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Do you have a child interested in public health? Perhaps he or she reads books such as Ebola:...

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For the first time in eons, The Today Show failed to interview the winners of...

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    • A River’s Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn
    • Planet Ocean
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    • Neema’s Reason To Smile
    • Zoo Scientists to the Rescue
    • Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
    • Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    • Ebola: Fears and Facts
    • Jingle the Brass
    • Nugget on the Flight Deck
    • Surviving Animal Attacks
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