Planetary Health at Johns Hopkins
Children in Baltimore City are about twice as likely to have asthma as children nationwide. The country Tuvalu is disappearing because of sea-level rise, with… Read More »Planetary Health at Johns Hopkins
Global Health
One Month at the World’s Largest Eye Hospital
Guest Blogger Shruti Anant is a fourth-year medical student at Johns Hopkins from Northern Virginia. Her professional interests include using technology to address the burden… Read More »One Month at the World’s Largest Eye Hospital
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2025: A Week of Science, Community and Protest
In the world of HIV, two fundamental equations define our understanding. The first is “undetectable = untransmissible,” meaning that when the viral load of person… Read More »Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2025: A Week of Science, Community and Protest
Insights from a Global Health Rotation in Peru
This blog is a collaboration between medical students Vennela Avula and Ariel Vilidnitsky. As part of the Global Health Leadership Program at the Johns Hopkins… Read More »Insights from a Global Health Rotation in Peru
No Bark, All Bite — Mosquitoes, Mosquitoborne Disease and Climate Change
Mundane mistakes can have catastrophic consequences. Ask Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s driver. One wrong turn down a Sarajevo road put the unfortunate archduke face-to-face with his… Read More »No Bark, All Bite — Mosquitoes, Mosquitoborne Disease and Climate Change
A Mile in Their Shoes
“Why won’t this cough go away?” “It’s probably nothing,” I thought to myself. “I haven’t had any fevers, night sweats, weight loss. Could it be… Read More »A Mile in Their Shoes
The Legacy You Leave
Why global neurology? In a presentation featured by the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, Dr. Deanna Saylor addresses the answer to this question and shares her experiences developing neurologic research, care and training in Zambia.
Healing Through Hearing
Neurology fellow Dominique Mortel discusses narrative medicine’s important role in her global health fellowship in Zambia.
Global Threats to Public Health: Dr. Peter Hotez on Climate Change, Conflicts, Poverty and Antiscience
In this year’s Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speakers Series, Peter Hotez from Baylor College of Medicine in Texas spoke about the need to find new medicines for neglected tropical diseases and to confront familiar diseases that are growing worse each year thanks to climate change, global conflicts, poverty and antiscience movements.
Understanding the Epidemics of Today to Prevent Those of Tomorrow
Though it may seem distant now, 2014 was a tumultuous year for the global health community. One of the worst Ebola epidemics in history was… Read More »Understanding the Epidemics of Today to Prevent Those of Tomorrow