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COVID-19
Coronavirus
JHU prepares for potential COVID-19 impacts
Published March 2, 2020
Groups across the university plan for an array of possible challenges, including disruptions to classes, transportation, housing, work, and travel
High capacity rifle magazine
Gun policy
Firearm purchaser licensing laws linked to fewer fatal mass shootings
Published March 2, 2020
Laws that require in-person application or fingerprinting associated with fewer fatal mass shootings, new study finds
President Trump coronavirus news conference
Coronavirus
Here's the Hopkins study President Trump referenced
Published Feb 27, 2020 Video
The Global Health Security Index, issued in October by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, assessed 195 countries on their readiness to deal with the threat of an epidemic or pandemic. Overall, the results were not encouraging.
People wearing masks in an airport in Beijing
Q+A
Hopkins experts answer questions about coronavirus
Published Feb 20, 2020 Video
Epidemiologist Jennifer Nuzzo, emergency medicine specialist Lauren Sauer participate in COVID-19 information session at Carey Business School
Meatless Matchup
Dining
Pick a winner in 'Meatless Madness' bracket
Published Feb 17, 2020
Vegetarian and vegan dishes face off head-to-head in Instagram poll to determine which item gets added to Hopkins' Dining menus for the rest of the semester
Safe consumption site needles
Drug policy
Five things to know about overdose prevention sites
Published Feb 12, 2020
Research suggests that the facilities are safe and cost effective, but bringing them to the U.S. has been controversial
Expert panel focuses on coronavirus
Experts weigh in
Coronavirus prevention and preparedness
Published Feb 5, 2020 Video
Experts from the Center for Health Security and the Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response discuss the current outbreak of novel coronavirus
Illustration of tangled RNA strands
Biochemistry
Scientists discover fundamental mechanism for RNA regulation
Published Feb 4, 2020
The process removes tangled strands of RNA from cells, a discovery that could help researchers understand how certain degenerative and communicable diseases develop
Customers crowd a pharmacy
Q+A
Interventions in focus as coronavirus outbreak grows
Published Feb 3, 2020
Tom Inglesby from the Center for Health Security puts the latest numbers into perspective and shares his thoughts on the global public health response
Stethoscope
Health care analytics
Top doctors 'undertest' patients to signal diagnostic skill
Published Jan 30, 2020
Despite advances in diagnostic tools, some doctors may limit the number of tests they order for patients in order to signal a high level of competence to their peers