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NanoBioTechnology

Venom makes a beeline through blood brain barrier, delivering medication

Published Dec 3, 2021

Researchers have determined the dose of bee venom that is non-toxic to neurons and can effectively—but reversibly—penetrate the blood brain barrier

Pro choice protesters gather outside the Supreme Court

Health+policy

The public health case for abortion rights

Published Nov 30, 2021

Joanne Rosen from the Johns Hopkins Center for Law and the Public's Health discusses Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which heads to the Supreme Court Dec. 1

Q+A

What we know about the omicron variant

Published Nov 30, 2021

With a worrisome number of mutations and a spike of cases in southern Africa, omicron is the latest COVID-19 variant of concern

Public health

Young people, long COVID

Published Nov 30, 2021

As many as 1 in 10 young people struggle for months after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Environmental health

EPA grants $1.9M to JHU researchers to study biosolids from sewage

Published Nov 29, 2021

Study will examine the occurrence and uptake of contaminants found in waste as well as health risks

Health care workers in personal protective equipment assist a patient

Health disparities

COVID-19 transmission high in Latino households of Baltimore, study finds

Published Nov 29, 2021

The average time for the virus to spread in these households is fewer than two days, the study also found

Data tracking

Tracker finds widespread discrepancies in school COVID-19 policies

Published Nov 22, 2021

Variation occurs not only between states but also within states as individual districts adopt policies at odds with state guidelines

COVID-19

Another COVID-19 winter?

Published Nov 19, 2021

The U.S. appears to be on the brink of a winter surge in COVID-19 cases, but Johns Hopkins experts offer hope that this winter will be better than the last