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A monitor showing vital signs. It is connected to a mannequin in a hospital bed.

Hopkins ventilator robot wins top prize at UK Robotics Week Challenge

A robotic system created by a team from Johns Hopkins University won the top prize in an international robotics challenge focused on developing solutions for the COVID-19 health crisis and future global pandemics.

An empty CT scanner.

Fighting COVID-19: Using ultraviolet light to decontaminate CT scanners

In an effort to streamline medical imaging workflow, researchers at Johns Hopkins are testing the use of UV light to disinfect CT scanners within a matter of minutes—an especially important goal amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mechanical Engineering Professor Axel Krieger works in the Johns Hopkins Hospital Bio-Containment Unit to test a robot that adjusts ventilator settings while being controlled via a tablet from outside the patient's room in order to avoid unnecessary patient contact.

Hopkins-led workshop offers strategies to accelerate robot deployment in infectious disease crises

To prepare for the next pandemic and perhaps aid in the current one, the virtual workshop “The Role of Robotics in Infectious Disease Crises” was co-hosted by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) in July.

Paramedics taking a patient on a stretcher from an ambulance to the emergency room.

New models can help hospitals stay ahead of COVID-19 surges

Optimization models will help hospital systems better manage critical resources if coronavirus cases spike this fall and winter.

A syringe on a blue background.

Vaccine opponents unite around a ‘civil liberties’ argument on social media, study finds

Anti-vaxxer strategy shift on Facebook may signal a fierce fight over an eventual COVID-19 vaccine, according to new study by Mark Dredze and team.

An aerial shot of the Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen campus.

500,000 euros for COVID-19 study

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) award will support Helmholtz Zentrum München, Malone Center researchers as they investigate the mechanisms and complications of COVID-19 diseases.