{"id":51844,"date":"2015-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/02\/17\/speaker-explores-war-on-infectious-diseases\/"},"modified":"2015-02-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T06:00:00","slug":"speaker-explores-war-on-infectious-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/02\/17\/speaker-explores-war-on-infectious-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker explores war on infectious diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"150\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Mir0217.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em;line-height:150%\">Jon Mirsalis, 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