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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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