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August 4, 2014 – HIV Return
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Anchor lead: Can HIV really be eliminated after someone is infected? Elizabeth Tracey reports HIV infection returned recently in an infant thought to be cured of the virus. Joseph Cofrancesco, Jr, an HIV expert at Johns Hopkins, describes the situation. …
August 1, 2014 – : Kidney Nodules
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Anchor lead: if you’ve been told you have a lesion in your kidney, what should you do? Elizabeth Tracey reports Incidentaloma is medical slang for masses, lesions or areas of concern found when someone undergoes CT scanning for another reason, …
July 31, 2014 – : Managing Chronic Disease
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Anchor lead: Nurses can manage chronic disease effectively, reducing costs and facilitating care for patients, Elizabeth Tracey reports Nurse-led interventions to help people manage their high blood pressure or diabetes are not only effective, a recent study in Annals of …
July 30, 2014 – : Bioterrorism Potential
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Anchor lead: Does poor custodianship of human pathogens increase the likelihood they’ll be used as bioterrorism instruments? Elizabeth Tracey reports One widespread fear in the wake of the discovery of unknown smallpox stores in a federal laboratory is the idea …
July 29, 2014 – Why Store?
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Anchor lead: Why do we keep dangerous human pathogens in storage? Elizabeth Tracey reports The recent unearthing of smallpox samples in a federal laboratory calls into question not just laboratory safety practices but why such virulent human pathogens are kept …
July 28, 2014 – Laboratory Safety
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Anchor lead: How worried should we be about smallpox vials found in a government laboratory? Elizabeth Tracey reports Six vials of unacknowledged stored smallpox virus were found recently in an FDA lab on the campus of the National Institutes of …