A company that aims to leverage artificial intelligence to diagnose conditions, like strep throat, won Johns Hopkins’ “Pitch It On!” competition on Tuesday. Now in its second year, the contest, which was held virtually, aims to highlight and provide funding for women-led ventures at Hopkins. Led by Therese Canares, assistant professor ...

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The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company, accusing it of selling cells that doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took from the Black woman in 1951 without her knowledge or consent.

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Two Johns Hopkins research teams have received technology development grants totaling more than $150,000 through the Louis B. Thalheimer Fund for Translational Research.

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Jhpiego, Johns Hopkins’ global health arm, has been training nurses, midwives and other community health workers across the developing world for decades. But as the COVID-19 pandemic created an urgent need for increased community health initiatives throughout the United States, Jhpiego did something it ...

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Johns Hopkins researchers and entrepreneurs received over $1B, including over $700M in venture capital, in fiscal year 2021, according to a report.

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Johns Hopkins has appointed Branville Bard Jr., formerly the police chief of Cambridge, Massachusetts, as its newest vice president of public safety.

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Both Johns Hopkins University and Health System will establish a $15 minimum wage, affecting 6,000 employees in Maryland, the institution announced Thursday. The change will take effect on July 1 for university employees and on the first day of 2022 for health ...

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A Maryland appeals court Monday overturned a $205.38 million birth injury verdict against Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, saying the mother disregarded medical advice that her child be delivered via cesarean section rather than by induced vaginal delivery due to ...

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Johns Hopkins University and Medicine will expand the number of neighborhoods participating in its Live Near Your Work program, creating a contiguous area stretching from the university’s Homewood campus in the west to the Bayview medical campus in southeast Baltimore. ...

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A Baltimore city jury awarded more than $229 million in a birth injury malpractice case against Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Inc. Monday. The award, which includes $200 million in future medical expenses, $3.6 million in past medical expenses and ...

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