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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
A hiking boot steps into a snowy landscape. Where the foot touches the snow is the outline of a large footprint.
A mighty footprint
Published Spring 2025
Daniel Taylor spent decades solving the mystery of the yeti, the hairy, Himalayan cryptid. Following its giant footsteps also led him to become a conservationist and to found a university focused on human development. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Health security
Are we ready for the next one?
Published Spring 2025
Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can help us prepare for the next one / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Public health
The sound of science
Published Spring 2025
Launched during the pandemic, the Bloomberg School's Public Health on Call podcast has become a powerful tool to translate fact-based health news to the masses / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Health security
Are we ready for the next pandemic?
Published March 19, 2025
Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can help us prepare for the next one
Jennifer Schrack
Research Matters
Long-running surveys help track trends in aging
Published Feb 25, 2025 Video
The Center on Aging and Health, one of JHU's largest recipients of NIH funds, conducts critical work that provides real-time insights into the condition and care of older Americans
Deborah Gross
Research Matters
Vital support for young students and parents
Published Feb 20, 2025
Federal funding from NIH and the Department of Education supports two long-running educational programs facilitated by Johns Hopkins University researchers
A medical professional in a bandana and medical mask puts on a surgical gown.
Research
A new future for immunology research
Published Feb 11, 2025
10-member committee aims to create a groundbreaking, interdivisional organizing structure for immunology at Hopkins
18 people smile for a group picture while standing in a glass walkway.
Health
Developing rapid diagnostic tests
Published Feb 7, 2025
Yuka Manabe and her team at the Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases aim to improve global health with point-of-care tests that give rapid results
Headshots of Arturo Casadevall and David Sullivan
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