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Public health
Costs to global health
Published July 7, 2025
America's withdrawal from the World Health Organization and retreat from investing in global health programs at USAID and in other countries will directly and quickly impact the transmission of diseases like TB and malaria, and ripple effects of the loss of global public health infrastructure will persist for decades, says Hopkins infectious disease expert Judd Walson. The next explosive virus outbreak may be harder for many countries to dodge—and these impacts will also be felt right here in the U.S., he says.
Courtney Kraus, left, with Maggie Cowell and Bernadette "Bernie" Cowell Murray
Research in action
A baby's 'mission critical' surgery
Published June 24, 2025 Video
Bernie was born with congenital glaucoma, a condition that requires urgent intervention. A team of pediatric ophthalmologists at Wilmer Eye Institute acted quickly to save her eyesight.
Maximilian Konig
Research matters
Breakthrough autoimmune treatments slowed
Published June 24, 2025
Federal budget cuts have created "a climate of anxiety" among medical researchers, says Maximilian F. Konig, a rheumatologist at Johns Hopkins. But those who live with autoimmune diseases could suffer the greatest consequences.
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Medicine
Cancers can be detected in bloodstream three years prior to diagnosis
Published June 4, 2025
Detection of cancer before a clinical diagnosis could give patients and caregivers more time for intervention and may lead to better outcomes because tumors are more likely to be curable
Different vials of triple viral vaccine of measles, rubella and mumps, known as MMR, conceptual image
New data shows MMR vaccination rate decline across the U.S.
June 3, 2025
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Immunotherapy plus chemotherapy before lung cancer surgery significantly improves long-term survival, analysis finds
June 3, 2025
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Immunotherapy helps Navy veteran beat stage 4 lung cancer
May 28, 2025

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Public health
Costs to global health
Published July 7, 2025
Cuts to U.S. aid funding will have ramifications abroad—and at home
An illustration giving a glimpse inside two heads. One, along with a brain, has dollar signs, test tubes, syringes, and DNA strands. The other, which is upside down, just has X's and a cavity where the brains should be.
Essay
Research funding cuts: What's at stake
Published Summer 2025
Researchers like Richard Huganir are closing in on a cure for SYNGAP1-related disorders. But in the face of federal funding cuts, can they finish what they started? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A young Diné (Navajo) girl assists her aunt in collecting water for their livestock
The water access gap
Published Summer 2025
A new survey led by the Center for Indigenous Health seeks to gauge water access on Navajo Nation / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Instruments of healing
Published Summer 2025 Video
At Johns Hopkins Hospital, music therapists use stirring rhythms and soothing melodies to support patients and their families during the hardest moments of their lives / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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A dream device
Published Summer 2025
A group of Johns Hopkins alumni have developed a less-invasive treatment for sleep apnea / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Maximilian Konig
Research matters
Breakthrough autoimmune treatments slowed
Published June 24, 2025
Federal budget cuts have created "a climate of anxiety" among medical researchers, says Maximilian F. Konig, a rheumatologist at Johns Hopkins. But those who live with autoimmune diseases could suffer the greatest consequences.
Courtney Kraus, left, with Maggie Cowell and Bernadette "Bernie" Cowell Murray
Research in action
A baby's 'mission critical' surgery
Published June 24, 2025 Video
Bernie was born with congenital glaucoma, a condition that requires urgent intervention. A team of pediatric ophthalmologists at Wilmer Eye Institute acted quickly to save her eyesight.
From left: [person 1], [person 2], Kim Mudd, and Robert Wood
Research Saves Lives
Food allergy management made easier
Published June 17, 2025
The Johns Hopkins-led OUtMATCH study, which enrolled clinical trial participants at 10 locations across the U.S., leads to the second-ever FDA-approved food allergy treatment
Nurse taking blood samples in hospital
Medicine
Cancers can be detected in bloodstream three years prior to diagnosis
Published June 4, 2025
Detection of cancer before a clinical diagnosis could give patients and caregivers more time for intervention and may lead to better outcomes because tumors are more likely to be curable
Jaime Madrigano
Research matters
How extreme heat affects America's most vulnerable
Published June 3, 2025
Federally funded research by JHU epidemiologist Jaime Madrigano aims to identify neighborhood characteristics and behavior patterns that increase vulnerability to heat
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