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Heart health
Universal risk predictor for cardiovascular disease
Published Jan 30, 2024
Developed by Bloomberg School researchers, the model could change how doctors worldwide assess patients' chances for heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiac events
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Q+A
Unreliable mass transit and public health
Published Jan 19, 2024
Missed doctor appointments, school tardiness, air pollution—Hopkins expert Megan Latshaw unpacks a new CDC report
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COVID-19
What to know about JN.1, the latest COVID variant
Published Jan 12, 2024
Vaccines, tests, and antivirals are still effective tools in the most recent COVID surge, Hopkins virologist says
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Health+Well-being
The pros, cons, and unknowns of popular weight-loss drugs
Published Jan 11, 2024
Are in-demand drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy safe and effective? A Johns Hopkins expert explains
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A space for women programmers
Published Winter 2023
R-Ladies Baltimore aims to give women a supportive space to hone their programming skills / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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A new landscape for medical tests
Published Winter 2023
30% to 50% of consumers are now comfortable using at-home diagnostics, creating a market demand for tests that allow patients to collect a sample from the comfort of their home / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Jacqueline Hackett with Bloomberg School Professor Joshua Sharfstein
Solutions to combat drug addiction
Published Winter 2023
Hackett wrote her college entrance essay on wanting to work on drug prevention policy in the White House, and she made it: Today, she is deputy chief of staff for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Environmental health
Order up for cleaner kitchen air
Published Dec 7, 2023
A research team that included a JHU air-quality expert has developed a new method for better estimating potential exposure to cooking-related emissions during stir-frying
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Environmental Health
Turning waste into watts
Published Dec 7, 2023
Study led by Hopkins environmental engineers suggests that anaerobic digestion could be used to clean cattle manure and produce fuel
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Disability Research
STEM PhDs with disabilities are underpaid, underrepresented
Published Nov 27, 2023
New research from the Disability Health Research Center reveals significant pay disparities among STEM PhD holders across all employment sectors