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  • Global Research

  • Global research addresses international health issues, while helping protect the U.S. from emerging disease threats.

  • Malaria

  • Malaria is spread by mosquitoes and kills nearly one million people every year—mostly infants, children, and pregnant women.
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  • Food Allergy

  • Food allergy occurs in 5 percent of children 5 years of age or under, and in 4 percent of adults.

  • HIV/AIDS

  • Each year an average of 50,000 people in the U.S. become infected with HIV, and roughly 33 million people worldwide are living with HIV.
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Last Updated November 18, 2011

Last Reviewed April 01, 2011