COVID-19

Personal Stories

"My Heart and Mind Feel Lighter": Meet a Health Worker Who Leaned on Support from a Unique Psychological Training Program During the Pandemic

Vusumuzi Christopher Mnqayi didn't realize how much of a toll his job as a community health worker in South Africa was taking on his mental health. That is, until he received coaching that has transformed the way he copes with the challenges of his crucial front line role.

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Frontline health worker Vusumuzi Christopher Mnqayi speaking with a patient

Innovation

3 Ways Johnson & Johnson Is Innovating to Help Fight Tuberculosis

It's one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, killing more people each year than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. For World TB Day, we're taking a look back at the strides the company has made in fighting this preventable illness to help bring us closer to a tuberculosis-free world.

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Caring & Giving

"Why 2020 Will Forever Be the Year of the Nurse": A Look Back on How the Pandemic Has Impacted Nursing

Johnson & Johnson has a long legacy of supporting the nursing community—and the challenges brought on by COVID-19 have only strengthened its commitment to find new ways to give back to these essential healthcare workers over the past year.

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Personal Stories

"What It's Like to Be in a Clinical Trial": 3 People Share Their Personal Stories

With COVID-19 dominating the news this year, chances are you've also read about clinical studies that are underway for investigational vaccines. For a glimpse at what the experience of participating in a clinical study is like, we spoke to people across the country who took part in a clinical trial.

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Healthcare worker preparing a patient for an injection

Latest News

Impact During a Pandemic: 5 Ways Johnson & Johnson Was Recognized for Its COVID-19 Work in 2020

From Fast Company's 2020 Best Workplaces for Innovators to Interbrand's Best Global Brands of 2020, learn about some of the distinctions that the company has been honored with this year for its work to help people and communities around the world.

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Personal Stories

5 Top Questions About COVID-19: An Interview With CORE Co-Founders Sean Penn and Ann Lee

On the final Season 2 episode of The Road to a Vaccine, host Lisa Ling delved into what it will take to overcome the pandemic in the U.S. Penn and Lee, two of the show's guests, shared what they've learned over the past nine months through their work helping provide testing across the country.

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Caring & Giving

"I'm a Nurse Who's Also a Healthcare Entrepreneur": Meet the Woman Behind an App Designed to Help Nurses Battle Burnout

Treating patients day and night is just one part of the job description for this enterprising nurse, who has made it her mission to help fellow nurses persevere during the pandemic and beyond. And it's not her first great healthcare innovation.

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Nurse entrepreneur Charlene Grace Platon

Caring & Giving

At the Heart of Science: How a Small Chewable Tablet Is Helping Tackle a Disease That Impacts Nearly 1 Billion Children Globally

Imagine getting so sick from a preventable disease that you can't play or attend school—multiple times a year. For World Children's Day, we're sharing the story of Sheti and others just like her who now have a chance to take back their childhoods, thanks to a new formulation of a medication to treat intestinal worms.

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Young students taking chewable mebendazole to help treat intestinal parasites

Innovation

She Oversees One of the World's Largest Healthcare Businesses: 7 Questions for Ashley McEvoy in the Time of COVID-19

Johnson & Johnson develops consumer products, medical devices and pharmaceuticals—and McEvoy is at the helm of its global Medical Devices Companies. She shares how she has navigated the pandemic, grown professionally and personally as a result, and helped impact the lives of millions during this unique moment in history.

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Caring & Giving

The Double Pandemic: How COVID-19 Is Bringing to Light Health Inequities That Have Long Been a Problem in America

The novel coronavirus has exposed deeply rooted disparities across the healthcare system which disproportionately impact communities of color. The way to begin to pave the way for lasting change? Inclusive innovation, community outreach and policy work—and a passion for fighting for an equitable future.

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Innovation

Have Questions About Participating in a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial? A Doctor Overseeing a Study Helps Answer Them

Njira Lugogo, M.D., is a pulmonologist at the University of Michigan who is leading a clinical study of an investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate. She helps answer common questions people may have about the process, from what people over 60 need to know to how participants are being kept safe during the pandemic.

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Innovation

The Future of STEM Is Female: Meet 5 University Scientists Working on Breakthrough Healthcare Ideas

A foldable, 3-D printed robot that can serve as a heart stent. Using artificial intelligence to help detect cancer. Seeking out life on other planets. These are just some of the areas of fascinating research that this year’s winners of the Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM²D Scholars Award are focused on in their labs across the country.

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Health & Wellness

Is It Really Safe to Go to the Doctor During a Pandemic? Listen to What This M.D. Has to Say

Have you been putting off medical care this year out of concern about COVID-19? We asked a triple board-certified physician to share his best advice—and info about a new digital resource called My Health Can't Wait—for how to ensure you aren't putting your health at risk by waiting to schedule healthcare visits.

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