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Global health
Health disparities
Cervical cancer death rates higher than previously thought
Published Jan 24, 2017
Risk of dying greater among black women and women over the age of 65, study finds
Global health
Driven to change
Published Winter 2016
Jhpiego program in Kenya turns would-be muggers into businessmen / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Global health
$30M grant fuels air pollution study
Published Nov 8, 2016
Johns Hopkins receives $30M grant for study of cook stove fuels and their effects on maternal, infant health
Global health
Field trips
Published Oct 6, 2016
Center for Global Health funds 52 field placements around the world for JHU students
Zika virus
New evidence links Zika, Guillain-Barré
Published Oct 5, 2016
Johns Hopkins neurologist collaborates with scientists in Colombia to document biological, viral association
Undergrad research
Top inventors
Published Sept 28, 2016 Video
Undergraduate team named finalist in Collegiate Inventors Competition for device that freezes breast cancer tissue
A child in Uganda looks at the medical manikin
Global health
Designed to save lives
Published Sept 23, 2016 Video
Students in CBID program create medical devices to solve clinical problems in U.S., abroad
Blue Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, pill
Global health
Jhpiego expands HIV prevention strategy in Kenya
Published Sept 13, 2016
Jhpiego receives $22.3M for project that provides daily pill that could prevent spread of HIV among vulnerable populations
Public health
New book chronicles the history of global health interventions
Published Fall 2016
Randall Packard's new book chronicles the successes and failures of global health campaigns / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Microscopic view with red and green coloring
Zika virus
Scientists aim to fast-track Zika treatment
Published Aug 29, 2016
In large-scale screen of existing drugs, researchers identify three drugs effective enough in lab to warrant further study