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A woman wears a face mask to protect from diseases such as coronavirus

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What we know and don't know about coronavirus

Published Jan 22, 2020

Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, discusses the health interventions that work on a global scale to contain an emerging disease like coronavirus

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Barbara Mikulski reflects on 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment

Published Jan 10, 2020

The women's suffrage movement was a 'scrappy, hard-won fight,' but it was not without its flaws, says the former U.S. senator, who is now a Homewood Professor of Public Policy at JHU

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What is CBD and what are its health benefits?

Published Jan 3, 2020

Hopkins expert Ryan Vandrey discusses the 'cure-all' myths associated with the drug and findings from his recent studies of cannabidiol

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Contemporary politics hearken to past threats to U.S. democracy

Published Dec 20, 2019

Political scientist Robert Lieberman says the political conditions that have threatened democracy in the past are alive and well today

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Talking with Anand Pandian

Published Winter 2019

The professor of anthropology discusses his new book 'A Possible Anthropology,' which takes an expansive look at the field and a world of clashing values unfolding before our eyes / Johns Hopkins Magazine

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Shakespeare and political theater

Published Oct 21, 2019

SAIS Dean Eliot Cohen discusses the Bard's works and what they reveal about our political leaders and the drama unfolding in the nation's capital

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Engineering better breast cancer diagnosis and treatment

Published Oct 4, 2019

Mechanical engineer SJ Claire Hur is working to develop a device that collects tumor cells from blood samples, enabling scientists to develop and test personalized treatment plans