Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
On February 20, in partnership with the Maryland Department of Health, The Johns Hopkins Hospital hosted the state’s first-ever Emerging Infectious Disease Symposium. The event… Read More »Emerging Infectious Disease Symposium
The Johns Hopkins Lifeline Special Operations Response Team (SORT) and the Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit recently conducted a joint exercise in the Jefferson Street loading… Read More »BCU Update
This month, the BCU continued to expand its partnerships through the Maryland Ebola and Special Pathogen Training Program with multiple facilities in the state. In… Read More »October Updates
September is National Preparedness Month, which encourages Americans to focus on preparing for emergencies and making plans to protect their health. It's not too late… Read More »BCU Update: National Preparedness Month
Our BCU team has been strengthening partnerships within our state assessment hospitals and frontline facilities this past month. Several members of our team observed and… Read More »August Drills with MedStar
This month, the BCU team traveled to Denver for the annual National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) Summit. The summit brought together groups from… Read More »NETEC Summit
On May 15-16, 2019, the Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit–in collaboration with the National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC)–hosted a comprehensive workshop on high consequence… Read More »High Consequence Pathogen Preparedness Workshop
Over the past few years, the BCU team has learned the importance of taking a good travel and social history. The current measles outbreak is… Read More »Help Minimize the Measles Outbreak
March continues to be busy for the BCU team. The recent Hopkins On Alert quarterly newsletter, through the Johns Hopkins Critical Event Preparedness and Response… Read More »March Updates
The month of February saw many exciting accomplishments and opportunities for the BCU team. On February 4, The Hill published an op’ed written by BCU Medical… Read More »The BCU on Capitol Hill