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Autism

CDC report: Autism rate rises among 8-year-olds

Published March 27, 2023

Data from 11 U.S. sites, including one at Hopkins, shows overall prevalence at 1 in 36 in 2020, up from 1 in 44 two years earlier

Why do we all age differently?

Published March 22, 2023

Johns Hopkins researchers are part of a new program to understand and predict the differences in how we all age

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Q+A

A closer look at the EPA's proposed regulations of 'forever chemicals'

Published March 21, 2023

Carsten Prasse, assistant professor of environmental health and engineering, discusses the effects of the regulations on public water systems—from their benefits for Americans' health to the reality of implementation

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VOICES

Can you fight cancer with mere thought?

Published March 20, 2023

Hopkins neuroscientist David Linden reflects on what might be causing the delayed progress of his cancer in 'New York Times' essay

Immunotherapy

Toxic trade-offs

Published March 17, 2023

While advances in immunotherapy have dramatically improved cancer survival, unleashing the immune system can lead to a host of adverse reactions. How can patients pay less of a price?

COVID-19

Hopkins data hub ends after three years

Published March 10, 2023

The Coronavirus Resource Center, a critical resource during the COVID-19 pandemic, ceased the collection and reporting of COVID-19 data on March 10

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Disease treatment

Check this out: A new approach to creating antibody libraries

Published March 1, 2023

The new approach to antibody libraries could expedite the antibody-creation process and accelerate the discovery of therapeutic antibody candidates and vaccines