SARS attack advances
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) first emerged in humans in China in early February. Since then there have been more than 200 reported fatalities in nearly 5000 cases.
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) first emerged in humans in China in early February. Since then there have been more than 200 reported fatalities in nearly 5000 cases.
If you're reading this expecting to find the answer to the million dollar question as to whether or not marijuana is good or bad, you might as well turn the page and read the Sports section. This article will present facts, plain and simple. The truth is that there is no real answer yet to the burning question; not enough research has been done.
While Popular Science only publishes its Best of "What's New" section in the December edition of the magazine, the award winners were officially announced on Nov 8. Among those winners is a team of scientists, led by faculty members at Johns Hopkins, who created the Advanced Camera for Surveys.
According to American laws, a freshman in college should not enjoy Halloween at Fell's Point as much as we did. No group of 18 year olds should be able to hop from one bar to another, drinking immeasurable amounts of alcohol. However, the holiday of Halloween makes this dream of every college student come true. In honor of the upcoming annual debauchery of Halloween, we have decided to recount the events of last Halloween at Johns Hopkins.
The most recent statistics, more than a year out of date, show that there were over 40 million people worldwide living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Today that number may be between 60 and 80 million.
Just over a year ago the American way of life was turned upside-down with the attacks of Sept. 11. Despite increased homeland security in the months following the attacks, a new threat emerged: bioterrorism.
On Sept. 5, a panel of 21 scientists and physicians at the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine released new recommended dietary guidelines. The guidelines stray from previous versions as they not only allow flexibility in the amounts of fats, carbohydrates and proteins consumed, but also account for exercise.
Several key senators have begun to champion a new cause: increased protection for patients who are enrolling in experimental drug trials.
A recent Neanderthal skull, found in what is now France, shows that Neanderthals exhibited physical violence towards each other, as well as caring and compassion.
Doctors have long warned of bacteria's growing resistance to antibiotics. While the claims were often dismissed, a recent outbreak of antibiotic-resistant strep throat may make some people rethink their views on the severity of the issue.
In the future your compass could become obsolete. The needle instructing you of the north, will in fact be pointing south, and vice-versa. That, at least, is what will happen in a few thousand years when the earth's magnetic field undergoes a reversal.
Early diagnosis and cancer testing is based on a simplistic idea according to Dr. Steven Goodman, an Associate Professor of Oncology and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine: "It might help, and how could it hurt?"
It's long been known that the period right after birth is critical in the developmental process. While postnatal development has been examined in the past, links to specific critical systems have yet to be well established. A recent study may shed some light on exactly why this is the case, as well as what are the critical systems during development, at least in terms of mental health.
How much pesticide was used on the apple you ate for lunch yesterday? Was it a safe amount? Are you sure?
On Friday Mar. 1, 2002, the Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., destined to service and repair the Hubble Space Telescope in one of the most complex repair missions to date. The crew, composed of mission commander Scott Altman, mission specialist Rick Linnehan, pilot Duane Carey, robotic arm operator Nancy Currie and spacewalkers John Grunsfeld, James Newman and Michael Massimino, will be the fourth servicing crew sent up to repair the nearly 12 year old telescope.
Cancer researchers have traditionally been faced with a dilemma in combating tumors. While chemotherapy can be used to attack tumors, there comes a point when chemotherapy is rendered useless. This may be because the drugs used are ineffective at treating the necrotic regions of tumors.
With an expected launch date of August 2005, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will be the latest mission in NASA's exploration of Mars.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins and the State University of New York at Binghamton have been examining seawater trapped inside million year old crystals, in order to study how the chemistry of oceans has changed from the Phanerozoic eon (540 million years ago) to the present.
Within five years it may be possible for astronomers to discover new stars, planets and other spatial phenomenon without having to even look through a telescope. This comes as a result of a recent $10 million project launched by the National Science Foundation to develop a National Virtual Observatory.
In 1994, filmmaker Steven Spielberg established the Shoah Visual History Foundation, a center dedicated to videotaping and saving the testimonies of Holocaust survivors and witnesses. Since its inception, the Shoah Foundation has amassed over 116,000 hours of digitized Holocaust testimonies from over 52,000 interviews in 32 different languages.