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Global health

Map tracks coronavirus outbreak

Published Jan 23, 2020

The dashboard, built by a team at the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering and regularly updated with data from the WHO, CDC, and other sources, illustrates how the virus is spreading in China and beyond

After researchers in Bangladesh collect samples, the fruit bats are fed and returned to the wild

Public health

Winged victory

Published Jan 3, 2020

A Hopkins scientist is studying the ways the deadly Nipah virus affects carrier fruit bats to better understand how it spreads to humans

The invisible women

Published Winter 2019

A growing number of women are incarcerated in the U.S., thousands of whom give birth behind bars. Carolyn Sufrin aims to improve the standards of care for this underseen, understudied population. There's a lot we don't know. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Nurse researcher Kereng "Molly" Rammipi talks to patients at a clinic

Women's Health

Self-screening for cervical cancer

Published Winter 2019

A new cervical cancer screening program, created in coordination with Jhpiego, allows women in Botswana to take control of their health. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

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Mental health

Social media use may pose mental health risks for teens

Published Sept 11, 2019

Social media use by adolescents linked to behaviors that may indicate mental health problems such as social withdrawal and difficulty coping with anxiety or depression

public health

Analysis predicts U.S. counties at risk for measles outbreaks

Published May 9, 2019

New analysis predicts locations for possible future U.S. outbreaks based on international air travel, vaccination rates, population data

public health

Measles outbreak is the worst in U.S. in 20 years

Published April 25, 2019

Experts from the Bloomberg School of Public Health discuss the dangers of the virus, why it's spreading so rapidly, and what health officials can do to stop it