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U.S. data map reflecting school reopening plans by state
Education
Experts: Schools need better data to assess risks
Published Sept 20, 2021 Video
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center aims to provide vital, localized views of the pandemic to help school leaders make difficult decisions
Yiannis Sakellaridis
Unraveling a mathematical mystery
Published Sept 20, 2021
The Krieger School's Yiannis Sakellaridis earned the prestigious honor of speaking at the International Congress of Mathematicians, where he'll discuss a conundrum known as L-functions
U.S. map showing states that report COVID-19 deaths categorized by age
Data visualization
Demographic data tools tell story of COVID-19's U.S. impact
Published Sept 14, 2021
The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center now collects, tracks, and displays data on race, gender, age, and ethnicity across cases, deaths, tests, and vaccinations
Space Camp visit for Inspiration4 in Huntsville, Alabama, July 1, 2021
Q+A
And spaceflight for all
Published Sept 13, 2021 Video
The School of Medicine's Mark Shelhamer discusses SpaceX's upcoming all-civilian Inspiration4 mission and its importance for broadening human access to space
Data from covidbehaviors.org
Global health
New dashboard sheds light on COVID vaccine hesitancy
Published Sept 13, 2021
Interactive tool created with survey data collected from more than 12 million people from 115 countries and analyzed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs
Innerva team member Michael Lan in the lab
Engineering
Undergrad team named finalist in Collegiate Inventors Competition
Published Sept 13, 2021
Innerva's device helps with the challenges of targeted muscle reinnervation, a surgery facilitating nerve regrowth after amputation
Two little girls smile in brand new glasses
Vision for Baltimore
Glasses boost academic outcomes
Published Sept 9, 2021 Video
Three-year clinical study is the most robust analysis to date linking access to eyeglasses with higher test scores, especially for students having the most trouble in school
Glass of water on a table
Engineering
A new approach to safer tap water
Published Aug 31, 2021
Leveraging bioassays and artificial intelligence could help identify previously unknown chemical mixtures in the water supply, say Carsten Prasse and Paul Ferraro
Combat medic dresses a wound
Engineering
Undergrads partner with NATO to reduce combat casualties
Published Aug 20, 2021 Video
A team of Clark Scholars has developed a wearable device that can relay a soldier's vitals to combat medics, making it easier to determine who needs medical attention most urgently
Map illustrates how frequently states report COVID-19 data each week
Data visualization
Many states abandon daily reporting of COVID data
Published Aug 17, 2021
Despite new COVID-19 cases exceeding 900,000 last week, 36 states do not update their pandemic data every day, causing significant data gaps for public health agencies and officials