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Susan Sherman in the SPARC Women's Center
A place to heal
Published Spring 2020
Susan Sherman's SPARC Center serves some of the Baltimore's most vulnerable. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Joshua Sharfstein
COVID-19
Joshua Scharfstein on Reddit
Published March 17, 2020
Josh Sharfstein, former Baltimore City health commissioner, discusses social distancing, hand-washing, and the importance of helping those who are at high risk
Crowded sidewalk
COVID-19
Social distancing and 'flattening the curve'
Published March 13, 2020
Read the latest guidance from CDC and Johns Hopkins experts on measures to curtail the coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus
Coronavirus
Study: COVID-19 symptoms start about five days after exposure
Published March 9, 2020
Bloomberg School study suggests a median incubation period of 5.1 days for the new coronavirus, affirming the 14-day quarantine used by the CDC and other health authorities
Health workers wear personal protective equipment
Hopkins in the news
Behind the scenes of the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 response
Published March 9, 2020
'60 Minutes' segment tours the Hopkins 'command center' where 40 scientists, engineers, and nurses work to prepare for the spread of coronavirus / 60 Minutes
Johns Hopkins University experts discuss coronavirus
Coronavirus
Health system readiness key to response
Published March 3, 2020
Hopkins broadcasts live webcast discussion about the latest developments in the global COVID-19 outbreak
People wearing masks in an airport in Beijing
Q+A
Hopkins experts answer questions about coronavirus
Published Feb 20, 2020
Epidemiologist Jennifer Nuzzo, emergency medicine specialist Lauren Sauer participate in COVID-19 information session at Carey Business School
Close-up of coronavirus map tool
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
Illustration of pregnant women behind bars
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