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A nursing home resident and nurse
Eldercare
Online courses address COVID-19 challenges for assisted living and senior housing communities
Published Dec 18, 2020
Developed with the Baltimore City Health Department, courses cover emergency preparedness, infection prevention, and well-being policies to keep residents and staff safe
Addis Ababa
Maternal health
Survey identifies troubling effect of pandemic on where women give birth in Ethiopia
Published Dec 17, 2020
In urban areas, delivery rates in lower-level health facilities increased and hospital deliveries decreased after social distancing restrictions were put in place
Two men carry a box between them
Johns Hopkins receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine
Published Dec 15, 2020 Video
Vaccination of health care personnel will begin Wednesday and will follow a prioritization plan developed in accordance with state, federal guidance
Screenshot of tracker map shows county-level data of hospital occupancy
COVID-19
County-level hospital, ICU occupancy data added to national tracker map
Published Dec 15, 2020
The data is sourced from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and adds to the scope of data visualization options the JHU Coronavirus Resource Center provides
Opioid pills on background with coronaviruses
Opioids
A crisis within a crisis
Published Dec 14, 2020
More than 40 states have reported increased opioid deaths since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Will the Purdue Pharma settlement help right the ship?
A little girl in a mask practices addition on a school whiteboard
COVID-19
Johns Hopkins learning modules teach best practices for reducing COVID-19 risks during in-person learning
Published Dec 14, 2020
The seven-module series is designed to help U.S. school and district officials develop and assess plans for in-person K-12 instruction
Microbacteria
Health
Researchers develop potential antibiotic for drug-resistent pathogen
Published Dec 14, 2020
'Mycobacterium abscessus' is often lethal for people with cystic fibrosis and other lung ailments. This new antibiotic is one of the first potential treatments of the bacterium.
Health care workers intubate a patient in the ICU
Risk calculator
Online COVID-19 mortality risk calculator could help determine who should get vaccines first
Published Dec 11, 2020
Calculator developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins factors in pre-existing health conditions and sociodemographic and environmental factors to determine individual and community-level risk
Hospital staff in personal protective equipment and masks transport a patient to the ICU
Public health
A moment of truth for public health in America
Published Dec 10, 2020 Video
Gathering Anthony Fauci and other leading public health figures, the Bloomberg American Health Summit examines COVID-19's far-ranging impact on U.S. health challenges
The Curative laboratory at George Washington University
Coronavirus
Testing their mettle
Published Dec 10, 2020
Johns Hopkins chemical and biomolecular engineering students have helped transform COVID-19 testing company Curative from a small startup into one of the primary coronavirus testing providers in the country