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Coronavirus

Pandemic poses key challenges for preventing child sexual abuse

Published May 13, 2020

Johns Hopkins center releases family resource pages, online course for people concerned about their own sexual feelings toward children

Helen Xun shows off two forms of ventilator splitters

Treating COVID-19

Johns Hopkins engineers develop 3D-printed ventilator splitters

Published April 2, 2020

Their prototype aims to address safety concerns about cross-contamination and correctly managing air flow to patients

Epidemiology

JHU offers free COVID-19 course

Published March 27, 2020

The class is offered publicly on Coursera and requires no prior background in science or health fields

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

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

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

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