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Q+A
Convalescent plasma offers a 'blueprint' for future pandemics
Published Feb 3, 2025
Hopkins researchers help secure full FDA approval to treat immunocompromised COVID-19 patients—paving the way to explore using convalescent plasma during future infectious disease outbreaks
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Environmental Health and Engineering
Study finds harmful airborne chemicals in salons
Published Jan 16, 2025
Johns Hopkins researchers found that women of reproductive age are the most vulnerable to the negative health effects caused by chemicals in hair relaxers, dyes, and other salon products
Hope Jackson, left, and Nam Nguyen
Alumni honors
Two alums named Schwarzman Scholars
Published Jan 15, 2025
Hope Jackson Nam and Nguyen are among 150 scholars from 38 countries to receive all expenses for year at Beijing's Tsinghua University
Colorized transmission electron micrograph of avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells (blue). Microscopy by CDC; repositioned and recolored by NIAID
Q+A
How serious is bird flu?
Published Jan 13, 2025
As the first bird flu death in the U.S. sparks concern over the ongoing spread of the virus, epidemiologist and microbiologist Meghan Davis explains what to know and do
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Public Health
Know your Hearing Numbers
Published Jan 13, 2025
The Know Your Hearing campaign aims to boost public awareness of the importance of knowing your Hearing Number, which measures how well you can hear
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Public Health
Americans eat high amounts of ultraprocessed foods
Published Dec 10, 2024
Bloomberg School analysis finds that more than half of calories consumed at home by adults in the U.S. come from ultraprocessed foods  
Microplastics thumb art
A teeny-tiny problem of epic proportions
Published Winter 2024
Maya Dizack, BSPH '24 (ScM), set out years ago on a journey down the Mississippi River to see how widespread microplastics were in this major body of water. Her findings were more alarming than expected. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Nonfiction
Metropolis in Miniature
Published Winter 2024
New book explores the decadeslong rat empire experiments of Johns Hopkins Professor John B. Calhoun / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Hopkins leaders announce investments, partnerships in India
Published Dec 5, 2024
Weeklong trip organized by JHU's Gupta-Klinsky India Institute included announcements about support for work on pediatric tuberculosis, career advancement for women in STEMM fields
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Public health
Life expectancy lower in the U.S. than in the U.K.
Published Dec 3, 2024
Report finds that life expectancy in the U.S. is, on average, 78.6 years versus 81.3 years in England and Wales—a gap that could be narrowed by policy changes, researchers say