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Community

East Baltimore Historical Library opens its doors

Published Dec 2, 2021

The space, developed with support from Johns Hopkins and located in three row homes attached to Henderson-Hopkins School, aims to preserve and celebrate the history of East Baltimore

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Q+A

What we know about the omicron variant

Published Nov 30, 2021

With a worrisome number of mutations and a spike of cases in southern Africa, omicron is the latest COVID-19 variant of concern

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Health disparities

COVID-19 transmission high in Latino households of Baltimore, study finds

Published Nov 29, 2021

The average time for the virus to spread in these households is fewer than two days, the study also found

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Health+policy

The public health case for abortion rights

Published Nov 30, 2021

Joanne Rosen from the Johns Hopkins Center for Law and the Public's Health discusses Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which heads to the Supreme Court Dec. 1

Q+A

'Debt roulette' is an important political bargaining chip, finance expert says

Published Nov 24, 2021

As the Dec. 3 deadline to raise the debt ceiling approaches, Kathleen Day discusses the history of the debt limit and why it remains a critical economic and political tool

Public health

Young people, long COVID

Published Nov 30, 2021

As many as 1 in 10 young people struggle for months after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Environmental health

EPA grants $1.9M to JHU researchers to study biosolids from sewage

Published Nov 29, 2021

Study will examine the occurrence and uptake of contaminants found in waste as well as health risks

Johns Hopkins seeks input on ambitious new sustainability plan

Nov 22, 2021

eSchool+ Initiative tracker finds widespread discrepancies in school COVID-19 policies

Nov 22, 2021

JHU outlines vision and proposes goals for a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive institution

Nov 18, 2021

NASA launches DART spacecraft on asteroid collision course

Nov 24, 2021

Johns Hopkins University named a top employer for veterans by 'Forbes'

Nov 11, 2021

FALL 2021

New issue of Johns Hopkins Magazine

Hope for Alzheimer’s as researchers race to bring a promising drug to market, mapping the origins of the universe with the James Webb Space Telescope, a survival guide for zombies (and werewolves, and mummies, and ghosts), and much much more—the fall edition of Johns Hopkins Magazine has something for everyone.