NEWS BRIEFS

TWO SIDES OF THE AIDS COIN
In working on the international AIDS crisis, two alums––an administrator in DC and a health educator in Africa––learn the same lesson: money can impact health.

THE STRAIGHT STORY
Robert Davis is cutting through media hype to deliver accurate health news to the consumer.

DISEASE DETECTIVE
Dan Budnitz brings a prevention approach to drug injury.

INSTAMATIC INFORMATICS
Epidemiologist Barbara Massoudi discovers how the nascent discipline of informatics is bringing efficiency and speed to public health practice and research.

THE VETERAN EPIDEMIOLOGIST
Jodie L. Guest directs HIV research at the Atlanta VA, home to the second largest HIV- positive veterans population in the country.

THE HUMAN STRAIN
Mike Cannon is shedding light on a recently discovered strain of herpesvirus

EXPELLING THE FIERY SERPENT
In Ghana, Steve Becknell is working toward the day when every last case of guinea worm is gone.

CORPS CLASS
When Brenda Dane brought the class to the work place, the health of thousands of rural people in Louisiana improved.