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Health

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

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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

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

Surgeon uses mixed reality headset

Engineering

'Mixed reality' makes for better surgeons

Published May 17, 2019

PhD student Ehsan Azimi has developed an augmented reality headset to help brain surgeons train for high-risk operations

Biomolecular engineering

Predicting breast cancer metastasis

Published May 17, 2019

Engineers develop a diagnostic tool and method for identifying aggressive breast cancer cells