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A Hopkins affiliate completes a rapid antigen test
COVID-19 testing
Study: COVID-19 rapid tests highly accurate for children and adolescents
Published Jan 26, 2022
Like a previous study of adults, findings show rapid antigen test offers time and cost savings, easier distribution, and fewer testing disparities
Side-by-side portraits of Alexis Battle and Sarah Hörst
Faculty awards
Alexis Battle and Sarah Hörst receive President's Frontier Awards
Published Jan 26, 2022 Video
In a surprise move this year, the university recognizes two faculty members with the full award; each will receive $250,000 to support their groundbreaking research
Computerized image of a heart model
Biomedical engineering
New heart modeling method may help doctors pump the brakes on sudden cardiac death
Published Jan 25, 2022 Video
Digital, personalized replicas of patients' hearts can help health care providers to better predict who will need implanted defibrillators over time
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Health Policy Forum
CMS administrator discusses pandemic 'inflection point'
Published Jan 13, 2022 Video
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure spoke Friday as part of the university's Health Policy Forum series
Meg Chisolm
Faculty spotlight
A personal prescription for well-being
Published Jan 10, 2022
In her new book, From Survive to Thrive: Living Your Best Life with Mental Illness, psychiatrist Meg Chisolm describes pathways to a life of purpose and joy—and shares her own mental health journey
A pregnant woman and her partner
Health disparities
Race alone does not account for higher preeclampsia rates for Black women, study finds
Published Jan 7, 2022
U.S.-born Black women are at higher risk of preeclampsia than their foreign-born counterparts, suggesting biological, cultural, and social factors may contribute to the development of the blood pressure disorder
A physician holds a bag of donated COVID-19 convalescent plasma
Coronavirus
Early dose of convalescent plasma may help COVID-19 patients avoid hospitalization
Published Jan 5, 2022
Nationwide, multicenter clinical trial led by Johns Hopkins shows convalescent plasma works as an early treatment for COVID-19, reducing need for hospitalization by 50%
Tanjala Purnell, Casey Overby Taylor, and Roland Thorpe
Health equity
Bridging divides in AI, machine learning
Published Dec 21, 2021
A Johns Hopkins team will lead new effort bringing artificial intelligence, machine learning to health care in underrepresented communities
Composite image of three people
Three from Hopkins named to National Academy of Inventors
Published Dec 20, 2021
Cardiologist Ronald Berger, neurologist Ted Dawson, and biomedical engineer Jordan Green are among 164 selected to join the academy this year
A sensor attached to a patient's left arm
Wearable motion sensors help predict outcomes for patients with severe brain injury
Published Dec 17, 2021
These devices record motor signals found to be correlated with levels of patient consciousness and purposeful movement and can help doctors predict patient outcomes