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Covid-19

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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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Opioid epidemic
Overdose deaths lower U.S. life expectancy by nearly a year
Published July 30, 2024
Data analysis sheds light on the scope of opioid-related deaths, including sharply rising totals among young minorities
Lauren Gardner
Faculty honors
Lauren Gardner wins Merck prize to advance pandemic tracking
Published July 10, 2024
Engineering professor receives Future Insight Prize for groundbreaking contributions to tracking the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the development of AI systems capable of detecting and tracking future pandemics
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COVID-19
Johns Hopkins University lifts COVID-19 vaccine requirement
Published March 28, 2024
Effective immediately, the change aligns with current federal public health guidelines
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Artificial intelligence
AI can now detect COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images
Published March 20, 2024
An automated detection tool developed by Johns Hopkins researchers could help ER doctors diagnose patients quickly and accurately
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COVID-19
Study: Rapid home tests are reliable
Published Feb 14, 2024
Findings suggest physicians can feel confident prescribing treatment based on results from patient-reported, self-administered tests
Eileen Scully
Microbiology
Exploring sex-specific features of HIV
Published Feb 6, 2024
Johns Hopkins researcher Eileen Scully advocates for including sex as a biological variable in preclinical and clinical trials
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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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COVID-19
Convalescent plasma treatment may lower long COVID risk
Published Sept 20, 2023
Plasma from recovered patients, helpful in preventing severe COVID, could also decrease likelihood of post-COVID symptoms
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Q+A
What's in store for the upcoming respiratory virus season?
Published July 31, 2023
Johns Hopkins epidemiologist David Dowdy says vaccines and a preventive drug for RSV offer hope for a healthier fall and winter