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Medicaid
Insuring parents means more kids get care
Published Feb 5, 2018
Expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income parents has spillover effect: more kids get immunizations, checkups
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Lyme disease
Symptoms can persist after Lyme treatment
Published Feb 2, 2018
School of Medicine researchers find evidence of prolonged fatigue, depression, and pain for some diagnosed with Lyme disease
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Limiting the spread of flu
Published Feb 2, 2018
Nobody wants to get the flu. Here are some tips to prevent it from spreading.
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$50M gift from UAE will transform stroke research, care
Published Feb 1, 2018 Video
Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute at Hopkins will bring together experts in neurology, rehabilitation, biomedical engineering, patient safety
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Public Health
Life expectancy gains slowing
Published Jan 29, 2018
Progress in health technology has not been enough to keep average life expectancy increasing at historic rates, study finds
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President's Frontier Award
Crews wins $250K prize
Published Jan 29, 2018 Video
Hopkins Medicine researcher studies causes, effects, health disparities associated with chronic kidney disease
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Medicine
Who was Wilder Penfield and why is he a Google doodle?
Published Jan 26, 2018
Before he revolutionized the field of neurosurgery, Penfield was a student at Hopkins Medicine
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Bloomberg School opposes anti-smoking group with ties to tobacco
Published Jan 25, 2018
Dean Ellen MacKenzie, 16 other deans sign statement saying they will refuse funding from Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
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Cancer research
Unlocking genetic mysteries
Published Jan 22, 2018
New Johns Hopkins center merges applied mathematics and biology to better understand breast cancer
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Mental health
Depression education effective for some teens
Published Jan 22, 2018
Adolescent Depression Awareness Program was designed to prevent suffering, increase 'depression literacy' / Hopkins Medicine