Johns Hopkins University is a world-class university in Baltimore, Maryland. Its goal is to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for life-long learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.
It can be easier to raise money to aid animals like these African elephants than species that are more threatened with extinction but get humans less excited.
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Must the money raised to save wildlife always aid the most popular animals? New research suggests that marketing can persuade donors that northern hairy-nosed wombat lives matter too.
On June 1, 2017, President Donald Trump announced that the United States will leave the Paris climate accord.
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A panel of academics and scientists explain the damages to the Earth, the economy and US moral standing in the world by Trump's decision to abandon the Paris climate accord.
Pit latrine in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Access to clean water and sanitation are key to preventing cholera epidemics.
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Cholera kills thousands every year but is treatable if it is caught early. Understanding how El Niño shifts cholera risks in Africa can help countries prepare for outbreaks and save lives.
Moon Jae-in is expected to win the May 9 presidential election.
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Balancing domestic expectations and delicate relations with neighbours while trying to deal with North Korea's race to become a nuclear power will make for a challenging five-year term.
A tumor under the microscope.
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The Treaty of Rome, which eventually led to the European Union, is turning 60 at a time when many inside and outside Europe are questioning the union's value. For the U.S., much is at stake.
Many low-income girls in the U.S. don’t feel prepared for puberty.
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In developing countries, many girls feel unprepared when they go through puberty. And research indicates that low-income girls in the US may feel the same way.
When scientists stand up, do they lose standing?
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In the wake of the Flint water crisis and with a new notably anti-science president, U.S. scientists are reevaluating how to navigate the tension between speaking out and a fear of losing research funding.
Italian Premier Matteo Renzi acknowledges defeat in a constitutional referendum and announces he will resign on Dec. 5.
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The Italians have rejected Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's constitutional reform package. Now the real struggle for Italy begins.
South Korean protesters holding candles at a demonstration calling for President Park Geun-hye to step down in Seoul on November 26.
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After weeks of mass demonstrations and a growing threat of impeachment, President Park Geun-Hye has said she is willing to resign before her term ends in February 2018.
Drought, which affects food production, will become more common as the Earth heats up, which can cause deaths and destabilize societies.
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Like the essential medicines list which sets out the drugs each country should have at affordable prices, an essential diagnostics list would detail diagnostic tests for those who need them.
Targeted interventions can help reduce levels of violence against women.
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A philosopher of 'procreation ethics' at the center of a controversy over having kids explains why we can't ignore the population question in an era of climate change.
Health studies in Pennsylvania show links between some health problems and local fracking activity.
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As more vaccines have been developed, the challenge of delivering them with minimal pain and number of visits to the doctor has increased. Needle-free vaccinations might help.
Des végétaux séchés, ingrédients de base de la pharmacopée chinoise.
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La science médicale chinoise a près de 2 000 ans d’histoire. Elle vient d’être récompensée par un Nobel de médecine à travers la figure fascinante de la chercheuse Youyou Tu.
Never before has a Nobel gone to an expert in traditional Chinese medicine.
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The first Chinese Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded for work based on traditional Chinese medicine. Will traditional medical knowledge now share the spotlight with evidence-based medicine?
The aim of the sole sustainable development goal on health is to improve health and well-being.
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Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Head of Epidemiology, International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins University
