of thirteen MPH Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health students spent January 14 to 22 in Nicaragua as part of a public health service trip sponsored by the JB Grant International Health Society.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/nicaragua/index.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:28:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dioxin Poisoning]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2004/lawrence-dioxin-poisoning.html</link><description><![CDATA[Robert Lawrence, MD, associate dean and the Edyth Schoenrich Professor of Preventive Medicine at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, chaired an Institute of Medicine committee in 2003 to examine the impact of dioxins in the food supply.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2004/lawrence-dioxin-poisoning.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:27:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hyder To Receive International Road Safety Award]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/hyder-irteaward.html</link><description><![CDATA[Adnan A. Hyder, MD, MPH, PhD, an internationally-respected road traffic injury expert, will receive a 2006 Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) & Prince Michael International Road Safety award for his contributions towards global road safety.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/hyder-irteaward.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seniors Experience Long-term Benefits from Mental Exercise]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/rebok-mental-exercise.html</link><description><![CDATA[Older adults who received mental training showed long-lasting improvements in memory, reasoning and speed of processing five years after the intervention, according to the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly study.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/rebok-mental-exercise.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q&A: Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/gray-circumcision-q-and-a.html</link><description><![CDATA[Q&A: Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/gray-circumcision-q-and-a.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gender Equity and Child Well-Being Are Interrelated]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/unicef-2006.html</link><description><![CDATA[UNICEF’s 2007 State of the World’s Children Report focuses on the interrelated issues of gender equity for women and the well-being of their children.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/unicef-2006.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Explore New Approaches to Fight Malaria]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/voa-malaria.html</link><description><![CDATA[Scientists Explore New Approaches to Fight Malaria]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/voa-malaria.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Studies Show Adult Male Circumcision Reduces Acquisition of HIV]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/gray-circumcision.html</link><description><![CDATA[Studies Show Adult Male Circumcision Reduces Acquisition of HIV]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/gray-circumcision.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easing Legal Hurdles Could Aid Volunteer Health Personnel Responding to Emergencies]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/hodge-volunteers.html</link><description><![CDATA[Easing Legal Hurdles Could Aid Volunteer Health Personnel Responding to Emergencies]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/hodge-volunteers.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beliefs Impact Behavior]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/hbs-fishbein.html</link><description><![CDATA[The study of health behavior is really a way to determine how to design interventions that change or reinforce beliefs, explained Martin Fishbein, PhD, distinguished professor in Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/hbs-fishbein.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Center for a Livable 2006 Symposium]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/clf-symposium-2006.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/clf-symposium-2006.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nelson Elected Fellow of AAAS]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/nelson-aaas.html</link><description><![CDATA[Kenrad Nelson, MD, a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, has been elected a Fellow in the Section on Medical Sciences by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/nelson-aaas.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cummings Receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/cummings-casi.html</link><description><![CDATA[Derek Cummings, PhD, MHS, a visiting assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, has received a Career Award at the Scientific Interface (CASI) from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/cummings-casi.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commentary: Atoms for Peace]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/wagner-atoms-for-peace.html</link><description><![CDATA[Commentary: ATOMS FOR PEACE IN SOUTH KOREA]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/wagner-atoms-for-peace.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baker Awarded Inaugural SAVIR Champions Award]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/baker-saviraward.html</link><description><![CDATA[Susan P. Baker, MPH, professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, received the Champions Award from the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR).]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/baker-saviraward.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bahrami Receives Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/bahrami-drotman-apha.html</link><description><![CDATA[Bahrami Receives Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/bahrami-drotman-apha.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morrow Honored with APHA International Health Lifetime Achievement Award]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/morrow-apha.html</link><description><![CDATA[Richard Morrow, MD, a professor in the JHSPH's Department of International Health, received the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Health Section of the American Public Health Association.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/morrow-apha.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q & A: What Can We Do About Global Environmental Change?]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/parker-video.html</link><description><![CDATA[Q & A: What Can We Do About Global Environmental Change?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/parker-video.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genetic Susceptibility to Inflammation Increases Risk of Cardiovascular Disease]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/coresh-lymphotoxin.html</link><description><![CDATA[New research from the JHSPH and other institutions has shed light on the relationship between genetic susceptibility to inflammation in the blood and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in dialysis patients.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/coresh-lymphotoxin.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diabetes Not the Same for All Seniors]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/selvin-diabetes.html</link><description><![CDATA[Elderly persons who were diagnosed with diabetes during middle age (40-64 years) and those diagnosed later in life (over 65 years) comprise two distinct groups.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/selvin-diabetes.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting the flu]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2004/karron-flu.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2004/karron-flu.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:27:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kristen Cox Explains Ehrlich's Health Care Plan for Maryland]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/cox-ehrlich.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/cox-ehrlich.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Rates of Pertussis Found in States with Easy Immunization Exemptions]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/omer-immunizations.html</link><description><![CDATA[States that easily permit parents to opt out of vaccinating their children for nonmedical reasons are at increased risk of pertussis (whooping cough), according to a new study from researchers with the JHSPH, the University of Florida and the CDC.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/omer-immunizations.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three JHU Researchers Elected to Institute of Medicine]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/blumzeger-iom.html</link><description><![CDATA[Three Johns Hopkins University researchers have been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine. Robert Blum, MD, MPH, PhD, Scott Zeger, PhD, and Chi Van Dang, MD, PhD, are among 65 new members nationwide.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/blumzeger-iom.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gubernatorial Candidate, Martin O'Malley, Discusses Health Care Plan]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/omalley-talk.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/omalley-talk.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[HPV Vaccine Holds Promise for Preventing Cervical Cancer]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/shah-day.html</link><description><![CDATA[HPV Vaccine Holds Promise for Preventing Cervical Cancer]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/shah-day.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rx for Survival nominated for Emmy Award]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/rxfor-survival-emmy.html</link><description><![CDATA[Rx for Survival nominated for Emmy Award]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/rxfor-survival-emmy.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q & A: What Can We Do About Global Environmental Change?]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/parker-environmental-change.html</link><description><![CDATA[Q & A: What Can We Do About Global Environmental Change?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/parker-environmental-change.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q&A: Lynch Syndrome Prediction Model]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/chen-mmrpro.html</link><description><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins University researchers and colleagues today published an article in JAMA introducing a prediction tool, called MMRpro, which identifies families with genetic defects that cause an increased risk of colorectal cancer.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/chen-mmrpro.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Environmental Lead Levels Related to Increased Death]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/guallar-blood-lead-levels.html</link><description><![CDATA[Blood lead levels currently thought to be safe by the U.S. government, the World Health Organization and many other authorities are associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/guallar-blood-lead-levels.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Three Deans -- A Panel 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bloomberg School and PAHO collaborate on epidemiology program]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/paho-epi-program.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/paho-epi-program.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q&A: Sex and the Internet – How Safe are Teens?]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/borzekowski-teensinternet.html</link><description><![CDATA[The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children today released a study revealing important information about teens, sex and the Internet. University of New Hampshire researchers conducted the study. Dina Borzekowski comments.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/borzekowski-teensinternet.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biostatistics Professor Receives Noether Award]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/crainiceanu-noether.html</link><description><![CDATA[Ciprian Crainiceanu, PhD, assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics, received the 2006 American Statistical Association’s Noether Young Scholar Award.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/crainiceanu-noether.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haroutune Armenian Talks about Public Health in Wartime]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/armenian-ph-wartime.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/armenian-ph-wartime.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report on the prevalence of medication errors in the United States]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/wu-medication-errors.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report on the prevalence of medication errors in the United States. The report is the fifth of the IOM’s Quality Chasm Series examining the consequences of medical mistakes.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/wu-medication-errors.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Center for Refugee and Disaster Response Provides Assistance to Middle East Region]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/middle-east-conflict.html</link><description><![CDATA[Center for Refugee and Disaster Response Provides Assistance to Middle East Region]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/middle-east-conflict.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Second Annual Postdoctoral Fellow Research Poster Competition]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/postdoc-posters-06.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/postdoc-posters-06.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jon Samet Honored for Work on Surgeon General’s Report]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/samet-medallion.html</link><description><![CDATA[Samet Honored for Work on Surgeon General’s Report. Received Surgeon General's Medallion]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/samet-medallion.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q&A: The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/samet-surgeon-general.html</link><description><![CDATA[Q&A: The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke. 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Griffin, MD, PhD, the Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and Chair of the W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, has been elected president of the American Society for Microbiology.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/griffin-asm.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[HIV Control in India]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/ramadoss/ramadoss.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/ramadoss/ramadoss.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ramadoss interview]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/ramadoss.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/ramadoss.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biostatistics Student Receives Young Investigator 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capital—the trust, reciprocity and cooperation among members of a community who aim to achieve common goals—may help explain differences in teen pregnancy rates between states.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/holtgrave-social-capital.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Students Receive Fulbright Awards]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/fulbright-06.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/fulbright-06.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Duncan 1916-2006]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/duncan.html</link><description><![CDATA[David Duncan 1916-2006]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/duncan.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conference Highlights Drug Treatment Successes]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/drug-treatment.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/drug-treatment.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Center for a Livable Future Names Predoctoral Fellows for 2006-2007]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/clf-fellows-2006.html</link><description><![CDATA[Center for a Livable Future Names Predoctoral Fellows for 2006-2007]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/clf-fellows-2006.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[HPV Vaccine Holds Promise for Preventing Cervical Cancer]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/shah-hpv.html</link><description><![CDATA[HPV Vaccine Holds Promise for Preventing 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Set? Good. 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few Child Safety Seat Models Available for Obese Young Children]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/gielen-obese-carseats.html</link><description><![CDATA[Few Child Safety Seat Models Available for Obese Young Children]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/gielen-obese-carseats.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Highlights from the Malaria Research Conference]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/malaria-conference/hightlights.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/stories/2006/malaria-conference/hightlights.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2006 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Third International Malaria Research 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