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Heart disease
COVID-19
Predicting COVID-19 heart damage with machine learning
Published May 27, 2020
Yearlong project will collect heart data from COVID-19 patients to create a model that predicts risk of adverse cardiac events such as heart attacks or heart failure
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COVID-19
Johns Hopkins releases digital contact tracing report
Published May 26, 2020
Leading global experts offers clear guidance and recommendations on ethics, governance as digital technologies are developed to fight the coronavirus pandemic
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Q+A
The ethical challenges of digital contact tracing
Published May 26, 2020
Jeffrey Kahn, director of the Berman Institute of Bioethics, discusses the ethical considerations of using digital technologies for public health surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic
Empty Grand Central Station
Q+A
The complex ethics of reopening America
Published May 26, 2020 Video
Bioethicist Justin Bernstein explores the many considerations that should factor into decisions about how and when to relax social distancing measures
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COVID-19
International effort delivers PPE to health system
Published May 22, 2020
A network of Hopkins faculty, students, and parents coordinate a shipment of masks and face shields from China to Baltimore to help health care workers respond to COVID-19
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Q+A
'Reopening an infected economy is no shortcut' to financial recovery
Published May 19, 2020
Alessandro Rebucci, an economist at the Carey Business School, says in order to revive the economy, the coronavirus pandemic must be brought under control
Valerie Rennoll
COVID-19
Hopkins helps local business make filters 24/7
Published May 18, 2020
DiPole Materials, co-founded by JHU Professor James West, recruits students and alums to operate a specialized machine that produces enough material to make 2,000 N95-style filters a day
People wearing masks show off devices they've collected
Alumni
KSAS alumni meet unexpected needs
Published May 15, 2020
Across the country and around the globe, alums are using skills, experiences, connections, and creativity to make a difference during the COVID-19 pandemic
Hopkins senior Debanik Purkayastha
Volunteering
With Covaid, neighbors support neighbors
Published May 15, 2020
Johns Hopkins senior Debanik Purkayastha and a team of university students are working to build volunteer networks online
Coronavirus
Nursing
School of Nursing releases free training course for responding to pandemic
Published May 15, 2020
Course explores how nurses can respond to the challenges posed by low resources and high societal uncertainty in the wake of COVID-19