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7, 2025 </span> <div class="summary">Yuka Manabe and her team at the Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases aim to improve global health with point-of-care tests that give rapid results </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column "> <div class="row secondary"> <div class="article teaser column force has-image" > <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="force" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/13/astronaut-jumping-workout/" data-label="Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars, study in mice suggests"> <div class="image column force image-landscape"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-02/15385266693_f05607b9f0_k.jpg" alt="Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, wearing a blue shirt and black athletic pants, performs a deadlift exercise using the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) aboard the International Space Station. 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The surrounding area is filled with white padded walls, equipment, and storage bags, characteristic of the ISS interior." class="column" sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 210px, (min-width: 1280px) 210px, (min-width: 1024px) 187px, (min-width: 863px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, (min-width: 640px) 178px, (min-width: 412px) 148px, (min-width: 375px) 96px, 87px" srcset="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_240/public/2025-02/15385266693_f05607b9f0_k.jpg 240w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-02/15385266693_f05607b9f0_k.jpg 360w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_540/public/2025-02/15385266693_f05607b9f0_k.jpg 540w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_720/public/2025-02/15385266693_f05607b9f0_k.jpg 720w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/2025-02/15385266693_f05607b9f0_k.jpg 900w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1005/public/2025-02/15385266693_f05607b9f0_k.jpg 1005w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1230/public/2025-02/15385266693_f05607b9f0_k.jpg 1230w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1380/public/2025-02/15385266693_f05607b9f0_k.jpg 1380w"/></div></div> </a> </div> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">Space exploration</div> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/13/astronaut-jumping-workout/" data-label="Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars, study in mice suggests"> Workouts in space </a></h5> <span class="visuallyhidden">Published</span> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1739440806"> Feb 13, 2025 </span> <div class="summary">Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars, study in mice suggests </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article teaser column force has-image" > <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="force" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/03/immunocompromised-patients-convalescent-plasma/" data-label="Convalescent plasma offers a 'blueprint' for future pandemics"> <div class="image column force image-landscape"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png" alt="Headshots of Arturo Casadevall and David Sullivan" class="column" sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 210px, (min-width: 1280px) 210px, (min-width: 1024px) 187px, (min-width: 863px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, (min-width: 640px) 178px, (min-width: 412px) 148px, (min-width: 375px) 96px, 87px" srcset="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_240/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 240w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 360w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_540/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 540w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_720/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 720w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 900w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1005/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 1005w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1230/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 1230w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1380/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 1380w"/></div></div> </a> </div> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">Q<span class='plus'>+</span>A</div> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/03/immunocompromised-patients-convalescent-plasma/" data-label="Convalescent plasma offers a 'blueprint' for future pandemics"> Convalescent plasma offers a 'blueprint' for future pandemics </a></h5> <span class="visuallyhidden">Published</span> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1738599660"> Feb 3, 2025 </span> <div class="summary">Hopkins researchers help secure full FDA approval to treat immunocompromised COVID-19 patients—paving the way to explore using convalescent plasma during future infectious disease outbreaks </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article teaser column force has-image" > <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="force" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/01/13/bird-flu-meghan-davis-qa/" data-label="How serious is bird flu?"> <div class="image column force image-landscape"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg" alt="Colorized transmission electron micrograph of avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells (blue). Microscopy by CDC; repositioned and recolored by NIAID" class="column" sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 210px, (min-width: 1280px) 210px, (min-width: 1024px) 187px, (min-width: 863px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, (min-width: 640px) 178px, (min-width: 412px) 148px, (min-width: 375px) 96px, 87px" srcset="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_240/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 240w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 360w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_540/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 540w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_720/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 720w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 900w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1005/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 1005w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1230/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 1230w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1380/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 1380w"/></div></div> </a> </div> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">Q<span class='plus'>+</span>A</div> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/01/13/bird-flu-meghan-davis-qa/" data-label="How serious is bird flu?"> How serious is bird flu? </a></h5> <span class="visuallyhidden">Published</span> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1736821800"> Jan 13, 2025 </span> <div class="summary">As the first bird flu death in the U.S. sparks concern over the ongoing spread of the virus, epidemiologist and microbiologist Meghan Davis explains what to know and do </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row tertiary"> <div class="article teaser column force no-image" > <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/01/28/alcohol-cancer-warning-risk/" data-label="How risky is that pint of beer? Report links alcohol to increased cancer risk">How risky is that pint of beer? Report links alcohol to increased cancer risk</a></h5> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1738083900"> Jan 28, 2025 </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article teaser column force no-image" > <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/01/13/learn-your-hearing-numbers/" data-label="Test your hearing at home with new app">Test your hearing at home with new app</a></h5> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1736791500"> Jan 13, 2025 </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article teaser column force no-image" > <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/01/02/yuan-he-bdp-dna-repair-cancer-aging/" data-label="Yuan He, expert in structural biology, joins Johns Hopkins as Bloomberg Distinguished Professor">Yuan He, expert in structural biology, joins Johns Hopkins as Bloomberg Distinguished Professor</a></h5> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1735844400"> Jan 2, 2025 </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="trending-plus-featured-term-content module row lazyload"> <div class="center force"> <div class="module-content column force"> <div class="trending column force"> <h3>Trending <i>in</i> Health</h3> <div class="bbload force content-collection" data-per_page="8" data-type="default" data-endpoint="topics/31/articles" data-order_by="score" data-template="headline"><script type="application/json">{"imageSizes":[]}</script></div> </div> <div class="content-collection-rail lazyload column"> <h3> <a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/tags/immunotherapy/articles/"> Featured topic: immunotherapy </a> </h3> <div class="bbload force content-collection" data-per_page="5" data-type="default" data-endpoint="tags/2952/articles" data-layout="no_hierarchy_5"><script type="application/json">{"imageSizes":{"primary":[333,210,187,150,200,178,148,96,87]}}</script></div> <a class="see-all button small" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/tags/immunotherapy/articles/">See all from Featured topic: immunotherapy</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="recent-content module row"> <div class="center force"> <div class="module-content column force"> <h3> Newest <i>in</i> Health </h3> <div class="count-10 content-collection"> <div class="article teaser column force has-image" > <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="force" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/14/nih-supports-community-based-health-research/" data-label="Researchers address community health concerns in South Baltimore"> <div class="image column force image-landscape"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-02/curtis-bay.jpg" alt="An aerial view of South Baltimore's Curtis Bay industrial area" class="column" sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 210px, (min-width: 1280px) 210px, (min-width: 1024px) 187px, (min-width: 863px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, (min-width: 640px) 178px, (min-width: 412px) 148px, (min-width: 375px) 148px, 148px" srcset="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_240/public/2025-02/curtis-bay.jpg 240w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-02/curtis-bay.jpg 360w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_540/public/2025-02/curtis-bay.jpg 540w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_720/public/2025-02/curtis-bay.jpg 720w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/2025-02/curtis-bay.jpg 900w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1005/public/2025-02/curtis-bay.jpg 1005w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1230/public/2025-02/curtis-bay.jpg 1230w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1380/public/2025-02/curtis-bay.jpg 1380w"/></div></div> </a> </div> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">Research matters</div> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/14/nih-supports-community-based-health-research/" data-label="Researchers address community health concerns in South Baltimore"> Researchers address community health concerns </a></h5> <span class="visuallyhidden">Published</span> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1739547938"> Feb 14, 2025 </span> <div class="summary">With NIH support, JHU researchers work with communities to determine how pollutants and other environmental factors affect human biology and may lead to disease </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article teaser column force has-image" > <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="force" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/13/nih-funding-makes-large-scale-autism-study-possible/" data-label="NIH funding makes large-scale Johns Hopkins autism study possible"> <div class="image column force image-landscape"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-02/HART1246_0.png" alt="From left: Heather Volk, Christine Ladd-Acosta" class="column" sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 210px, (min-width: 1280px) 210px, (min-width: 1024px) 187px, (min-width: 863px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, (min-width: 640px) 178px, (min-width: 412px) 148px, (min-width: 375px) 148px, 148px" srcset="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_240/public/2025-02/HART1246_0.png 240w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-02/HART1246_0.png 360w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_540/public/2025-02/HART1246_0.png 540w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_720/public/2025-02/HART1246_0.png 720w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/2025-02/HART1246_0.png 900w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1005/public/2025-02/HART1246_0.png 1005w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1230/public/2025-02/HART1246_0.png 1230w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1380/public/2025-02/HART1246_0.png 1380w"/></div></div> </a> </div> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">Research matters</div> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/13/nih-funding-makes-large-scale-autism-study-possible/" data-label="NIH funding makes large-scale Johns Hopkins autism study possible"> Large-scale autism study made possible by NIH support </a></h5> <span class="visuallyhidden">Published</span> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1739472720"> Feb 13, 2025 </span> <div class="summary">With funding from the NIH earmarked by the Autism CARES Act, researchers aim to pinpoint the environmental factors that increase a child's likelihood for developing autism </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article teaser column force has-image" > <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="force" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/11/new-immunology-planning-committee/" data-label="Committee imagines a new future for immunology research at Johns Hopkins"> <div class="image column force image-landscape"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/_JHU9349_a.jpg" alt="A medical professional in a bandana and medical mask puts on a surgical gown." class="column" sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 210px, (min-width: 1280px) 210px, (min-width: 1024px) 187px, (min-width: 863px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, (min-width: 640px) 178px, (min-width: 412px) 148px, (min-width: 375px) 148px, 148px" srcset="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_240/public/2025-01/_JHU9349_a.jpg 240w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/_JHU9349_a.jpg 360w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_540/public/2025-01/_JHU9349_a.jpg 540w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_720/public/2025-01/_JHU9349_a.jpg 720w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/2025-01/_JHU9349_a.jpg 900w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1005/public/2025-01/_JHU9349_a.jpg 1005w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1230/public/2025-01/_JHU9349_a.jpg 1230w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1380/public/2025-01/_JHU9349_a.jpg 1380w"/></div></div> </a> </div> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">Research</div> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/11/new-immunology-planning-committee/" data-label="Committee imagines a new future for immunology research at Johns Hopkins"> A new future for immunology research </a></h5> <span class="visuallyhidden">Published</span> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1739293200"> Feb 11, 2025 </span> <div class="summary">10-member committee aims to create a groundbreaking, interdivisional organizing structure for immunology at Hopkins </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article teaser column force has-image" > <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="force" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/07/rapid-diagnostic-tests-infectious-diseases/" data-label="Meet the researchers developing rapid diagnostic tests for infectious diseases"> <div class="image column force image-landscape"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-02/_JHU7468.JPG" alt="18 people smile for a group picture while standing in a glass walkway." class="column" sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 210px, (min-width: 1280px) 210px, (min-width: 1024px) 187px, (min-width: 863px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, (min-width: 640px) 178px, (min-width: 412px) 148px, (min-width: 375px) 148px, 148px" srcset="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_240/public/2025-02/_JHU7468.JPG 240w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-02/_JHU7468.JPG 360w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_540/public/2025-02/_JHU7468.JPG 540w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_720/public/2025-02/_JHU7468.JPG 720w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/2025-02/_JHU7468.JPG 900w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1005/public/2025-02/_JHU7468.JPG 1005w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1230/public/2025-02/_JHU7468.JPG 1230w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1380/public/2025-02/_JHU7468.JPG 1380w"/></div></div> </a> </div> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">Health</div> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/07/rapid-diagnostic-tests-infectious-diseases/" data-label="Meet the researchers developing rapid diagnostic tests for infectious diseases"> Developing rapid diagnostic tests </a></h5> <span class="visuallyhidden">Published</span> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1738947600"> Feb 7, 2025 </span> <div class="summary">Yuka Manabe and her team at the Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases aim to improve global health with point-of-care tests that give rapid results </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article teaser column force has-image" > <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="force" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/04/comfort-through-company/" data-label="Johns Hopkins medical students provide comfort through company"> <div class="image column force image-landscape"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-02/SOOTHE_IMG_1256%5B74%5D_thumb.jpg" alt="Student volunteer with SOOTHE hold up canvas tote bags in a group photo" class="column" sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 210px, (min-width: 1280px) 210px, (min-width: 1024px) 187px, (min-width: 863px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, (min-width: 640px) 178px, (min-width: 412px) 148px, (min-width: 375px) 148px, 148px" srcset="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_240/public/2025-02/SOOTHE_IMG_1256%5B74%5D_thumb.jpg 240w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-02/SOOTHE_IMG_1256%5B74%5D_thumb.jpg 360w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_540/public/2025-02/SOOTHE_IMG_1256%5B74%5D_thumb.jpg 540w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_720/public/2025-02/SOOTHE_IMG_1256%5B74%5D_thumb.jpg 720w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/2025-02/SOOTHE_IMG_1256%5B74%5D_thumb.jpg 900w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1005/public/2025-02/SOOTHE_IMG_1256%5B74%5D_thumb.jpg 1005w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1230/public/2025-02/SOOTHE_IMG_1256%5B74%5D_thumb.jpg 1230w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1380/public/2025-02/SOOTHE_IMG_1256%5B74%5D_thumb.jpg 1380w"/></div></div> </a> </div> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">Grad student experience</div> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/04/comfort-through-company/" data-label="Johns Hopkins medical students provide comfort through company"> Comfort through company </a></h5> <span class="visuallyhidden">Published</span> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1738682340"> Feb 4, 2025 </span> <div class="summary">Students Offering Optimism to Help, or SOOTHE, gives companionship to patients while teaching future doctors about the human side of medicine </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article teaser column force has-image" > <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="force" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/03/immunocompromised-patients-convalescent-plasma/" data-label="Convalescent plasma offers a 'blueprint' for future pandemics"> <div class="image column force image-landscape"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png" alt="Headshots of Arturo Casadevall and David Sullivan" class="column" sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 210px, (min-width: 1280px) 210px, (min-width: 1024px) 187px, (min-width: 863px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, (min-width: 640px) 178px, (min-width: 412px) 148px, (min-width: 375px) 148px, 148px" srcset="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_240/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 240w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 360w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_540/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 540w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_720/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 720w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 900w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1005/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 1005w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1230/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 1230w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1380/public/2025-01/bloomberg%20experts.png 1380w"/></div></div> </a> </div> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">Q<span class='plus'>+</span>A</div> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/03/immunocompromised-patients-convalescent-plasma/" data-label="Convalescent plasma offers a 'blueprint' for future pandemics"> Convalescent plasma offers a 'blueprint' for future pandemics </a></h5> <span class="visuallyhidden">Published</span> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1738599660"> Feb 3, 2025 </span> <div class="summary">Hopkins researchers help secure full FDA approval to treat immunocompromised COVID-19 patients—paving the way to explore using convalescent plasma during future infectious disease outbreaks </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article teaser column force has-image" > <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="force" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/01/28/alcohol-cancer-warning-risk/" data-label="How risky is that pint of beer? Report links alcohol to increased cancer risk"> <div class="image column force image-landscape"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/GettyImages-846037086.jpg" alt="A glass of wine and a pint of beer sit on a wooden bar" class="column" sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 210px, (min-width: 1280px) 210px, (min-width: 1024px) 187px, (min-width: 863px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, (min-width: 640px) 178px, (min-width: 412px) 148px, (min-width: 375px) 148px, 148px" srcset="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_240/public/2025-01/GettyImages-846037086.jpg 240w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/GettyImages-846037086.jpg 360w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_540/public/2025-01/GettyImages-846037086.jpg 540w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_720/public/2025-01/GettyImages-846037086.jpg 720w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/2025-01/GettyImages-846037086.jpg 900w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1005/public/2025-01/GettyImages-846037086.jpg 1005w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1230/public/2025-01/GettyImages-846037086.jpg 1230w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1380/public/2025-01/GettyImages-846037086.jpg 1380w"/></div></div> </a> </div> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">Q<span class='plus'>+</span>A</div> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/01/28/alcohol-cancer-warning-risk/" data-label="How risky is that pint of beer? Report links alcohol to increased cancer risk"> How risky is that pint? </a></h5> <span class="visuallyhidden">Published</span> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1738083900"> Jan 28, 2025 </span> <div class="summary">A call for cancer warnings on labels for beer, wine, and spirits is a lesson in risk management, says Hopkins cancer expert Otis Brawley </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article teaser column force has-image" > <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="force" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/01/16/hairstylists-exposed-to-airborne-toxins/" data-label="Hairstylists serving Black and Latina clients exposed to high concentrations of airborne toxins"> <div class="image column force image-landscape"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/GettyImages-2172888351.jpg" alt="Hairdresser dyeing a woman's hair in a salon" class="column" sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 210px, (min-width: 1280px) 210px, (min-width: 1024px) 187px, (min-width: 863px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, (min-width: 640px) 178px, (min-width: 412px) 148px, (min-width: 375px) 148px, 148px" srcset="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_240/public/2025-01/GettyImages-2172888351.jpg 240w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/GettyImages-2172888351.jpg 360w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_540/public/2025-01/GettyImages-2172888351.jpg 540w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_720/public/2025-01/GettyImages-2172888351.jpg 720w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/2025-01/GettyImages-2172888351.jpg 900w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1005/public/2025-01/GettyImages-2172888351.jpg 1005w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1230/public/2025-01/GettyImages-2172888351.jpg 1230w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_1380/public/2025-01/GettyImages-2172888351.jpg 1380w"/></div></div> </a> </div> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">Environmental Health and Engineering</div> <h5><a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/01/16/hairstylists-exposed-to-airborne-toxins/" data-label="Hairstylists serving Black and Latina clients exposed to high concentrations of airborne toxins"> Study finds harmful airborne chemicals in salons </a></h5> <span class="visuallyhidden">Published</span> <span class="publish-date convert-pubdate" data-timestamp="1737065820"> Jan 16, 2025 </span> <div class="summary">Johns Hopkins researchers found that women of reproductive age are the most vulnerable to the negative health effects caused by chemicals in hair relaxers, dyes, and other salon products </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article teaser column force has-image" > <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="force" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/01/13/bird-flu-meghan-davis-qa/" data-label="How serious is bird flu?"> <div class="image column force image-landscape"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg" alt="Colorized transmission electron micrograph of avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells (blue). Microscopy by CDC; repositioned and recolored by NIAID" class="column" sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 210px, (min-width: 1280px) 210px, (min-width: 1024px) 187px, (min-width: 863px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, (min-width: 640px) 178px, (min-width: 412px) 148px, (min-width: 375px) 148px, 148px" srcset="https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_240/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 240w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hub_thumbnail/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 360w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_540/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 540w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/hard_crop_landscape_720/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 720w, https://api.hub.jhu.edu/factory/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/2025-01/Bird_Flu%29_-_53611629022.jpg 900w, 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