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Routine Vaccination Solutions for Nigeria Will Save Lives and Money

Tom Murphy | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Dr Orin Levine, Pneumonia, Diarrhea, International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins, Vaccination, Ivac, Nigeria, Orin Levine, Routine Vaccines, Gavi, Vaccines, Vaccines Africa, Vaccines Nigeria, Impact News
Tom Murphy

Nigeria is home to one out of every eight child deaths worldwide, and the Decade of Vaccines Economics projects 90 percent vaccine coverage can save 600,000 lives and $17 billion in Nigeria over the next 10 years.

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HIV Rates For U.S. Black Women Now Rival Rates In Africa: Report

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Black Women, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Video, Cdc, Hiv, Global Motherhood, HIV/AIDS Africa, Slidepollajax, Johns Hopkins, Black Voices News

As the health community geared up to recognize National Women and Girls HIV Awareness Day today, startling new research revealed that the disease is f...

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Day Five: Super Bowl XLVI Guilt-Free Cauliflower Breadsticks and Pizza

Suzanne O'Malley | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Pirate Booty, Popcorn, Carbohydrates, Potato Chips, Super Bowl, Kick-Off Time, Yale Heart Study, Indole-3-Carbino, Giants, Patriots, Immune System, Sulforaphanel, Cauliflower, Johns Hopkins, Homocysteine, Folate, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, Healthy Living News
Suzanne O'Malley

I hate to spoil the naughtiness of faux bread heaven for you, but cauliflower is low in fat and carbs, high in fiber and vitamin C.

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At the UN: Co-hosting Conference on World Peace, Health and Culture

Jim Luce | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Raising Global Citizens, Orphans International Worldwide, World Peace, Minzu University, Beijing, United Nations, N.Y.U. School of Medicine, Thailand, China, International Committee Against Mental Illness, Oiww, Dr. Robert Cancro, Wang Yanfeng, Dr. Noel Brown, Peace, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Wang Linxu, Friends of the United Nations, International Development, UCT International Culture Development, Public Health, The Arts, Chinese Medical Development Foundation, Li Baodong, China Health and Medical Development Foundation, Philanthropy, Health, Chinese Ambassador, U.N. Charter, New York City, Yiling Li, Li Guodong, Culture, Johns Hopkins, Culture Conference, Icami, Impact News
Jim Luce

Recently I agreed to co-host the World Peace, Health and Culture Conference at the United Nations on behalf of Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW),...

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Access to the Power of Vaccines

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Mhealth, Center for Strategic and International Studies, International Vaccine Access Center, GAVI Alliance, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, World Health Organization, Vaccines, Johns Hopkins, Public Health, Decade of Vaccines, Bill Gates, Global Health, Pneumococcal, Impact News
Dr. Orin Levine

Several major announcements have been made in recent weeks about the expansion of vaccine access to the world's poor.

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Latinos, Numbers and the Real World

Max Benavidez | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Latinos, Johns Hopkins, Max Benavidez, Rith Bader Ginsburg, Well-Being, The DREAM Act, Los Angeles, The Great Recession, East Los Angeles, Magnolia Place Community Initiative, Pan American Bank, Pew Hispanic Center, Latino Voices News
Max Benavidez

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in a Brookings Institution article that the United Nations had estimated that white Americans, if ranked as a separate nation, would lead the world in well-being, a measure that combines life expectancy, educational achievement, and income.... Hispanic Americans would rank thirty-second.

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The Best Hospital In The U.S. Is...

Posted 09.18.2011

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The title of "Best Hospital" in the United States goes to ... The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Again. The Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins earned the t...

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School's Out For Summer, But How To Avoid The Downward Learning Slide?

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Summer Reading, Baltimore, Math, Low-Income, Summer, Oakland, Johns Hopkins, Learning, Michael Phelps, Education News

According to a 2007 study by the National Summer Learning Association at Johns Hopkins University, "all young people experience learning losses when t...

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A Nation of Caylee Anthonys

Pat LaMarche | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Harvard, Child Neglect, Mit, Child Abuse, Universal Health Care, Caylee Anthony, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Johns Hopkins, Affordable Housing, Impact News
Pat LaMarche

Imagine if for every hour someone spoke on air about Caylee, one minute had been devoted to the rest of the kids who will die senselessly because of inadequate funding for healthcare, housing and human resources.

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Why Orgasm, Vodka, Marijuana Feel So Good

npr.org | By David J. Linden | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Dopamine, Drug Addiction, Neuroscience, Sex Addiction, David Linden, Alcohol Addiction, The Compass of Pleasure, Pleasure, Johns Hopkins, Books News

What does it really mean for the brain to experience pleasure? That's the question neuroscientist David Linden asks in his new book "The Compass of Pl...

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Follow the Leader

Sally Thorner | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Nigeria, Leadership, Baltimore, Dr. Ben Carson, Johns Hopkins, College, Harvard, Ivy League, Gifted Hands, Leda, Education, Stanford, Education News
Sally Thorner

Every year, LEDA plucks approximately 60 high school juniors from low income communities across the country and guides them towards a future as successful leaders.

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Wounded Hopkins Doctor Released From Hospital

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Johns Hopkins Hospital, David Cohen, Johns Hopkins Shooting, Johns Hopkins, The South, Paul Warren Purdus, College News

BALTIMORE — A Johns Hopkins Hospital doctor who was shot by a patient's son has been released from the hospital. Hospital spokeswoman Stephanie...

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Meatless Monday: So Why Monday?

Chris Elam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Elam

Funny how when you say Monday, what comes to mind for many people is music. There's those fine ladies with the big earrings, and the post-Joy boys, an...

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Tomorrow's Vaccine Policy Leaders

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Vaccine, Johns Hopkins, Orin Levine, Public Health, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

Want a sneak peak at the future of global health? One way is to find out what's on the minds of the next generation of policy leaders and influencers.

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Johns Hopkins Business School 'Seeks To Reinvent The MBA'

BusinessWeek | Posted 05.25.2011

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For years, Johns Hopkins' business offerings--mostly part-time degree and certificate programs--lingered in the shadow of the university's internation...

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Simon Bolivar & Arsenic: Poison Killed Latin American Liberator, Says Dr. Paul Auwaerter

AP | ALEX DOMINGUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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BALTIMORE — Arsenic helped kill Simon Bolivar, according to a Johns Hopkins doctor who is questioning the tuberculosis diagnosis given as the cause ...

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Animals, Medical Testing and Compassion

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Pcrm, Animal Testing, Vegan, Medical School, Cancer, Marilu Henner, Johns Hopkins, Health, Animals, Healthy Living News
Lee Schneider

Is there any circumstance when animal experimentation or the use of animals in medical education would be warranted? "No." That brief, to the point,...

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APRIL FOOLS, College Style: The Good, The Bad And The OUTRAGEOUS (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Lindsay Dittman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miscellany News, April Fools, Nyu, West Virginia University, Good April Fools Day Pranks, The Student Life, Vassar College, John Hopkins, Drew University, April Fools Day Pranks, The Gateway, Johns Hopkins, April Fools College, The Ghettoway, April Fools Jokes, Washington Square News, University of Nebraska-Omaha, April Fools Pranks College, Brown University, April Fools Day Jokes, Best April Fools Jokes College, Brown Daily Herald, Funny April Fools Pranks, Washington University, The Acorn, Slidepollajax, The Aquinas, University of Scranton, The Daily Athenaeum, College News

Colleges are bastions for practical jokers -- students and administrators alike -- and April 1 is the day for them to strut their stuff. Many college ...

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The Most EXPENSIVE Colleges And Universities (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Lindsay Dittman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Most Expensive Schools, Harvey Mudd College, Connecticut College, Nyu, George Washington University, Skidmore College, Vassar College, Bates College, Most Expensive Colleges, College Tuition, 000 College, Johns Hopkins, College Admissions, Most Expensive Universities, Georgetown, More Than $50, Most Expensive Schools in America, Expensive Colleges, Slidepollajax, Sarah Lawrence, New York University, Highest College Tuitions, College News

For a year at one of America's most expensive colleges, you could buy a luxury car. For four years, a house. Granted, each campus on Campusgrotto.com'...

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Bill Gates Can't Do it Alone

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hib, Unicef, Millennium Development Goals, Johns Hopkins, Jessica Shearer, Donors, Who, Bill Gates, GAVI Alliance, Pneumococcal, Vaccines, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

The ability to provide predictable financing to procure new, life-saving vaccines is the one unique donor role in the complex vaccine process.

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The Most GRUELING Colleges (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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What makes a college particularly difficult? Myriad required courses? Impossibly high standards? Necessary IV of caffeine? Decide for yourself -- and ...

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Goldman-Sachs, Animal Welfare and the Broken Compass

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pain, Animal Cruelty, Goldman Sachs, Running, Julie Freischlag, Johns Hopkins, Medicine, Vibram-Shoes, Animals, Healthy Living News
Lee Schneider

Lots of potential investors want to steer clear of Goldman-Sachs. That's what I mean by a guidance system. There's a moral compass, and it always points north

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Help Send 120,000 Solar Lights to Health Teams in Haiti

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: How to Help Haiti, Haiti Emergency, BoGo Lights, Midwife, Women?S Health, SunNight Solar, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haitian Ministry of Health, Help Haiti Earthquake, Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton, Haiti Earthquake, Donate to Haiti Earthquake, Infant Mortality, Partners in Heath, Haiti Donations, Solar Light, Light Haiti, Help Haiti, Midwives, Buy One Give One, Haiti Relief, Support Haiti, Solar Powered, Accompagnateur, Haiti, Haiti Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief, Paul Farmer, Johns Hopkins, Disaster in Haiti, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Community Health, Healthcare, Jhpiego, Impact News
Anne Dilenschneider

Two of the most highly regarded health care nonprofits in Haiti are making an urgent plea for 120,000 lights to assist them in giving medical attention to those dispersed in the rural areas.

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Recognizing the Good Guy Leaders

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Cherian, World Health Organization, Johns Hopkins, Pace, Who, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Pneumococcal Disease, Global Health, Orin Levine, Vaccines, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

All too often it seems like the good guys get left behind, while the not-so-good guys get the recognition. So I'm pleased to say that today there's r...

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Bupe: Drug Researcher Carrie John Dies Of Apparent Overdose, Boyfriend Faces Drug Charges

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philippines, Clinton B. McCracken, Buprenonorphine Overdose, Clint McCracken, Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Marijuana, Heroin, Canada, Buprenorphine, Carrie E. Johns, Heroin Substitute, Johns Hopkins, University of Medicine School of Medicine, Bupe Overdose, Drug Charges, Baltimore, Bupe, Neuroscientist, Home News

BALTIMORE — A neuroscientist who studied the effects of drugs on the brain is dead of an apparent overdose and her live-in boyfriend, who did si...

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