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Tents in a military refugee camp in Greece
How are refugees affected by COVID-19?
Published April 20, 2020
Paul Spiegel, director of the Center for Humanitarian Health, discusses the critical vulnerabilities that put refugees and asylum seekers at risk during the coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus illustration
Report aims to help governors navigate the road to reopening
Published April 17, 2020
Center for Health Security guidance outlines a potential path from strict physical distancing measures to phased reopenings of organizations and settings central to U.S. communities
close-up of a syringe and vial
Q+A
Coronavirus vaccine won't emerge overnight
Published April 16, 2020
Supriya Munshaw, an expert in the commercialization of early-stage technologies at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, discusses the process of developing a vaccine for COVID-19
Inflamed lungs
What coronavirus does to the lungs
Published April 15, 2020
Panagis Galiatsatos, an expert on lung disease at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, explains some of the short- and long-term lung problems brought on by the new coronavirus
Infographic shows county data for Los Angeles County
Data visualization
JHU launches U.S.-focused COVID-19 tracking map
Published April 14, 2020
New map features U.S. county-level data on testing, population, infection rate, and hospital capacity
Under Armour no-sew mask
Community
Under Armour, Hopkins team up to make face masks
Published April 13, 2020
The no-sew face masks are manufactured by the Baltimore-based athletic company and assembled by Hopkins volunteers
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