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Johns Hopkins experts in global public health, infectious disease, and emergency preparedness have been at the forefront of the international response to COVID-19. This website is a resource to help advance the understanding of the virus, inform the public, and brief policymakers in order to guide a response, improve care, and save lives.
The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center established a new standard for infectious disease tracking by publicly providing pandemic data in near real time. It began Jan. 22, 2020 as the COVID-19 Dashboard, operated by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering and the Applied Physics Laboratory.
Updated daily. U.S. Trends. Trace U.S. Pandemic Timelines. Compare cases, deaths and more since 2020 and for last 90 days. International Vaccines. View Worldwide Vaccinations. See where over 4 billion vaccinated people are located. Tracking Covid. Explore critical data.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information and Updates. What You Need to Know from Johns Hopkins Medicine. Johns Hopkins Medicine continues to follow the highest level of safety precautions as we care for our patients and work with our communities during the coronavirus pandemic.
Jul 29, 2022 · What You Need to Know COVID-19. COVID-19 is the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that emerged in December 2019. COVID-19 can be severe, and has caused millions of deaths around the world as well as lasting health problems in some who have survived the illness. The coronavirus can be spread from person to person.
The COVID-19 vaccine lessens the severity of COVID-19 by teaching the immune system to recognize and fight the virus that causes the disease. For fall/winter 2023–2024, the updated COVID-19 vaccine is based on the XBB.1.5 variant. The updated vaccine is made by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Novavax.
Jan 14, 2021 · Are people who wear a face covering with their nose exposed at higher risk of getting COVID? In this Q&A, adapted from the December 18, episode of Public Health On Call, Josh Sharfstein, MD, and Caitlin Rivers, PhD, MPH, answer some frequently asked questions about COVID-19 and vaccines.
