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JHNeedsU
Hopkins launches COVID-19 health and safety awareness effort
Published Aug 19, 2020
The campaign emphasizes best practices for preventing the spread of COVID-19 and promotes available resources and personal responsibility
Jonathan Cope, respiratory therapy staff, uses a robotic system to remotely control ventilators
Robotics
Remote control for COVID-19 patient ventilators
Published Aug 13, 2020 Video
A new robotic system designed by Johns Hopkins researchers may help hospitals preserve protective gear, limit staff exposure to COVID-19, and provide more time for clinical work
Covid-19 vaccine
Q+A
How close are we to a safe, effective vaccine?
Published Aug 11, 2020
Vaccine expert Ruth Karron answers important questions about the process for developing a COVID-19 vaccine
A child uses an inhaler
Environmental health
Higher BPA levels linked to more asthma symptoms in children
Published Aug 7, 2020
Previous studies have found evidence that the chemical can have pro-inflammatory effects, so researchers investigated the link between BPA exposure and the extent of asthma symptoms
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Mental health
Study points to psychological fallout of drug overdoses
Published Aug 7, 2020
Study of female sex workers in Baltimore City suggests that overdose treatment programs should include strong mental health component
Coronavirus test
Coronavirus
Hopkins engineers develop rapid COVID-19 testing platform
Published Aug 6, 2020
Johns Hopkins researchers are developing a biosensing platform that will detect the virus that causes COVID-19 in as little as 10 minutes
Mental health
Mental health
Coping with COVID-19
Published July 30, 2020
While stress caused by COVID-19 may be universal, access to mental health care is not. The Bloomberg School of Public Health is adapting programs in low- and middle-income countries to help people cope with the public health crisis.
Blood plasma
COVID-19
Hopkins gets $35M for blood plasma clinical trials
Published July 30, 2020 Video
Two nationwide clinical trials will test the effectiveness of an outpatient treatment that may help COVID-19 patients' immune systems fight the virus
Collage of Arturo Casadevall holding a test tube
COVID-19
Convalescent plasma: A COVID-19 treatment speeds to clinical trials
Published July 28, 2020
An old-school approach offers a fast, stopgap solution for a modern pandemic
Illustration of meat packers working on an assembly line while a train barrels toward them
Ailing under slaughterhouse rules
Published July 27, 2020
Like health care workers, those on the front lines of U.S. meat production are at high risk during the pandemic. The dangers don't stop at the novel coronavirus.