Bloomberg, Maryland give $4M to Hopkins for coronavirus treatment research

Bloomberg Philanthropies and the state of Maryland have teamed up to give $4 million in funding to Johns Hopkins University to support research on coronavirus treatments. The funding, announced Friday, consists of $3 million from Bloomberg and $1 million from the state. The money will support research at Hopkins that is examining whether the blood plasma of COVID-19 survivors can be used to treat critically ill coronavirus patients as well as boost the immune systems of health care providers and…