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Digital illustration of a coronavirus molecule
Biochemistry
Platform screens potential coronavirus treatments
Published Dec 14, 2021
The new high-throughput platform screens for compounds that target a protein fold in viruses that is essential to their life cycle; tool could be used to identify and develop treatments
A sifaka lemur inside of a cage
Evolution
Lemurs in captivity
Published Winter 2021
PhD candidate Stephanie Canington studies how the care of captive primates has progressed over time / Johns Hopkins Magazine
a thermometer runs up the side of a city building
Environmental health
Urban hot zones
Published Winter 2021
A grant from the Johns Hopkins Alliance For a Healthier World supports work to identify dangerous hot zones across Baltimore's urban neighborhoods / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Radiologists examine an x-ray
Health care costs
Hospital prices for radiology services 2 to 6 times higher than Medicare rates, study shows
Published Dec 13, 2021
Study compares radiology prices set by hospitals to prices set by Medicare and finds a substantial discrepancy between what patients pay
Health care workers in personal protective equipment assist a patient
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
Masked school kids work at their desks
Data tracking
Tracker finds widespread discrepancies in school COVID-19 policies
Published Nov 22, 2021
Variation occurs not only between states but also within states as individual districts adopt policies at odds with state guidelines
Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)
Genetics
Uncovering the secrets of a model plant genome
Published Nov 15, 2021
Results have implications for understanding human genes, says Michael Schatz, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Biology
Senior couple on a day hike in forest
Artificial intelligence
$20M grant will help develop technologies for healthy aging
Published Nov 15, 2021
Multicenter collaboration will focus on the use of artificial intelligence to improve long-term health, independence for older people
Audiologist inserting hearing aid on a senior woman's ear, close-up.
Q+A
Hearing aid coverage could be 'transformational'
Published Nov 15, 2021
Expanding Medicare coverage to pay for hearing aids would improve the quality of life for millions of older Americans, says Nicholas Reed of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health
Students with protective masks sitting in school desks in their classroom.
Johns Hopkins Children's Center to study COVID-19 safety in schools
Published Nov 11, 2021
Experts to research families' perceptions of public health recommendations regarding COVID-19