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People congratulating Holland on Zoom screen

Andrew Holland receives President's Frontier Award

Published Feb 15, 2021

The $250,000 Johns Hopkins award recognizes scholars who are on the cusp of becoming leaders in their fields

Field hospital at the Baltimore Convention Center

COVID-19 antibody therapy available at Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital

Published Feb 8, 2021

The therapies help prevent patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms from developing more serious illness

Genetics

CRISPR-Cas9 'scissor' tool may be a genetic 'dimmer switch' as well

Published Jan 29, 2021

Molecular biologists and geneticists from Johns Hopkins identify the role of specialized RNA in repressing gene activity

In memoriam

Pioneering immunologist Nilabh Shastri dies at 68

Published Jan 27, 2021

Shastri, who explored how the human immune system recognizes rapidly changing foreign elements, joined Johns Hopkins as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in 2018

Empty vaccine vials are discarded in a cardboard box

Commentary

Government leaders should not skip to the front of the COVID-19 vaccine line

Published Jan 25, 2021

Prioritizing officials without clear, public criteria will undermine public health response, claims new paper by Johns Hopkins faculty

COVID-19

Machine learning tool gives early warning of cardiac issues in COVID-19 patients

Published Jan 13, 2021

New algorithm could warn doctors in advance of cardiac arrest or blood clots in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Two instructors clean a laboratory classroom

Commentary

Hopkins experts call for blue ribbon commission on reopening K-12 schools

Published Jan 4, 2021

'The coronavirus has potentially disrupted learning for a generation,' three education and bioethics experts write in 'The Baltimore Sun' / The Baltimore Sun

School of Medicine

Forging an accessible path

Published Dec 28, 2020

About a quarter of Americans have one or more disabilities. The School of Medicine is working to make success stories more common for students with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and mental health disorders.