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Epidemiology

Magnified image of neural progenitor cells showing clusters of green and red dots
Zika research
Zika kills cells key to early brain development
Published March 4, 2016 Video
JHU researchers contribute to breakthrough study showing likely biological link between Zika virus, microcephaly
Global health
Analysis: What new Zika virus findings mean
Published March 4, 2016
New study 'incredibly important' to understanding of Zika and how it affects infants, maternal health expert says
Close up of yellow fever mosquito, or Aedes aegypti
Public health
Zika virus: What's next?
Published Feb 25, 2016
Questions remain as experts work to understand virus, prevent its spread
Thomas Quinn stands in front of a slide depicting the mosquito responsible for the transmission of Zika
Public health
Strong links shown between Zika, birth defects
Published Feb 19, 2016
Experts present emerging evidence, evaluate response at School of Public Health symposium
Close up of yellow fever mosquito, or Aedes aegypti
Public health
Zika virus Q+A
Published Jan 29, 2016
International health expert discusses disease that is spreading rapidly in Brazil and beyond
Ebola preparedness
Hopkins Medicine develops training videos for CDC
Published Feb 18, 2015
Modules aim to help hospital emergency departments better prepare to treat patients with infectious diseases / Hopkins Medicine
Symposium
Measles rises again
Published Feb 5, 2015
School of Public Health to gather experts to discuss science, policy of a preventable outbreak
Small 'miracle'
A curated history of smallpox
Published Jan 12, 2015
Johns Hopkins exhibition features items from collections of two men whose efforts were critical to eradicating deadly disease
Injury prevention expert
Published Nov-Dec 2014
School of Public Health Professor Susan Baker is considered one of America's foremost epidemiologists in injury prevention, having pioneered the field in the late 1960s / Gazette
JHU issues guidance on travel to West Africa
Published Oct 20, 2014
Faculty, staff, students discouraged from traveling to areas most affected by Ebola outbreak