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Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found a new way to address HIV and sexual risk taking among drug-using women involved in prostitution. The Jewelry Education for Women Empowering their Lives (JEWEL) program introduced 55 drug-using women to HIV risk prevention and the making, marketing and selling of beaded jewelry.

Zinc-deficient children living in communities where they do not receive adequate amounts of zinc from their diet should be given supplements, even if they are HIV-infected, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutions.

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health developed an environmentally friendly and potentially affordable way to fight schistosomiasis, a disease caused by parasitic worms in water.

Dr. Gregory Pappas talks about the earthquake in Pakistan.