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Health

Handgun
Gun policy
The case for funding firearm research
Published April 19, 2018
As gun policy debate rages, scientists say funding for research is critical / Wired
Hospital corridor
Physician training
Battling med school burnout
Published April 19, 2018
Study: Limiting the length of shifts for medical trainees improves their reported well-being but doesn't impair their education
A woman teaches a class
Opioid crisis
Learning to treat pain
Published April 19, 2018
Required course for next generation of physicians highlights the hazards of prescribing opioids
Tara Loyd and James Keck kiss in Alaska
Alumni
A public health love story
Published April 19, 2018
Bloomberg School alums travel the world to improve the health of people in need—with two toddlers in tow
illustration of a wolf
Cancer and the artillery of physics
Published Spring 2018
Andrew Ewald is at the vanguard of a generation of scientists determined to uncover the complexities of cancer / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A cartoon illustration shows a figure throwing paper into a trashcan
When the abuser is a child, too
Published Spring 2018
The criminal justice system is failing children convicted of child sex abuse, Hopkins researchers say / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Spencer Grace Tully
Pathology
Spencer Grace's last gift
Published Spring 2018
Rapid autopsy procedures shed light on how deadly diseases develop and how they might be cured in the future / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Excerpt from cover of Medicalizing Blackness
History
Medicine and race
Published Spring 2018
Hopkins alum's new book examines racist medical ideas about blackness that were used to justify slavery and still influence medical disparities today / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Sebastian Seiguer
Medicated and verified
Published Spring 2018
Could the app that revolutionized the treatment of tuberculosis also help make a dent in the opioid crisis? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Blood pressure cuff
Heart health
New blood pressure guidance and what it means
Published April 19, 2018
School of Nursing expert Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb discusses what people can do to lower their blood pressure