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A road sign reads 'Stay Home'
COVID-19
U.S. hasn't 'found the edges of the outbreak'
Published April 10, 2020
Caitlin Rivers from the Center for Health Security discusses how well interventions are working to slow the spread of COVID-19 and what the road ahead looks like in the U.S.
A stuffed bear wears a medical mask
Five things kids need to know about coronavirus
Published April 10, 2020
Paige Seegan and Rachel Thornton, experts in pediatrics, provide kid-friendly takeaways about the pandemic
Mortality rate graphic
Data visualization
New tools added alongside COVID-19 tracking map
Published April 9, 2020
Collaborative project examines trends including new infections, cumulative cases, mortality rates, and other data
Nurses load a dead body into a Red Cross wagon during 1918 Spanish flu outbreak
Q+A
How pandemics shape society
Published April 9, 2020
Sociologist and historian Alexandre White discusses how past pandemics, such as the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, have reverberated long after the disease stops spreading
Illustration of tweets around the globe
COVID-19
Twitter data gives social distancing insights
Published April 9, 2020
Researchers are using Twitter's publicly available location data to determine how well the residents of each state are adhering to social distancing guidelines
Illustration of coronavirus, blood cells, and plasma
Treating COVID-19
A fast-tracked therapy shows promise
Published April 8, 2020
Arturo Casadevall and his team have worked around the clock to develop a convalescent serum therapy using blood plasma from recovered patients
Nurse in PPE looks out window
Q+A
Nurses face tough decisions, moral distress
Published April 6, 2020
Nursing ethics expert Cynda Rushton discusses the conditions and decisions encountered daily by nurses wrestling with the health care challenges posed by COVID-19
Illustration of a brain with leaves and greenery
Q+A
Managing mental health during a pandemic
Published April 6, 2020
Bloomberg School professor Dani Fallin discusses the psychological and emotional challenges that arise during social distancing
The Thai government aired Kanacharoen's Covid-19 video on Channel 5 as part of an effort to spread accurate information about the disease across the nation.
VIRAL VIDEO
Student's video becomes educational tool
Published April 6, 2020 Video
After noticing misinformation in the news, Hopkins junior Jessie Kanacharoen created a COVID-19 video explainer for her family in Thailand. The video has spread throughout her home country, amassing thousands of views.
Bag of blood plasma
Treating COVID-19
Hopkins gets FDA approval to test blood plasma therapy
Published April 3, 2020
The treatment uses the blood sera from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat those who are critically ill or to boost immunity for those at high risk of contracting the disease