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Health

COVID-19 case workers volunteer to support students who test positive for COVID-19

Student support

Quarantined on campus

Published Dec 14, 2021

Staff from departments across the university have been working behind the scenes to help limit the spread of COVID-19 and support students directly affected by the virus

Digital illustration of a coronavirus molecule

Biochemistry

Platform screens potential coronavirus treatments

Published Dec 14, 2021

The new high-throughput platform screens for compounds that target a protein fold in viruses that is essential to their life cycle; tool could be used to identify and develop treatments

Illustration of person holding a remote control with a television as a head

Exercise science

TV brain drain

Published Winter 2021

A recent study from the Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that excess TV viewing can lead to reduced amounts of cranial gray matter. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Autism

Environmental hazards

Published Winter 2021

Using brain organoids, researchers examine potential environmental link to autism / Johns Hopkins Magazine

White Mountain Apache elders hold hands while sitting on a bench

Unbreaking promises

Published Winter 2021

For 30 years, the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health has addressed the unmet needs of a population long marginalized. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Q+A

The latest on omicron

Published Dec 10, 2021

The COVID-19 variant is infecting the vaccinated and spreading quickly around the world. Here's what we know so far.

Global health

CCP project awarded $204M extension through July 2025

Published Dec 8, 2021

The extension from USAID means Breakthrough ACTION, its flagship global social and behavior change project, can continue its critical work in family planning, malaria, COVID-19 and more