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COVID-19
Nursing home study suggests dialysis patients at greater risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Published Sept 11, 2020
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers determined that residents receiving dialysis treatment were at greater risk for prolonged exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19
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Winter months could bring rise in coronavirus cases
Published Sept 11, 2020
Study from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine examined infection data in countries before social distancing measures were enacted, found that warmer temperatures do slow spread of COVID-19 / The Baltimore Sun
A doctor administers a vaccine to a masked woman
COVID-19
Why the suspended AstraZeneca trial is good news for vaccine safety
Published Sept 10, 2020
Emergency medicine specialist Lauren Sauer tells 'Bloomberg' that although the setback delays coronavirus vaccine development, the final product will be safer for the public / Bloomberg
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Genetics
New genetic analysis method could advance personal genomics
Published Sept 10, 2020
Biomedical engineer Alexis Battle develops software that, if paired with expanded sample collection practices, could help identify more causes of genetic disorders
Lisa Cooper
Health equity
The silver lining of COVID-19's dark clouds
Published Aug 25, 2020
Johns Hopkins expert in health disparities discusses how the coronavirus pandemic has shed light on the vulnerabilities of communities of color and the need to better protect everyone's health
Colorful image of virus emerging from cells
COVID-19
Odor-sensing cells in nose seen as key entry point for SARS-CoV-2
Published Aug 24, 2020
Compared to cells in other parts of the respiratory tract, cells associated with smell have up to 700 times more ACE2 receptors, which bind to the virus that causes COVID-19
A child uses an inhaler
Environmental health
Higher BPA levels linked to more asthma symptoms in children
Published Aug 7, 2020
Previous studies have found evidence that the chemical can have pro-inflammatory effects, so researchers investigated the link between BPA exposure and the extent of asthma symptoms
Blood plasma
COVID-19
Hopkins gets $35M for blood plasma clinical trials
Published July 30, 2020 Video
Two nationwide clinical trials will test the effectiveness of an outpatient treatment that may help COVID-19 patients' immune systems fight the virus
Collage of Arturo Casadevall holding a test tube
COVID-19
Convalescent plasma: A COVID-19 treatment speeds to clinical trials
Published July 28, 2020
An old-school approach offers a fast, stopgap solution for a modern pandemic
Johns Hopkins doctors provide drive-through testing for COVID-19
Coronavirus
Johns Hopkins ramps up COVID-19 testing
Published July 20, 2020
A team of about 90 work around the clock in the microbiology lab processing up to 1,500 COVID-19 tests each day, returning results in less than 24 hours