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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
Public Health
How and why to learn 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
Cell biology
Structural biology expert Yuan He named BDP
Published Jan 2, 2025
He explores how flaws in the transcription and DNA repair pathways contribute to cancer predisposition, accelerated aging
Artificial Intelligence
New AI tool pinpoints gene splicing
Published Dec 11, 2024
A recent innovation from Johns Hopkins researchers enables deeper insights into gene function and disease-linked mutations
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  
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
Eating malfunction
Published Winter 2024
Next to opioid use disorder, anorexia is the most deadly mental health illness. In all, 5% of patients will die within the first four years of diagnosis as a result of heart failure, organ shutdown, low blood sugar, or suicide. The Eating Disorders Coalition reports that every 52 minutes, at least one person loses their life as a direct result of an eating disorder. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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
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
World AIDS Day
40 years of HIV and AIDS leadership
Published Nov 27, 2024
A look back at how Johns Hopkins has led AIDS and HIV clinical care, research, and education locally and around the world
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