Category: Health Newsfeed
March 21, 2016 – Subbing Mosquitoes
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Anchor lead: Can releasing modified mosquitoes stem the Zika tide? Elizabeth Tracey reports Genetically modified mosquitoes are being used in many areas of the world to combat mosquito-borne illness, and are now being released in the hopes of stemming the …
March 18, 2016 – STD Quiz
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Anchor lead: Can a very simple quiz assess sexually transmitted infection risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sexually transmitted infections are rampant, and new organisms capable of causing them are being identified by federal agencies. Charlotte Gaydos, a sexually transmitted diseases expert …
March 17, 2016 – Moonshot
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Anchor lead: What’s the benefit of a federal government moonshot at cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports What’s the practical implication of President Obama’s announced ‘moonshot’ at cancer? William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, responds. Nelson: What …
March 16, 2016 – SSRI and HIV
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Johns Hopkins and two other institutions has pointed the way toward greater understanding of how Zika virus infection may be related to microcephaly in babies. Guo-li Ming, a professor of neurology, neuroscience, psychiatry and behavioral science at Johns Hopkins, describes …
March 15, 2015 – Infection Timing
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Anchor lead: At what point during pregnancy is Zika virus infection most troublesome? Elizabeth Tracey reports A model of neuron development created by researchers at Johns Hopkins and two other institutions has pointed the way toward greater understanding of how …
March 14, 2016 – Zika Link
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Anchor lead: There’s now evidence of how the Zika virus may produce microcephaly, Elizabeth Tracey reports Using human stem cells that have been teased into becoming early brain cells, researchers at Johns Hopkins and two other institutions have found a …