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Cartoon-style illustration of phages shooting lasers at bacteria
Viruses that heal
Published May 4, 2021
Bacteriophage therapy could help in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A child's temperature is checked on the way into school
Epidemiology
In-person schooling with inadequate mitigation measures raises household members' COVID-19 risk
Published May 3, 2021
Large study suggests that symptom screening, other measures can eliminate most or all excess risk of developing COVID-19-like symptoms or testing positive for COVID-19
Rochelle Walensky
Q+A
A conversation with CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky
Published April 30, 2021
Walensky, a School of Medicine alum, shares how Hopkins has influenced her career and shaped her vision for leading the country out of the COVID-19 pandemic
A man in a mask fills oxygen tanks
Global health
As COVID crisis unfolds in India, Hopkins rushes to help
Published April 28, 2021
The university is working urgently with partners on the ground to offer support and expertise to India, with efforts organized and led by the newly created Johns Hopkins India Institute
Jodhpur market bustles with life
A bold new chapter begins for Hopkins and India
Published April 26, 2021
The Johns Hopkins India Institute leverages 90 years of groundbreaking work in the South Asian country to tackle health, education, and economic challenges worldwide
Prescription bottles in a medicine cabinet
Q+A
A spring cleaning remedy for nationwide opioid epidemic
Published April 23, 2021
Drug safety experts discuss safe disposal efforts like National Prescription Drug Take Back Day that remove potentially dangerous and addictive medicines from circulation
Rochelle Walensky
Health Policy Forum
Hopkins to host CDC Director Rochelle Walensky
Published April 22, 2021
Discussion with Walensky and Paul B. Rothman of JHM will cover COVID strategy and the powerful combination of medicine and public health
The ResQ cardiac patch monitors the strength and timing of their hearts' electrical activity and contacts caregivers in the event of abnormal heart activity.
Health Tech
A cardiac patch to the ResQ
Published April 20, 2021
Student-invented device continuously monitors the strength and timing of a heart's electrical activity and sends the data to a patient's caregiver and doctor
Tamar Rodney
Coronavirus
COVID-19 and PTSD
Published April 16, 2021
School of Nursing researcher Tamar Rodney discusses the impacts of COVID-19 on our collective mental health as part of the Hopkins at Home lecture series
A historic etching of a child receiving an immunization
Q+A
Modern questions with a long history
Published April 14, 2021
Historians of medicine Jeremy Greene and Graham Mooney discuss the coronavirus pandemic through the lens of history with the 'Public Health On Call' podcast