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Researchers from the Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 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 ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and other institutions.

Researchers from the Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 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.