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Doctors look at Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks"
The human side of illness
Published Summer 2019
New app encourages medical professionals to look at fine art and examine questions of empathy and observation / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of a teen right-side up in an upside-down world
Epidemiology
Tracking autism in teens
Published Summer 2019
The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network will begin tracking the mental and physical health of teenagers with autism / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Colorado River Toad
Pharmacology
Toad venom therapy
Published Summer 2019
Psychoactive mushrooms may help individuals with depression and anxiety, but each trip can last from four to six hours. Enter the toad. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of brain
Banking on brain science
Published Summer 2019
In search of treatments and cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, researchers need actual human tissue. Here is where they go to find it. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Front of Johns Hopkins Hospital at dusk
U.S. News Rankings
Johns Hopkins Children's Center ranked among top 10
Published June 18, 2019
The Children's Center placed ninth in annual 'U.S. News & World Report' rankings
Health worker in Tanzania
Global health
Study compares HIV risk among three common methods of contraception
Published June 13, 2019
ECHO trial in eastern and southern Africa shows high incidence of HIV infection among study participants despite extensive HIV prevention counseling
An ebola suit is disinfected
Ebola outbreak
In DRC, a public health response in crisis
Published June 11, 2019
Despite the slowing spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, experts say the situation isn't likely to get better
Smart gun
Gun safety
Most gun owners unlikely to buy 'smart' guns
Published June 10, 2019
Survey finds that while 79% of gun owners support the sale of personalized weapons, only 18% are likely to buy them
Bert Vogelstein and Kenneth Kinzler
Tech Ventures
Early cancer detection test gets record investment
Published June 3, 2019
CancerSEEK, pioneered at Hopkins, will be developed by a new company that launched last week with $110M in Series A funding
Alfred Sommer, Bloomberg School Dean Emeritus
Al Sommer receives honorary doctorate from McGill University
Published May 30, 2019
The dean emeritus of the Bloomberg School is best known for his research on vitamin A deficiency