Fall 2003 | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine

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Mann's Hope

Sylvia Eggleston Wehr

2 minute read

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Weapons of Mass Disruption

Sara Engram

2 minute read

Adnan Hyder stands on a bridge with a highway behind him

Traffic's Deadly Toll in the Developing World

Brian W. Simpson

2 minute read

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A High-Tech Approach to an Age-Old Disease

Sally McGrane

2 minute read

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Prudent Steps for Avoiding Dioxin Exposure

Kathleen Nelson

1 minute read

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Students Learn Interactively—From Anchorage to Istanbul

Kathleen Nelson

2 minute read

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This Is Only an Exercise…

Kristi Birch

2 minute read

An Afghan woman in a headscarf huddles with her two grandchildren on the floor

Postwar Health in Iraq and Afghanistan

Greg Rienzi

3 minute read

An African woman in a produce market carries her baby in a wrap on her back

$40 Million Boost for Reproductive Health and Leadership Building

Greg Rienzi

2 minute read

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School Announces New Department to Study Behavior and Health

Brian W. Simpson

2 minute read

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“Meeting on The Same Errand”—Origins of Mental Hygiene

A former mental patient. A renowned psychiatrist. A common dream.

7 minute read

Peter Beilenson with Baltimore's Inner Harbor behind him

Think Big, Move Fast

Dale Keiger

As Baltimore’s long-tenured health commissioner, Peter Beilenson daily confronts some of the nation’s most entrenched big-city health problems. He does it with political savvy, a flair for statistics, and one foot on the accelerator.

10 minute read

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Anatomy of an Epidemic

Jim Duffy

Emerging from a remote corner of China, SARS wreaked havoc in 28 countries—killing hundreds, infecting thousands, quarantining millions, and costing billions. What does SARS mean for the future of public health?

12 minute read

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Generation Next

Michael Purdy

7 minute read

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Dispatches - Fall 2003

Mike Field

10 minute read

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Reflections on SARS

Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS ’73

3 minute read